What impact will 3-4 chickens have on our yard?

[jcscowtown]

I started out with a chicken ark and six chickens. Every two or three days my wife and I would pick it up and move it over a fresh patch of grass. That way the chickens got fresh salad and they fertilized that section without being on it long enough to kill the grass.

 

[7&8]

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Love it! Thanks for this!

 

[NoelC]

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Yeah, but it keeps in our two Pomeranians! I guess that's another reason to keep them in their own area! Shoot!

 

[greenSearcher]

Chickens will change the way one landscapes. Fences become a standard feature, even the fig "trees" have a fence around them (not that they have fruit this year since we have had less than 4" of rain all year). I am slowly discovering plants that either they don't like or are hardy enough to survive their attention. Holly hocks, Calla Lilly, Passion Flowers and Mesquite (darn, darn darn!) All I know is they lover to wander and are fabulous for insect control. I have seen 6 grasshoppers this year- I had thousands of them last year, literally hanging on the house, porch, fences and jumping out of the grass w/ every step. I had just 12 chicken spring of 2010 and this last spring I had 45 chickens. Now if they only ate fire ants.