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[kentucky jay]

will chickens eat my creeping flox ? will they get sick from them ? what are some ground covers i can grow that wont hurt my chickens ? or if i already have a yard full of clover will they even bother with the flox ?

 

[Miss Lydia]

I have found thats theres not much they won't eat. They didn't eat my tall phlox so maybe thats one plant they won't eat but I think creeping phlox and tall phlox are 2 different plant types.

 

[WoodlandWoman]

The only decorative plant they've gone after in my gardens is the hosta. I've heard other people complain about their hostas being eaten, too. I started planting more dark leafy greens and they ate those, instead of the hosta. Which is good, because the hosta was eaten down to the ground.

 

[mulewagon]

Oooh, my chickens love hosta, too! We call it "chicken candy". Fortunately, it seems to thrive on being eaten back, and comes up fine the next year.

About the only thing my chickens won't eat is ground ivy (creeping charlie), a very invasive ground cover that we would love to have thinned out. Figures!

 

[kentucky jay]

dont know what creeping charlie looks like , but i dont have anything that seems to be too invasive so i dont hink i gatta worry about that ! i'm also worried what they will do to my iris , dafodills , and my cherry tree saplings !!

 

[kentucky jay]

oh yeah ...looks like im planting some hosta !!