I started a page of Chicken Proof Plants

[squeakyballs]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=22588-chicken-proof-plants

I know it isn't much yet, but I went nuts a few months ago trying to figure out what I could add to mine. I thought it might be easier if it was all listed in the same place.

Does someone already have a master list? If so, I can delete this one.

Otherwise... What am I missing? Does anyone have pictures of plants in their chicken run that I can add?

 

[lauralou]

Cool.


The only things that grow unmolested in my chicken pens are tall weeds. I don't know the names of most of them. Only poke and mullein. But they grow quite well and I cut paths through them, leaving shady patches for the girls to hide in. That was really nice this summer, when the heat was ridiculous.

 

[beth59]

Mine don't bother foliage from bulbs such as: daffodil, narcissus, onions, garlic, crinum. I also have a few plants in my butterfly garden that haven't been touched: a couple varieties of sages, duranta, rue, firebush.

Beth

 

[squeakyballs]

Thanks you two, I'll add them to the list!

 

[hencackle]

Comfrey? My chickens devour the leaves on my comfrey plants, leaving nothing but a few stripped stalks.

 

[Sir Birdaholic]

My DW has plots of Cannas in the barn lots & the chickens use them for shade, but the chickens or horses don't bother them.

 

[squeakyballs]

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It says mixed results

Someone said they didn't touch theirs, but then someone else said the same as you! Friggen chickens!

 

[themagicash]

My ladies wont touch morning glory vine, mint, or Turks Cap.

 

[squeakyballs]

Thank you, I updated it

 

[sixxchixx]

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i heard that morning glory is poisonous??? any one know for sure? i would love to plant morning glory along my run because its a fast grower and does well with low water.

if it is poisonous, any ideas on a fast growing vine?? full sun??