My hens destroyed my Hosta plants. Just venting!

[Messipaw]

Ahhh destroyed they chewed them down to nubs. I'm so disappointed.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

Ahhh destroyed they chewed them down to nubs. I'm so disappointed.

Sorry, but cheer up, your chickens are just as disappointed that they have no more Hosta plants to ravage.

 

[Messipaw]

Lol lol lol lol thank you. So true.

 

[ll]

This is so funny and caught my eye because...
the deer eat our hostas every year.
They've long ago demolished my giant blues and steadily work on the little bi-color clumps in the middle of the night.
I was going to move them into the fenced backyard to save them from being eventually wiped out... but after reading your post I now know the girls would wreck 'em. Thank you so much for saving me the backbreaking work & heartache !!!!!!

(now I'll move them somewhere totally different, really -thankyou)

 

[Messipaw]

My pleasure. I'm so disappointed. I love my Hosta plants. Not this summer. Next summer I need to plan a bit more instead of trusting these fluffy butts.
Good luck

 

[Malibu99]

My pleasure. I'm so disappointed. I love my Hosta plants. Not this summer. Next summer I need to plan a bit more instead of trusting these fluffy butts.
Good luck

Never trust a fluffybutt with plants. They're like little dinosaurs, they'll demolish everything. Move the other plants before it's too late...

On a more serious note, I'm sorry about your hastas. I'm thinking of planting a chicken garden, full of edible plants just for the chickens. Maybe I'll plant a couple hastas. Hope you can get some more. They really are beautiful.

 

[Messipaw]

Definitely plant Hostas for them. Mine go nuts for collard greens and kale too. Nuts!

 

[ll]

You do know that if you transplant the remaining stubs/root system they'll come back next year?
The deer eat ours EVERY year, they pop up again the next Spring.
Good luck to you too.

 

[Messipaw]

Too funny. I just was reading that on Grits website.

You do know that if you transplant the remaining stubs/root system they'll come back next year?
The deer eat ours EVERY year, they pop up again the next Spring.
Good luck to you too.