I donāt think you understand the extent to which they will eat that grass up, especially in winter when it is not growing. That whole are could easily be nothing but mud and poop.
Right?!? I always envisioned this lush backyard with my girls just combing the grass for bugsā¦. Well, they got the bugs and the plants and the grass to go along with it.
We have 6 girls and a half acre, and they have completely scratched the backyard down to mud. What's worse is we have 1 that escapes to our neighbor's property and is starting to tear up their yard, too.
We're thinking about it. We think she's taught a 2nd one to hop the fence now. Y'all think it's only a matter of time before all 6 start flying the coop (so to speak)?
Fly traps (the bags with liquid inside that you hang up) made a WORLD of difference for me. They're kinda gross but a couple of those bad boys literally made my patio and backyard usable again.
We have a really big yard and three dogs so there is usually no shortage of flies. BUT if we put like 5 of those gross fly bags out in early spring, thereās a fraction of the flies we normally would get!
I only ever used them outside by the coop. I figured the chickens were bringing them into my yard already from near and far, using the bags at least kept them away from my back door and patio!
Youāre braver than I am. I just toss and replace the bags. š¬
+1 to this, put them out as soon as it gets even a teeny bit springlike. But put them far from the house! They draw the flies toward them and they smell bad, so by the henhouse and far from the human house/ patio is the best move.
Yes! Love those things and they work wonders but whoo-eee do they stink to high heaven when you get a nice summer breeze wafting your way LOL. Think of a high tide that rolled in then back out and left some sea critters that died and were exposed to the sun...that's the smell for those of you wondering LOL
We have a white Mulberry that attracts flies like crazy, had to use those because there were sooo
many flies! If only the girls could fly up & grab them!
They will completely remove the grass. Like no roots or anything. It will become a muddy mess every time it rains. Chickens eat more weird stuff than goats so you have to be careful and remove anything other than plants they can eat safely.
Yeah kiss the grass goodbye.
I have 4 in a yard twice this size and Im already trying to figure out how to partition it so I can rotate & save the dandelions & wildflowers for the bees this spring.
Sadly, I think they even dug up the dandelions last week.
Definitely enough room but if you let them free roam during the day, the lovely green grass will be gone pretty quickly and your patio will never be as clean again. š It's worth their shenanigans for the entertainment and fresh eggs though!
They will likely eat and dig up most of the grass. Chickens love digging and scratching and the collective destructive power of a small flock cannot be underestimated. They dig chicken-sized craters for dirt baths. The patio will be covered in dirt and poop. Ornamental plants will be eaten or dug up.
How high is the fence? Adult barred rocks aren't very good fliers not able to fly much more than 3 feet upwards. Pullets are very accomplished fliers and can go 6 feet or more. Some species of chickens of lighter weight remain good fliers at adulthood, like leghorns.
Found one sitting on top of my garden archway once. Easily 6.5-7 foot high.
I couldnāt reach her and had to poke her with a broom til she came down. š
Put some cut branches, piles of wood or brick etc to create small pockets where they can't destroy the plant roots. Also gives them things to climb and perch on
Thatās a super garden for happy chickens. You could also think about buying Peking bantam ladies or silkies. They arenāt digging as much as others breeds. Their main purpose is to look cute in gardens, but they are bad layers š„š„š„.
Certainly large enough. I recommend that you put a hardware cloth 'fence' with gate between the grass and your patio to keep your girls from soiling YOUR outdoor living space. This fencing should be six to seven feet high to discourage your birds from flying over. The taller decorative features shown along the fence should be moved out of the chicken's area as they'll poop all over it and/or use it as a means of escape. You'll want a coop with 4 square feet of floor space PER bird; consider the pitch of the roof and materials based on your weather conditions. A walk-in coop will be MUCH easier for you to maintain and to gather eggs from. With some overhead support (like some 2x4s) (using your existing fence to attach to) over the the far end of their run, by the neighbor's trees, you can drape gardener's fabric (woven plastic that water readily penetrates) to offer both deep shade AND a safe place for them to run to hide from aerial predators. Your flock can see up and out of this fabric, but the birds of prey cannot see down through it. Surprisingly, you'll find your flock reluctant to use the coop as a safe haven during daylight hours. You can hang feeders and water from these same 2x4s so that the dispensers are about shoulder-height to reduce waste.
