Gardening with raptors...yeah, not efficient but very entertaining

[PeteTheSwede]

So I scraped of a large area of mulch and dug equally large area to soften the clay soil I've got going on in the poultry yard. Mission: plant Comet hops. I completed the digging and amending the clay/soil and I kid you not, it took me 40 seconds to grab the hops plant from the nursery, and this is what I came back to....
I'll be planting hops another day it seems. Even the 3 week olds joined the party.

Chickens....*sigh*

 

[drumstick diva]

that is hysterical, are you sure they were drugged???

 

[PeteTheSwede]

Drugged? Well.if they were, that would explain yheit urgency to dust bathe

 

[TheYLWFlock]

Lol, too funny!

 

[Zinjifrah]

I opened the coop doors today wide to go in and turn the shavings...

Turned away to grab the rake, turned back, and all my chicks had melted. There was a puddle of Sebrights, a puddle of Seramas, and I had no idea that a Silkie could be an inch thick, but I swear s/he was, with wings sprawled in every direction, legs sticking out at random angles, and blissfully glazed eyes. Apparently, the outer coop doorway is the BEST place for a sunbath, despite having full access to a 10x20 covered run with plenty of sunlight.

So I can sympathize.

 

[SueT]

You can put cages/fences around the plants you want to keep and let the chickens weed the areas in between...

 

[PeteTheSwede]

Ha ha ha, absolutely. I would not ever dare to grow anything without protection around everything in the poultry yard. It would be complete waste of plant and time.
But in this instance, I didn't feel right moving them aside for my own benefit when they had the time of their lives.

 

[Ducksandchickens]

My chickens are in a run most of the time so they aren’t in the garden. My ducks are a differnt story… they are all the tomatoes last year. Lol

 

[PeteTheSwede]

I don't have the chickens in the garden either. Half of our backyard is fully devoted to our feathered creatures, so we flooded their half with wood chips and planted fruit trees, shrubs, and other perenial plants that can withstand chicken assault on a daily basis without major protection. Adding banana, kiwi, passion fruit, raspberry, goosberry, and hops this year.