Will chickens destroy a dwarf lemon tree?

[fiddleblue]

I am planning my chicken run. I am debating whether to include an area of yard containing a dwarf lemon tree (about 3 feet high: branches and lemons dangle and touch the ground). I was wondering if anyone knows, would the chickens peck at or eat at the leaves or fruit of this tree, or tend to leave it alone, if I enclose it in the run? Digging it up and replanting it elsewhere isn't an option due to lack of yard space in areas that obtain sunshine.

 

[wildorchid053]

if you look in treats you will see they can't eat any kind of citrus.. i don't know if it is poisionus or why. but they can't eat it

 

[scooter147]

You won't see a leaf if you don't enclose it somehow.

 

[starforever61]

They usually know by instinct not to eat the fruit itself, but they will steal all the leaves from that tree.

 

[Big Chicken Little]

Eventually that tree will die ...they will peck at it and around it exposing the roots. I had 10 geese that took out my black walnut tree that had a 3' girth.

 

[nimblytripping]

Mine live with citrus and they don't eat the leaves. I was more concerned about the neighbors Oleandars hanging over the fence but they don't eat those leaves either.