sammi_lynn12
Songster
Has anyone been successful on keeping their chickens out of their landscaping around the house and flower beds without putting up fencing around the plants and flowers?
I love letting my chickens free range but they are tearing up my landscaping and have tore it up all the way down to the cloth underneath the mulch. Fencing isn't really an option as its the landscaping in front of our house and around the side of our house and the whole point is so people can see the plants and flowers from the road and it looks nice. Wire fencing just isn't an eye appeal and it will bother me to look at! Lol
I have read that sprinkling the area with cinnamon, paprika, and garlic will deter them from going near them as they don't like the smell but I wasn't sure if anyone has actually tried this before and whether it actually worked or not? They also have chicken repellent spray you can make to spray plants and landscaping. Has anyone actually tried any of these things or it there something else that actually worked?
I hate keeping them penned up because they enjoy free ranging a lot but we spent a lot of money and time on our landscaping and we can't just live with them tearing it up either.
I love letting my chickens free range but they are tearing up my landscaping and have tore it up all the way down to the cloth underneath the mulch. Fencing isn't really an option as its the landscaping in front of our house and around the side of our house and the whole point is so people can see the plants and flowers from the road and it looks nice. Wire fencing just isn't an eye appeal and it will bother me to look at! Lol
I have read that sprinkling the area with cinnamon, paprika, and garlic will deter them from going near them as they don't like the smell but I wasn't sure if anyone has actually tried this before and whether it actually worked or not? They also have chicken repellent spray you can make to spray plants and landscaping. Has anyone actually tried any of these things or it there something else that actually worked?
I hate keeping them penned up because they enjoy free ranging a lot but we spent a lot of money and time on our landscaping and we can't just live with them tearing it up either.