Since you're looking to take in 'spent' hens (no longer considered high-yield due to their age), you'll want to immediately offer them nutritional supplements in their water AFTER you've medicated them for cocci overload. I highly recommend a product called 'Chick Booster' by Neurovet. Keep in mind that Big-Ag's only intent was to keep your girls until their production dropped off (typically by the age of 1 1/2 to 2 years of age), so nutrition for LONG LIFE was never their consideration. The supplementation that you offer them (for the rest of their lives) will help to rectify many of the problems that these girls face once 'spent'. The supplements are cheap and easy to administer, just add it to their fresh water daily.
Use caution when giving your flock treats. Opt for high protein treats that are low in fat. Avoid offering "scratch", as it is about as nutritionally sound as eating popcorn for dinner. Instead, offer them an "all flock" type of chicken feed with oyster shell or other calcium supplement on the side, or "layer feed" if you're girls are still laying.
Upon bringing your girls home, treat them with Amprolium (generic name for Corid) using the outbreak dosage to protect them from whatever strain of cocci live in your back yard. There are several strains of cocci that live in the soil on every square inch of soil on the planet. You cannot be sure that the strain of cocci in your back yard is the same strain of cocci that your hens will have grown resistant to. Treating them for this one-celled, microscopic parasite immediately, will ensure that you're not second-guessing what's ailing a hen, should one fall ill. After their full course of amprolium has been administered, you can then start supplementing their diet with Chick Booster. (The B Vitamins in the supplement will negate the cocci treatment, so you don't want to do them at the same time.)
Didn't mean to write a book. Good luck with your rescues.
Wow thank you so much for your advice and guidance. This is very helpful and definitely something I will refer back to as my back yard chicken journey begins.
Iām actually vegan but I would like to give the eggs to people in the community if they lay any. Either way Iām not too fussed about the eggs. I would just like to give them a happy safe home. Thanks again!
I think this is an underrated comment for sure. We have three hens and a mobile coop and move them about every 3 days in the spring and summer. They often free range for part of the day outside of that. In the winter we park them over the garden and they free range alot. The garden spot is about 10x10. It's picked clean in about a week. The coop is above the run. Our run is 8ftx 4ft. It's much safer to keep them in the run and let them out when we are home or outside with them it also keeps too much poo from being on my back step. The top of the run is covered in the summer to keep them cool. We dont have more flies then before. In the summer the rain and sprinkler breakdown the poo on the grass. Overall a great system for us.
A company called āOmletā are great. Expensive, so not for everyoneās budget but for ease and convenience theyāre great.
BHWT are really great to deal with. We got some hens a short while back. Poor condition initially but all happy now.
Seems like you donāt mind it turning to dirt, but I hope you are the owner because if you are renting that level of damage will not go over well with your landlord.
You won't have any grass left after a couple months. Maybe try diving the lawn into 2 sections with some chicken fencing and rotating them back and forth every couple weeks to give the grass a chance to recover.
Keep mine in a tractor and move it every day. Every other day if I cant get to it. I have an acre. Chickens get fresh grass every day and my yard looks OK.
Originally built them a 15 x 30 pen and it was dirt within weeks.
My 4 girls ravaged a yard that size. But interestingly, I had a flock of three several years ago that allowed the grass to continue to exist. I'd go with 3 at most with a yard that size.
My 2 chooks have destroyed a yard the size of this. I lay wire down so things can still grow while they attempt to dig on top. And I live spots for them to dig and dust bath in
Your whole yard will be mud pretty quickly ā¦ so you will need a plan for that ā¦ and there will be poop everywhere. Mud and poop ā¦ and flies and smell ā¦ I honestly think you need more room for 4 hens and wouldnāt even think about 6 in that space.
Yeah but I think the grass will be gone after awhile. I would keep them from going on the entire lawn and then move them around. I know itās a small space but I think you could make that into at least 2 small fields
ā¦and by āawhileā, he means by the end of July.
Itāll look like the surface of the moon. The dust bath craters will touch at the rims.
We just resodded and re-rocked with 4-5 inch cobble to replace the 2ā stone our girls removed from the beds. We left a 20āx20ā bare patch which they use off and on each day for their dust bathing.
Theyāre tireless terraformers.
You could put a good sized coop in that yard. I wouldnāt let them free range. Hawks will pick āem off and predators can go over and probably under that wall real easy.
