Official BYC Poll: How Do You Chicken-Proof Your Garden?

[janiedoe]

 

[ForTheLoveOfSilkies]

I fence off garden beds I planted seeds but somehow my Silkies seemed to be able to fly over and destroy my hard work So I have a little raised garden on stilts now and that one is surviving so my plan is to get more of those, although it's better if it's lower so the chickens can help me turn it over .. They can at least get to work on my old crops for now while I work out a plan..

 

[CaroChickenMom]

We have a “garden jail” made of chicken wire, and bird net on top. Whatever it’s not protected they will destroy. We even have one side of the fence covered in English ivy, and they managed to eat it from the middle down and make the fence naked. We also added wire and is recovering.

 

[Ursuline Chick]

My kitchen garden is usually fenced in, in winter the chickens are allowed to go in after things like tomato plants are removed and finish it off to their delight.

 

[piminuse]

We put up a makeshift 4' chicken wire fence around the perimeter of our garden this last season. It was more to keep the dogs out as they are cucumber and tomato thieves, but it worked nicely for the birds as well since they usually tear at the greens. We put pots along the perimeter and grow nasturtium and herbs which they can peck at from the other side. They line up and watch me when I weed 'cuz they know I'll drop over tasty tidbits or toss 'em worms. They're allowed in during Fall/Spring to help clean up the weeds and slugs.

 

[PippinTheChicken]

I fence off garden beds I planted seeds but somehow my Silkies seemed to be able to fly over and destroy my hard work So I have a little raised garden on stilts now and that one is surviving so my plan is to get more of those, although it's better if it's lower so the chickens can help me turn it over .. They can at least get to work on my old crops for now while I work out a plan..
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Those chickens are so beautiful! It's a shame it's hard to be angry at a silkie! What colours are they classed as?

 

[ForTheLoveOfSilkies]

Those chickens are so beautiful! It's a shame it's hard to be angry at a silkie! What colours are they classed as?

Columbian / red pyle/ splash/ red leakage / partridge .. not a real name for the colours of all my different ones I love the red leakage, wish I had hens with it but they end up being roosters! So I have to keep them! ..even if they destroy my garden

 

[PippinTheChicken]

Columbian / red pyle/ splash/ red leakage / partridge .. not a real name for the colours of all my different ones I love the red leakage, wish I had hens with it but they end up being roosters! So I have to keep them! ..even if they destroy my garden
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I think my little boy is getting red leakage in his tail and wings

 

[BDutch]

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We have a “garden jail” made of chicken wire, and bird net on top. Whatever it’s not protected they will destroy. We even have one side of the fence covered in English ivy, and they managed to eat it from the middle down and make the fence naked. We also added wire and is recovering.

Ivy is a poisonous plant. If the chickens eat that they might not have enough food. Please give the chickens more feed/grasses/veggies to avoid that they eat really everything that grows.

 

[Lemon-Drop]

Ivy is a poisonous plant. If the chickens eat that they might not have enough food. Please give the chickens more feed/grasses/veggies to avoid that they eat really everything that grows.

English Ivy isn’t as poisonous as other ivy plants though. But I agree.