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

[MegsEggsx]

We don’t really have a garden as such (my mum can’t garden) we just have a backyard which they are actually welcome to come into, but their is a catch. I make it as difficult as I possibly can for them to get into the yard and if they still make it then they have earned the right to have a scratch around at the green grass. Currently only 2 of my 10 chickens have earned the title of chicken mastermind, actually one of them figured it out and then her best friend followed her !

 

[CHlCKEN]

My EEs hop up and destroy my Kale. I need to figure something out to stop it

 

[Chookchicken]

My chickens helped my kale get ready for winter before they had a run. Now the look at us longingly whilst we water garden.

My chickens also have their “own garden” surrounding their coop that we let them dig in, or give them the plants inside.

 

[Willow2253]

The main garden has big tall fences to keep deer out and it happens to keep the chickens out, but the herb garden and the flowers only have a small fence that is easy to hop over so it’s a struggle to keep the birds out of those pots.

 

[MadamContrary]

I put up cycled plastic soda crates (they use them for commercial transport for the litre bottles) flipped upside down over grass or areas I sprinkle sprouting seeds. They can eat everything above the crate line and it keeps growing. Works great inside the run. You could also build a little frame with hardware cloth on top, I just happened to pick up a bunch of crates by a dumpster one year and I've had them about 9 years now. Actually built our first coop out of them too .

My veggie garden is on the front and chickens are in the back, but I still fence in the area because of dogs and kids as well.

 

[Bryce Thomas]

The pepper plants keep em out. Now they have learned to stay away from long v shaped red objects lol

 

[West Bend]

they have their garden BUT my vegetable garden is inside their area, protected by a pointless fence. for some reason they often walk on the fence but they never jump inside... something I'd rather not investigate because I don't want to break the spell.
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on the other hand, they often trespass the border with my garden (protected by a high fence) and eat every other plants...
this is nebbia with my iris

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Love the look of your gardens. I had a cat just like yours. Her name was Bailey

 

[BReeder!]

The pepper plants keep em out. Now they have learned to stay away from long v shaped red objects lol

This is odd. Chickens don't taste the heat of peppers. Many people (myself included) give cayenne pepper powder to chickens as a natural wormer and for other benefits. Why do your chickens avoid peppers?

 

[Bryce Thomas]

This is odd. Chickens don't taste the heat of peppers. Many people (myself included) give cayenne pepper powder to chickens as a natural wormer and for other benefits. Why do your chickens avoid peppers?

Maybe they just taste the sourness or just dont like it but if pepper powder is a natural wormer i should try that

 

[chickentrains]

Chicken wire zipped tied to 6ft long 1/2 inch wide pvc pipes. My chickens are top heavy and don't fly well