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Will chickens destroy my flower garden

  • They’ll eat every sprout. Good luck.

    Votes: 20 95.2%

  • Their nibbles won’t be too noticeable.

    Votes: 2 9.5%

  • The flowers will be fine and benefit from compost and bug control.

    Votes: 1 4.8%
  • Total voters
    21
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Cephalo said:
Hello!

I am so new to chickens that I don’t even have them yet. The idea of raising chickens has always been sitting in the back of my head, but I finally have the opportunity. My husband and I are newlyweds and are settled into a beautiful property with 30 wooded acres. I work a desk job from home, so I’m in the perfect position to keep and eye on my flock!


My husband is not so excited about this adventure and rolled on the floor laughing when I said I was going to build the coop, but I am way more capable (and determined) than he gives me credit for. He finally agreed to give me a shot and that’s all I want.

I plan on starting with a Golden Buff, Black Australorp, Ameraucana, and Golden Laced Wyandotte...maybe a silver too! I’d like 4, but I’m thinking about purchasing 6 chicks just in case.

I’m really hoping to free range them as much as possible (if not, they’ll at least be in a tractor). I am an avid flower gardener and we have an insane amount of bugs for them to take care of...especially the earwigs!

My biggest anxiety about chickens is getting our two labs, Molly and Red, to not kill the chicks. Molly is ruthless, but I’m hoping that a little training will save my flock. My second biggest anxiety is chicken math. And my third biggest anxiety is keeping them happy in the winter since our winters are very long and very snowy.

I found BYC because you cannot google any chicken question without BYC showing up in the results. And I joined because it got me so excited!

I’ll post again when I’ve got my new babies. I’ll be documenting my journey on instagram and possibly a blog that I haven’t decided if I’m starting yet :)
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:welcome :frow There are a lot of people from Michigan on BYC. I am originally from Traverse City (Elk Rapids) but have lived in Florida most of my life. My brother still lives up there. I think you have a good plan. Make everything bigger. Once you get your birds and fall in love with them you many want more. It's good that you are possibly planning on getting a couple of extra chicks because you never know. I started out with 6 and now have around 300+-. I guess that's chicken math. Make sure your coop and pen are predator proof because I can guarantee that eventually predators will find them and get them if they can. Good luck with your endeavor and have fun...
 
cmom said:
:welcome :frow There are a lot of people from Michigan on BYC. I am originally from Traverse City (Elk Rapids) but have lived in Florida most of my life. My brother still lives up there. I think you have a good plan. Make everything bigger. Once you get your birds and fall in love with them you many want more. It's good that you are possibly planning on getting a couple of extra chicks because you never know. I started out with 6 and now have around 300+-. I guess that's chicken math. Make sure your coop and pen are predator proof because I can guarantee that eventually predators will find them and get them if they can. Good luck with your endeavor and have fun...
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Wow! 300 is impressive! But when you love them, you love them. I know I’d have 100 dogs if I had enough time to pay attention to each one. I’m definitely taking coop predator-proofness as seriously as possible. We have every predator out there as you already know!
 

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