Weed and feed help!

[Jcarcary]

So, I've been doing some searching but everything tells you what to do instead of using a weed and feed...
But my lawn service put down weed and feed throughout my entire yard. I have tried to rake up what I can but how long should I wait to let my girls out

I feel So guilty they are practically begging to get out - lucky they do have a fairly large coop but they love to run

Any advice would be great!

Thanks

 

[SunHwaKwon]

Is it the little pellet/round balls stuff?!? I would be so mad. I hope someone chimes in with advice.

 

[Jcarcary]

Yes it's scotts bonus s weed and feed
Ohhh gen got an ear full they are allowed to do fertilize the front of my home but never the back yard but he had someone fill in for him when he was sick and they did the whole property

 

[Jcarcary]

It was put down Monday morning and watered/ fully dried then I raked and watered again... not sure if that will help any

 

[SunHwaKwon]

Can you still see any of it? The only thing I wonder about is that a lot of the time they are supposed to be slow release, and I don't know if that means the little balls dissolve really slow or what.

 

[Jcarcary]

Unfortunately, yes. There was quiet a big storm last night so I'm hoping that will help
This is so frustrating.

 

[aart]

Cancel the lawn service.
Not sure what good raking would do.
Probably just wait a week or so, and keep watering, to keep birds safe.

 

[Folly's place]

Find out what herbicides were used, and then look it up. For grass, it will be broadleaf plant products. UGH! You can have chickens out there, but not also herbicides. Mary

 

[azygous]

This is a subject wrought with ignorance and misinformation. So as you don't need to doubt what I'm about to tell you, you should contact your local university extension office of state lab scientists, and ask them about herbicides and safety for chickens.

First, herbicides, while considered a pesticide just as insecticides, are not the same. Insecticides cause deaths in chickens very quickly. Herbicides do no such thing.

While you do not want to put chickens on a freshly treated pasture, herbicides break down very quickly in the environment and there are really no residual substances to cause sickness and injury to chickens. 2-4D is very safe, probably the safest, to use around chickens. It is what's in your Scott's fertilizer. After a week and repeated waterings, I wouldn't have any worries at all about chickens being put out to free range on it.

 

[lazy gardener]

Find out what herbicides were used, and then look it up. For grass, it will be broadleaf plant products. UGH! You can have chickens out there, but not also herbicides. Mary

Agreed, and I would not take the word of the lawn service company about "how safe" their product is for animals. I would contact the specific chemical manufacturer get the MSDS data sheet, then contact your local country agricultural extension agent. And, I would not pay for that particular episode of lawn service.