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Brief
Guide: For the rotational
grazing of outdoor poultry
Sowing
Rate: 12.5 - 50
grams per square metre
30%
certified Turf Perennial Ryegrass
lolium perenne
20% certified
Strong Fescue
festuca rubra
20%
certified
Sheeps Fescue
festuca
longifolia
10%
certified
Chewing Fescue festuca
rubra commutata
10%
certified
Bentgrass agrostis
capillaris
2% certified
Lucerne
medicago sativa
2% certified Birdsfoot Trefoil
lotus corniculatus
2% certified White Clover
trifolium repens
2% certified Red Clover
trfolium pratense
2% certified *Mixed
forage herbs
*50% Chicory, 25% Burnet, 10% Sheeps Parsley, 10% Sheeps Burnet, 5%
Yarrow
Additional Information:
There is a growing
market in the UK for free range poultry products. All free range birds
must have outside access to forage freely during daylight hours. EC
legislation requires all foraging areas to be 'mainly covered with
vegetation'. Our Poultry Pasture is based on short
growing, hardwearing grass species to fulfil that basic requirement
along with legumes and deep rooting herbs to increase the potential
intake of protein, minerals and nutrients from the forage. Not only will
this permanent pasture introduce a wider range of leaf matter into the diet, the more
diverse habitat will attract a higher number of invertebrates for the
free range bird to consume. The sward will generally provide good ground
cover and a very stable, robust pasture, even in wet weather. Sow at the
higher rate for faster and more even establishment.
For further information on
Poultry Pasture
see our
Grass Matters site.
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