Chickens in the flower beds~*

[murdeb]

Is this any way to deter chickens from plucking the leaves and stalks off my plants? I assume they are checking every nook and cranny for bugs.

 

[laseterlass]

I bought 2 of the scarecrow motion detector sprinklers. My beds needed pulled anyway so I let them have at them this fall. But next summer they will be HOSED!

http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&ke...x=aps&hvadid=3402262587&ref=pd_sl_wxl2p5yw5_e

 

[maybejoey]

Fence in an area that you want them to stay in and to keep them out of the areas that you dont want them in.

 

[laseterlass]

If you are using the hens for pest control as I am it is a draw as to how to control the behaiviors. When the caterpillars show up to decimate my Columbine I want the hens on it. The rest of the time they will get wet.

 

[murdeb]

I never heard of the scarecrow motion detector sprinklers, good idea! Unfortunately, I live in south Florida so flowers,shrubs etc bloom all year round. If I catch them in the act, I'll squirt them with the hose!