We recently invested in electric chicken netting/fencing. We too had our lawn and raised beds destroyed. At first it was cute to see them romping through the lettuce, and then... well there was no lettuce or lawn or blueberry bush. We tried fencing them out of areas, but then decided to fence them in. The mobile fencing is super easy to install and move around. We bought 100 feet of the fencing so our 6 chickens can have a large area to free range in. I can easily relocate it to a different area of the yard. The fence keeps the chicken in a confined area and keeps our neighbors' dogs away from our chickens. Unfortunately it provides no protection form aerial attacks from hawks, but I try to be sure that there are a few bushes or a yard table in the area so the hens can seek shelter. So far so good.
