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biga said:
i tried posting this in the urban homesteader thread but didn't get a response... so it's up to my local crowd now:

i don't know if i qualify as an urban homesteader or not. it all started with planting a squash in the flower beds out back. next year it was in both flower beds. next year green beans in the beds. next year i built an 8x8 raised bed. next year it was 8x16. next year it was 16x16. i still wanted more garden but didn't want to buy a ton of top soil. so i spread out what i had in the 16x16 into a 20x40!!! i planted everything this week. 8 large heirloom tomato varieties, 7 romas, 2-40' runs of pole beans, 40' of purple hull, 40' of zipper cream peas, 2 squash, 2 zucchini, 2 green bell, 2 red bell, 1 yellow bell, 1 orange bell, 3 jalapeno, carrots, onions, romaine, watermelon, all the herbs i can stand... and i STILL have some more room to put a few things! and i have the 8 chickens and a coop of course.

which brings me to my question for you guys/gals... do i need to coop the chickens up to keep them out of the garden? i would think they would MURDER the lettuce and tomatoes. i have some bird netting i could put up but i'm not sure if i have enough to do the WHOLE garden. any suggestions? right now i have them on lock down.
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You may not keep a coop but you will definitely need something to keep the chickens out of the garden.
Or maybe some type of chicken tractor. There are some cool lightweight pvc designs out there.
 
No doubt, Biga, you have to fence one or the other! I put up chicken wire or bird netting around the beds, and sometimes they get in there anyway. I watched a hen one day. She walked up to a nice compact Aster plant. She looked at the bottom and scratched a bit, then around the left and right. Finally, she stretched her head way up to look at the middle. In one quick move, she jumped up and into the middle of the plant and started scratching and kicking to knock it down. I managed to get her out of it before it was totally destroyed, but it wasn't pretty anymore.
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Does anyone is central Alabama have any young laying Orpingtons looking for 4 (or quiet chickens, I live in a neighborhood and they need to be somewhat quiet) for sale? If so please email me [email protected]
 
Wisher.. How was your hatching? Did the chicks you put in lock down hatch? Did the lady get enough chicks to do her petting show?
 
Thanks Wisher, I am looking for hens that are already laying, I have raised chicks before but don't have the time for raising anymore.
 
Thanks for the information. I am wanting a chicken that is a big egg producer. I'm from Birmingham but going to school in Tuscaloosa now.
 
benjamn said:
Thanks for the information. I am wanting a chicken that is a big egg producer. I'm from Birmingham but going to school in Tuscaloosa now.
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you could search the other threads for the different breeds some of the other threads maybe able to help i think there is a for sale thread that may be a good place to look
 

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