Question about St Augustine grass and Free roam hens

[galanie]

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I think bermuda grass will thrive even after a thermonuclear bomb! Man, do I hate that stuff. It's great if you want it, but it's so invasive. I have no idea if your grass will withstand 2 hens. I doubt it will remain the lovely carpet you seem to be farming at the moment, I think it will at least have a few areas scratched out. Mine mostly like to dig around under mulches and around the edges. I still have my St. Augustine but I have 4 hens in an area roughly 150' x 175'. I dont' really care about a wonderful, carpetlike covering. But it looks like that is what is coming in since the hens have taken out a lot of the weeds. It will be funny to have a better yard after hens than before. LOL

I HAD bermuda grass in my chicken run.I thought it looked nice. Apparently the chickens thought it looked tasty. Everything, including roots were eaten. All that remains is what was under an old bird cage

and they try their best to get it.

LOL well if your bermuda grass didn't survive chickens then St Augustine in the same area certainly wouldn't have stood a chance in Hell!

 

[Pinky]

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I HAD bermuda grass in my chicken run.I thought it looked nice. Apparently the chickens thought it looked tasty. Everything, including roots were eaten. All that remains is what was under an old bird cage

and they try their best to get it.

LOL well if your bermuda grass didn't survive chickens then St Augustine in the same area certainly wouldn't have stood a chance in Hell!

I'm sure they would love that too. St. Augustine is soo nice looking. I wish I could grow it.

 

[rgvchick]

Hi, all!

I know it's a little late in coming--only what? 6 years? Oh well, I was looking for info on this topic and came across this post. Just wanted to share some links with good info I just found...

http://www.thegardenacademy.com/Urban_Chickens_and_Lawns.html

http://www.randylemmon.com/lawns/fertilize-organic.html

Hope your grass is doing well