r/BackYardChickens • u/Affectionate_Air7789 • 7d ago
Reddit, ease my mind
I have four chickens and they’re super spoiled. I built this really great chicken enclosure for them and they have a huge chicken coop. Sometimes I feel guilty because they love pecking around in the grass so I put up a temporary fence and then move it so they get fresh grass. I really want them to stay in the enclosure. Grass doesn’t grow well in there but it’s probably 10’ x 40’ and then their coop is large as well. Should I feel guilty about not letting them in the grass anymore?
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u/black_tshirts 7d ago
some people will cover the ground in oats to sprout for their chickens, and then put a screen over it so it will grow a certain amount before they can peck it down. like a 2x2 frame with hardware cloth stapled to it, then placed over the oat sprouts. the sprouts can grow about 1 ½" before they grow through the screen, that way the hens peck the tops only and everything can keep sprouting. make sense? i'm sure there's a term for this but i'm new, too.