why do I have ti mow and weed eat inside my chicken run?

[ladyearth]

all I read before getting chickens this year, that chickens) they turn their run into mud....
I have 5 adult chickens in 2 cattle panels (each 16 feet long)long and wide odd shaped pen or run
prob cause they are spoiled rotten???/ They are LET OUT EACH DAY RIGHT BEFORE BEDTIME to get worms etc for half hour or so... supervised closely....then they go back in on their own.....
thanks yall

 

[Marthab1953]

So what are you asking! Why do you have to mow and weed the chicken run! You should not have to weed in the pen/run, the chickens should take care of it unless it is way too overgrown, Was there weeds in there when you put the chickens in the enclosed run?

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

Probably because it is spring. I have to mow right now too but as soon as the hot dry weather hits I won't have to mow in there all summer probably and not all winter either since the grass doesn't grow much during those times.

 

[ladyearth]

that is what I want to know...... Of course I only have chickens... they dont seem to eat the grass...... i guess with the chicken poo it grows even more.... it is that the few chickens runs I have seen, were all dirt... no grass

no it was just a regular grass area... no tall weeds or grass go figure
thanks all

 

[yyz0yyz0]

My 12x12 run survived the first summer with 7 pullets in it, but then by the time the winter was over it was toast. Ive since thrown a couple of grazing frames in there and now they have a small source of greens that they can't destroy. I try to let them out but the gardens are so tender at this time of year that they just destroy them as well.

If it was a well established lawn then it may survive for a while or even a whole summer but if it's anything like mine the winter will sound death knell on it.