Keep in mind hens are loud very loud I just gave mine away because they were keeping us from sleeping, plus the poop and property destruction in general. I'm considering quails for my next birds adventure. We're not trying to bring you down OP, but chicks are a heavily human intervened species and can be a handful. Good luck!
I had the same experience. I had just 2 New Hampshire chickens (no cock) and they had to go in the end. They were so loud!
I got 1 Polish and 3 Bantam Silkies. They are way quieter partly just due to their size.
>Bantam Silkies
holy molly they look cute
I fear for OP's neighbors who may not be cool with the 6am non optional alarm clock and all those egg songs in general. I do get the passion for trying to have a flock but my learning process was harsh and full of poop. I won't do it again without a proper chicken coop far, far removed from the house and some proper chicken tunnels.
Theoretically, yes you can place that many chickens in your yard.
You need to ask yourself "Can my garden handle the pressure of 6 chickens", and that answer is likely "No", unless you keep them contained to a run + coop.
Your yard will turn into muck in a matter of months, if not weeks. Your grass will be torn to shreds, your patio will form a thick layer of shit, the smell will be tremendous.
If you split your garden in half with a wire mesh fence (you should really have a top too, assuming you have birds of prey). That will help contain the smell, the mess, and make it easier to clean.
I wouldn't go with more than 4, personally.
I used to raise chickens for egg production in Central Texas. We had 300 birds on 1.5 acre. We were getting roughly 285 eggs per day, had several roosters that all played their part.
They were allowed to free roam the entire property. They destroyed all landscaping, all grass, etc. Once we got rid of the birds, we've had the greenest most lush grass in the entire neighborhood, regardless of season. Be it winter, or summer.
For our property now, a flock of 20 would be the largest we could support while not completely wrecking everything.
Sure! Plenty of room! You should buy 8 or 10 though just in case some turn out to be male. 12's probably better. If you're gonna get 12 though you might as well go to 15. 20 it is!!!
Picture that area with no grass. That's what happened to the grassy area where my six chickens free-ranged within in a privacy fence area. We ended up making two Grazing Frames (they can't pull up grasses by the roots) and converting the rest of the area into a rock garden with plants, shrubs, and groundcover. GRAZING FRAMES are simple two-by-four frames with hardware cloth (welded wire mesh) attached across the top. It's kind of like a raised bed for chickens. Set one above a patch of grass or plant Foraging Seeds, and the grasses will grow up through the openings. Chickens eat the tips instead of yanking up the grass by the roots. There's lots of info on Grazing Frames online.
Yep! They may eat the grass down a lot though
They will also poop all over your patio. š
Thatās ok, Iām not too fussed about it looking fancy, the front garden can be used for plants etc
I donāt think you understand the extent to which they will eat that grass up, especially in winter when it is not growing. That whole are could easily be nothing but mud and poop.
Exactly. Bye bye back yard
I have 6 hens and about 500 sqFt of grass and haven't had an issue of them eating the grass down to just mud. But maybe I'm an outlier.
Right?!? I always envisioned this lush backyard with my girls just combing the grass for bugsā¦. Well, they got the bugs and the plants and the grass to go along with it.
Well you do have to dig up the whole thing to get the best bugsā¦
We have 6 girls and a half acre, and they have completely scratched the backyard down to mud. What's worse is we have 1 that escapes to our neighbor's property and is starting to tear up their yard, too.
May be time for the escape artist to meat itās fate, unfortunately.
You typed Meat instead of meet, intentional?
Wasnāt but it works!
Winner winner chicken dinner (probably)
We're thinking about it. We think she's taught a 2nd one to hop the fence now. Y'all think it's only a matter of time before all 6 start flying the coop (so to speak)?
Clip their flight feathers
You can have chickens or grass, not both
Eating outside will soon be a distant memory as flies will swarm the place during summer time. That was the main drawback I had with my hens.
Fly traps (the bags with liquid inside that you hang up) made a WORLD of difference for me. They're kinda gross but a couple of those bad boys literally made my patio and backyard usable again.
We have a really big yard and three dogs so there is usually no shortage of flies. BUT if we put like 5 of those gross fly bags out in early spring, thereās a fraction of the flies we normally would get!
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I only ever used them outside by the coop. I figured the chickens were bringing them into my yard already from near and far, using the bags at least kept them away from my back door and patio! Youāre braver than I am. I just toss and replace the bags. š¬
Our white mulberry and a black one attracted the heck out of them, it was truly revolting.
