![\"A](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/a_turf_for_the-girls.jpg\")
<\/a>A turf for the girls<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"They](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/all_over_the_turf.jpg\")
<\/a>They are loving the turf<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"Once](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/butterscotch_and_speckles-have_the_turf_to_themselves.jpg\")
<\/a>Once the other girls had lost interest Butterscotch and Speckles had the turf to themselves<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"A](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/four_girls-on_the_turf.jpg\")
<\/a>A little later and four girls are on the turf<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"These](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/peaches_barley_and_butterscotch.jpg\")
<\/a>These three girls spent the most time on the turf<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"Later](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/all_six_girls_are_back_on_the_turf.jpg\")
<\/a>Later in the day all six girls were back on the turf<\/p><\/div>\n
Later that afternoon all the girls were sitting in the sun or taking dust baths but Toffee was sitting in a shaft of sunlight on the turf. I didn’t manage to get a photo but she looked very queenly sat on her comfy strip of turf.<\/p>\n
The girls would go back to the turf throughout the day.<\/p>\n
This morning first thing the girls were all back on the turf and as the day has gone by the grass is beginning to thin.<\/p>\n
![\"Today](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/today_on_the_turf.jpg\")
<\/a>Today on the turf<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"The](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/its_gradually_getting_thinner.jpg\")
<\/a>The grass is gradually getting thinner<\/p><\/div>\n
I think I can safely say they are all enjoying the turf. I am not sure it will last very long but eventually they can enjoy scratching the roots and soil once the grass has gone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Yesterday we were at a garden centre buying what we needed for our veg plot (a post coming soon) when I spotted some turf. I just had to get one for the girls. I laid down the whole turf in … Continue reading