Yesterday we were out visiting family so I put one of the turfs from the allotment in the run for the girls.
Once again Honey stands on the turf
Peaches is missing from this photo as she is in the nest box laying her egg.
The girls love the grass
When we got back the grass had been stripped. My husband turned the turf over and the girls were exited by it all over again. It has now been broken down, scratched and pecked to bits but is still scattered in the run to get the last bit of value from it. The allotment pickings are still giving great value to the girls.
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Aren’t they just superb at reducing turf to nothing – and giving wonderful top soil as a by-product!
They really are good at breaking soil down. The turf gradually gets broken down and I like it adding to the soil as it replaces the soil I am constantly removing when poop picking.