garden will be temp housing

[21hens-incharge]

I will be building a new coop and tearing down the old one and the run.
If I close the 22 chickens in my 23 x 14 garden are there plants I should remove first?
I have growing
cabbage which I know is fine for them to eat but there are about a dozen in there
onions
carrots
corn
tomatos
turnips
lettuce
hot peppers
and borage

I think they will leave the corn alone since it is to tough and to tall to reach.

I will search some more for the poison plants list....

 

[6of6chicks]

Tomatoes (and peppers, eggplant, & potatoes) are part of the nightshade family. The leaves and stems are toxic, so I wouldn't let your chickens eat those. I would limit the borage as well (too much is toxic to the liver). As far as I know the rest should be fine.

Wow - you must be up north somewhere to have all that in your garden right now! I'm in SE Texas and my garden basically shuts down from June - August (95+ temps). What I wouldn't give for some garden carrots right now!

 

[21hens-incharge]

Thank you. I had no idea about the borage being a bad thing. I grow it to draw the bees in near my tomatos. It can be pesky to control.
I think I will hang in there until September and then just clear the whole thing for them.
Not wanting dead or sickly chickens while I am building them a new house.

I am in northern Colorado. I am looking at the outside temp and it is reading 105 with a 12% humidity.

I gave the girls all cold water about half an hour ago. Thank goodness I have shade trees.

I am going to prefab the whole coop so putting it together should only take about 3 days. I do worry about them finding bad roots to eat in the garden.

 

[6of6chicks]

Borage is fine when eaten in small amounts. It's good in salads. It's just something that should be eaten in moderation, and you know how chickens are - they just devour everything in sight!

Good luck with the new coop!