TherealZiggy
In the Brooder
My chickens have free range in my raspberry patch and I am getting Japanese beetles. The raspberries are just a little to tall for the chickens to reach the Japanese beetles.
First; is there anything besides pyretherin that is safe for chickens? If not I thought about just taking a broom and knocking the beetles off the plants and on to the ground where the chickens can get to them. This won't work once the berries start ripining because these are gold raspberries and they are really fragile. They are even hard to pick without them falling apart but the taste is amazing. I am open to any ideas or comments on what I have so far.
First; is there anything besides pyretherin that is safe for chickens? If not I thought about just taking a broom and knocking the beetles off the plants and on to the ground where the chickens can get to them. This won't work once the berries start ripining because these are gold raspberries and they are really fragile. They are even hard to pick without them falling apart but the taste is amazing. I am open to any ideas or comments on what I have so far.