- May 5, 2009
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What do you guys recommend I do to keep my chickens off my deck?
I have 3 hens and a good sized backyard. I keep their coop open so they are free range - they can go where ever they please. Unfortunately, a lot of times - it's on my deck. It's very frustrating as they poop all over it. We use our back door as our main entrance/exit so there are all kinds of problems with people tracking the poop into the house. I'm starting to feel like an episode of Animal Hoarders. It's gross.
My husband put up some chicken wire on the outside of the posts, but they just fly up and over. Now that we have furniture out there, they like to sit on it. That's MY furniture and I want to sit on it! LOL
I don't want to get rid of my chickens nor do I want to close them in their coop all the time, but I'm coming dangerously close because of all the time cleaning chicken poo.
I have 3 hens and a good sized backyard. I keep their coop open so they are free range - they can go where ever they please. Unfortunately, a lot of times - it's on my deck. It's very frustrating as they poop all over it. We use our back door as our main entrance/exit so there are all kinds of problems with people tracking the poop into the house. I'm starting to feel like an episode of Animal Hoarders. It's gross.
My husband put up some chicken wire on the outside of the posts, but they just fly up and over. Now that we have furniture out there, they like to sit on it. That's MY furniture and I want to sit on it! LOL
I don't want to get rid of my chickens nor do I want to close them in their coop all the time, but I'm coming dangerously close because of all the time cleaning chicken poo.