Dung Beetles

[SCRancher]

http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/dungbeetle.html

I have read this article along with many others and I try to manage for dung beetles.

I have a few questions regarding dung beetles and fly management that I hope someone with more experience can answer for me.

A lot of fly control topics suggest using chickens and guinea fowl to help break apart the cow pies - my question is this - what impact on dung beetles does this have?

I have some laying hens but they are kept up and not allowed to free range - it's just not possible since I don't live on my farm yet - going to change this year however. I know my chickens eat any bug they can find and dung beetles would be no exception. Doesn't using fowl also reduce dung beetle populations significantly?

[topside1]

http://www.crtkyneton.com.au/dungbeetle.htm

[MO_cows]

Our free range chickens only cover a couple of acres, they just don't roam all that far even though they could. So it's likely the cattle will have a wider "range" and there will be manure patties left for the dung beetles that the chickens never get to.