What lawn care products are safe for chickens?

[Poyce]

Hi, we've recently got two chickens which free roam our backyard. We've also recently had what appears to be lawn worms or bugs in our lawn. There is quite a few wasps hovering and burrowing into the couch lawn. What are the best lawn care products (fertilisers/weed killers etc) safe for chickens. In particular something which can kill lawn bugs with no harm to my chickens? 

[Jewelleryrescue]

Hi  @Poyce 

I dont recommend any poisions  or weed killers on the lawn grubs or anything  else while you have chickens there possibly give them a holiday or confine them to the chook pen for a month or two if you do use any thing.  Chickens eat  all those sort of bugs so will get sick.

Or you can  let the chickens do what they are  brillant at and thats eating and scrounging for fresh  garden  bugs. You  have two insect eating machines there  let them loose   See if the  bugs start disappearing.

The wasps are probaly after mud to  build nests else where.

[EricL]

Hello @Poyce 

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community. It's sensational to have you join us, and thanks for sharing your question about lawn care products that are safe for chickens.

I totally agree with @Jewelleryrescue in regards to the safety of the chickens. Anything you put into your garden to kill the bugs will transfer to the chickens. I suggest letting your chickens do what they do best and that is to eat all the bugs in the garden. In just a few weeks you'll have a bug free garden.

If you need further assistance, please let us know.

Eric