Chickens and gardening question

[PatS]

Blackberries grow wild here. No one ever plants them, but cuts them down as a weed. I can't see that the chickens do any damage to the blackberry vines

Same here. The chicken will eat the berries they can reach and will jump up a little to get the ones just out of reach. But above a couple of feet, the berries belong to the wild birds and me.

They eat the rose hips they can reach, too.​

 

[ninny]

I just found this. What do you guys that of it?
http://www.sustainableseedco.com/poultry-package.html

 

[rhoda_bruce]

I would love to undertake a project like that. If I could only be 19 again. It has occured to me, often that I am paying more for feed than I would like and I try not to. But I do it by pasturing my flock. I often wonder if I would garden for my chickens, how many extra beds would I really need and how difficult would it be. Its not like I don't have a bit of land to use, but I will have to work it and thats hard.
I wonder if I can deep bed corn in a fairly long row about 3 feet wide X about 17 feet. Maybe I can talk to my other half about it. I have a lot of pilings that are rotting and I have nothing to do with, unless I can do something temporary.

 

[GardeNerd]

My chickens leave the leaves of my raspberries and blackberries alone, but if they get the chance, they will pick every berry they can reach. I have lots of other green things they like better. I now keep the chickens fenced out while the raspberries are producing.

 

[cybercat]

So far my chickens have left my roses alone. They have scratched in the mulch around them but that was it.

 

[LAMchop]

The chickens have never really bothered our raspberries. Plus, when the berries are ripe there are usually plenty of japanese beetles, and they go after those first. I'll gladly sacrifice a few raspberries to get rid of the beetles.

 

[ninny]

Had another question. Im doing the deep littler method. Come spring should i use it as mulch in the garden?

 

[CarrieAnnChicks]

our girls only touched our raspberries in the late fall/early winter when there wasn't much else for them to eat...

 

[jojo54]

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Same here. The chicken will eat the berries they can reach and will jump up a little to get the ones just out of reach. But above a couple of feet, the berries belong to the wild birds and me.

They eat the rose hips they can reach, too.

Mine jump for raspberries too!

 

[RocketDad]

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My chickens LOVE rose petals. The run has a big, old rose bush next to it. When it was blooming I would shake the canes to drop petals into the run for them. If you have fancy rose bushes, they'll probably eat any blooms they can reach.