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but how much manure run off is there everytime it rains?

if you want grass you realistically need less chickens or 3-4 runs at least...... Last summer i kept 30 on 1/4 acre divided into six spots. They had to be moved every 4-5 days and the area under the coop still took time to recover after only 5 days.......like i said if you really still...

With that many chickens in that space t will be destroyed no matter what you do. Really the only way is to rotate them and give areas a break from the chickens and the poop.......like the other poster say 30 destroyed 1/4 acre pretty fast.

I say 2 sq ft per bird inside, most on here say 4 sq ft. Most on here will say 10 sq ft per bird in the run. I would say waaaaaaaaaay more than that and rotate the areas they have access to....Sustainable numbers in terms of the land handling it are somewhere around 50 birds/ acre So...