Beautiful pics! Somewhat like my place :-) only where your beautiful GREEN grass is, well, with our water conservation here in cali, mine is pretty much brown :-( But, on this subject, dont marigolds repell flees and mites etc???? something i wondered if we could plant around the coop to ward...
My chickens don't bother the shrubs. I have Pyrocanthus, Skimmia, Witch Hazel, Aronia, Thimbleberry, High Bush Cranberry, Gooseberry, Currants, Blueberries, Lilac, Euonymous, Bamboo, Clematis, And several others that the names escape me. I have found that they do more damage from scratching up...