String trimming around coop and run?

[Elderado]

Not sure if I’m just being too soft on the girls, but the string trimmer scares the s#%* out of them and I feel sort of mean for it. Do you guys just say “too bad” or let the weeds go or hand pull?

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Not sure if I’m just being too soft on the girls, but the string trimmer scares the s#%* out of them and I feel sort of mean for it. Do you guys just say “too bad” or let the weeds go or hand pull?

“Deal with it.”

- actually, we temporarily re-route the yard fencing so that the girls take care of them.

 

[Elderado]

“Deal with it.”

Say no more!

 

[rosemarythyme]

They'll get used to it, and may even anticipate it and start following you around if it flings enough plant bits and bugs their way.

 

[KyCoop]

I have to let them out of their yard before i string trim and mow.
They love getting too close to the grass and bugs they kick up. They get excited when they hear the lawn mower start up.

 

[Esc_Quaily]

Interesting question. If I were in your shoes/wellies, I'd try as already suggested to re-route the run so the girls can take care of the grass for you. My dog has always been terrified of the hoover, he's 8 now and is still as scared as he was as a puppy. We tried exposure therapy, we tried putting him in a separate room with comforts, we tried reassuring him but nothing worked. I only hoover now when he's outside. Perhaps I'm too soft too but I wouldn't use the strimmer near the coop if they are sh&t scared.