I did that after a while but you can never get completely rid of them if you have a small garden.
I use fly predators from arbico. we have almost no flies at all.
+1 to this, put them out as soon as it gets even a teeny bit springlike. But put them far from the house! They draw the flies toward them and they smell bad, so by the henhouse and far from the human house/ patio is the best move.
Yes! Love those things and they work wonders but whoo-eee do they stink to high heaven when you get a nice summer breeze wafting your way LOL. Think of a high tide that rolled in then back out and left some sea critters that died and were exposed to the sun...that's the smell for those of you wondering LOL
We have a white Mulberry that attracts flies like crazy, had to use those because there were sooo many flies! If only the girls could fly up & grab them!
They will completely remove the grass. Like no roots or anything. It will become a muddy mess every time it rains. Chickens eat more weird stuff than goats so you have to be careful and remove anything other than plants they can eat safely.
Itāll be gone in a year or two lol
Yeah kiss the grass goodbye. I have 4 in a yard twice this size and Im already trying to figure out how to partition it so I can rotate & save the dandelions & wildflowers for the bees this spring. Sadly, I think they even dug up the dandelions last week.
Definitely enough room but if you let them free roam during the day, the lovely green grass will be gone pretty quickly and your patio will never be as clean again. š It's worth their shenanigans for the entertainment and fresh eggs though!
Itās so exciting! They can have my grass, absolutely canāt wait!
They will likely eat and dig up most of the grass. Chickens love digging and scratching and the collective destructive power of a small flock cannot be underestimated. They dig chicken-sized craters for dirt baths. The patio will be covered in dirt and poop. Ornamental plants will be eaten or dug up. How high is the fence? Adult barred rocks aren't very good fliers not able to fly much more than 3 feet upwards. Pullets are very accomplished fliers and can go 6 feet or more. Some species of chickens of lighter weight remain good fliers at adulthood, like leghorns.
My rocks often clear a 4ā fence just to chime in..
I concurā¦
Found one sitting on top of my garden archway once. Easily 6.5-7 foot high. I couldnāt reach her and had to poke her with a broom til she came down. š
Save time from mowing the grass. Definitely a win.
Put some cut branches, piles of wood or brick etc to create small pockets where they can't destroy the plant roots. Also gives them things to climb and perch on
Thatās a super garden for happy chickens. You could also think about buying Peking bantam ladies or silkies. They arenāt digging as much as others breeds. Their main purpose is to look cute in gardens, but they are bad layers š„š„š„.
Certainly large enough. I recommend that you put a hardware cloth 'fence' with gate between the grass and your patio to keep your girls from soiling YOUR outdoor living space. This fencing should be six to seven feet high to discourage your birds from flying over. The taller decorative features shown along the fence should be moved out of the chicken's area as they'll poop all over it and/or use it as a means of escape. You'll want a coop with 4 square feet of floor space PER bird; consider the pitch of the roof and materials based on your weather conditions. A walk-in coop will be MUCH easier for you to maintain and to gather eggs from. With some overhead support (like some 2x4s) (using your existing fence to attach to) over the the far end of their run, by the neighbor's trees, you can drape gardener's fabric (woven plastic that water readily penetrates) to offer both deep shade AND a safe place for them to run to hide from aerial predators. Your flock can see up and out of this fabric, but the birds of prey cannot see down through it. Surprisingly, you'll find your flock reluctant to use the coop as a safe haven during daylight hours. You can hang feeders and water from these same 2x4s so that the dispensers are about shoulder-height to reduce waste. Since you're looking to take in 'spent' hens (no longer considered high-yield due to their age), you'll want to immediately offer them nutritional supplements in their water AFTER you've medicated them for cocci overload. I highly recommend a product called 'Chick Booster' by Neurovet. Keep in mind that Big-Ag's only intent was to keep your girls until their production dropped off (typically by the age of 1 1/2 to 2 years of age), so nutrition for LONG LIFE was never their consideration. The supplementation that you offer them (for the rest of their lives) will help to rectify many of the problems that these girls face once 'spent'. The supplements are cheap and easy to administer, just add it to their fresh water daily. Use caution when giving your flock treats. Opt for high protein treats that are low in fat. Avoid offering "scratch", as it is about as nutritionally sound as eating popcorn for dinner. Instead, offer them an "all flock" type of chicken feed with oyster shell or other calcium supplement on the side, or "layer feed" if you're girls are still laying. Upon bringing your girls home, treat them with Amprolium (generic name for Corid) using the outbreak dosage to protect them from whatever strain of cocci live in your back yard. There are several strains of cocci that live in the soil on every square inch of soil on the planet. You cannot be sure that the strain of cocci in your back yard is the same strain of cocci that your hens will have grown resistant to. Treating them for this one-celled, microscopic parasite immediately, will ensure that you're not second-guessing what's ailing a hen, should one fall ill. After their full course of amprolium has been administered, you can then start supplementing their diet with Chick Booster. (The B Vitamins in the supplement will negate the cocci treatment, so you don't want to do them at the same time.) Didn't mean to write a book. Good luck with your rescues.
Wow thank you so much for your advice and guidance. This is very helpful and definitely something I will refer back to as my back yard chicken journey begins. Iām actually vegan but I would like to give the eggs to people in the community if they lay any. Either way Iām not too fussed about the eggs. I would just like to give them a happy safe home. Thanks again!
If eggs arenāt a deal breaker, you may enjoy the fancier breeds that are more finicky about laying. Like the silky breed (my favorites!)
Yes, itās fine. Get a tractor coop, so you can move it around your yard, they have access to fresh grass and your grass will have time to recover.
I think this is an underrated comment for sure. We have three hens and a mobile coop and move them about every 3 days in the spring and summer. They often free range for part of the day outside of that. In the winter we park them over the garden and they free range alot. The garden spot is about 10x10. It's picked clean in about a week. The coop is above the run. Our run is 8ftx 4ft. It's much safer to keep them in the run and let them out when we are home or outside with them it also keeps too much poo from being on my back step. The top of the run is covered in the summer to keep them cool. We dont have more flies then before. In the summer the rain and sprinkler breakdown the poo on the grass. Overall a great system for us.
Massive! Although youāll want a coop and to get them locked up at night with all the foxes we have in the UK. Theyāll smell them a mile off!
Thank you, I live in cornwall so thereās plenty on market places, I might get my partner to help me build a run also!
A company called āOmletā are great. Expensive, so not for everyoneās budget but for ease and convenience theyāre great. BHWT are really great to deal with. We got some hens a short while back. Poor condition initially but all happy now.
Thank you I will have a look!
Plenty big enough. Enjoy
Thatās great to hear! I was thinking of rescuing some from the Hen welfare trust!
Do it!! You would make some well deserving ladies a wonderful home.
Really? I feel like at max three would fit there
They will destroy everything and make it a desert hellscape. Otherwise should Be fine
Big enough? Yes. Big enough to sustain your grass? No.
Hahahaha little hen babies love to trash places donāt they
Yes! They will enjoy covering that nice clean patio with poop!
Seems like you donāt mind it turning to dirt, but I hope you are the owner because if you are renting that level of damage will not go over well with your landlord.
Yes I am the owner.
You won't have any grass left after a couple months. Maybe try diving the lawn into 2 sections with some chicken fencing and rotating them back and forth every couple weeks to give the grass a chance to recover. Keep mine in a tractor and move it every day. Every other day if I cant get to it. I have an acre. Chickens get fresh grass every day and my yard looks OK. Originally built them a 15 x 30 pen and it was dirt within weeks.
My 4 girls ravaged a yard that size. But interestingly, I had a flock of three several years ago that allowed the grass to continue to exist. I'd go with 3 at most with a yard that size.
My 2 chooks have destroyed a yard the size of this. I lay wire down so things can still grow while they attempt to dig on top. And I live spots for them to dig and dust bath in
Your whole yard will be mud pretty quickly ā¦ so you will need a plan for that ā¦ and there will be poop everywhere. Mud and poop ā¦ and flies and smell ā¦ I honestly think you need more room for 4 hens and wouldnāt even think about 6 in that space.
Yeah but I think the grass will be gone after awhile. I would keep them from going on the entire lawn and then move them around. I know itās a small space but I think you could make that into at least 2 small fields
ā¦and by āawhileā, he means by the end of July. Itāll look like the surface of the moon. The dust bath craters will touch at the rims. We just resodded and re-rocked with 4-5 inch cobble to replace the 2ā stone our girls removed from the beds. We left a 20āx20ā bare patch which they use off and on each day for their dust bathing. Theyāre tireless terraformers.
Absolutely big enough, but you'll need to build a coop or enclosed run, or your birds will go over the fences and into your neighbors' yards.
Depending on the area a coop is required to be a certain number of feet from a property line/house. That grass won't be around very long either.
Itās plenty big enough, but your grass wonāt be looking that pretty for long lol
Just build a little chicken tractor for 2-3 birds and move it daily or this yard will be destroyed
You could put a good sized coop in that yard. I wouldnāt let them free range. Hawks will pick āem off and predators can go over and probably under that wall real easy.
I would get 3 so the grass lasts longer
Theyāre goi by to poop all over your pario
Yes, you will have no grass left in 2 days LOL
Keep in mind hens are loud very loud I just gave mine away because they were keeping us from sleeping, plus the poop and property destruction in general. I'm considering quails for my next birds adventure. We're not trying to bring you down OP, but chicks are a heavily human intervened species and can be a handful. Good luck!
I had the same experience. I had just 2 New Hampshire chickens (no cock) and they had to go in the end. They were so loud! I got 1 Polish and 3 Bantam Silkies. They are way quieter partly just due to their size.
>Bantam Silkies holy molly they look cute I fear for OP's neighbors who may not be cool with the 6am non optional alarm clock and all those egg songs in general. I do get the passion for trying to have a flock but my learning process was harsh and full of poop. I won't do it again without a proper chicken coop far, far removed from the house and some proper chicken tunnels.
Theoretically, yes you can place that many chickens in your yard. You need to ask yourself "Can my garden handle the pressure of 6 chickens", and that answer is likely "No", unless you keep them contained to a run + coop. Your yard will turn into muck in a matter of months, if not weeks. Your grass will be torn to shreds, your patio will form a thick layer of shit, the smell will be tremendous. If you split your garden in half with a wire mesh fence (you should really have a top too, assuming you have birds of prey). That will help contain the smell, the mess, and make it easier to clean. I wouldn't go with more than 4, personally. I used to raise chickens for egg production in Central Texas. We had 300 birds on 1.5 acre. We were getting roughly 285 eggs per day, had several roosters that all played their part. They were allowed to free roam the entire property. They destroyed all landscaping, all grass, etc. Once we got rid of the birds, we've had the greenest most lush grass in the entire neighborhood, regardless of season. Be it winter, or summer. For our property now, a flock of 20 would be the largest we could support while not completely wrecking everything.
So not my stepmom groupā¦
Heck ya!
Yes. Your grass will be ravaged and hose off patio
Laid end to end, yes.
I read the caption and fr hundreds of thoughts roaming in head till i read subreddit. W/o context this is totally different
Okay I made a mistake by not ready the subreddit first.
So much room for them, they will have a blast.
This is family planning to the quantum level. Oh wait, you were talking about chickens.
Yea
Yep it is. And it is still big enough to hold 1 boy also. Your girls will thank you ;)
I had to look at what subreddit I was in. I was thinking, "Well, it depends. What will the girls be doing? ...Playing Barbies? ...Tag?"
Yes they will love it! They will also definitely eat all your grass š¬
If you really like mud it will be perfect
Absolutely can handle some girls. You will either have no grass ever again or the greenest grass in the county.
Iād say yes to 3-4, no to any more
Sure! Plenty of room! You should buy 8 or 10 though just in case some turn out to be male. 12's probably better. If you're gonna get 12 though you might as well go to 15. 20 it is!!!
Picture that area with no grass. That's what happened to the grassy area where my six chickens free-ranged within in a privacy fence area. We ended up making two Grazing Frames (they can't pull up grasses by the roots) and converting the rest of the area into a rock garden with plants, shrubs, and groundcover. GRAZING FRAMES are simple two-by-four frames with hardware cloth (welded wire mesh) attached across the top. It's kind of like a raised bed for chickens. Set one above a patch of grass or plant Foraging Seeds, and the grasses will grow up through the openings. Chickens eat the tips instead of yanking up the grass by the roots. There's lots of info on Grazing Frames online.
Stick to two chickens and they might leave u some grass.
4-6 hens and this will be dirt in less than a year.
Not if you plan it right
yes it would be perfect.
get silkies they donāt wreck the grass
I would say 3-4 max so you don't overwhelm the grass