Chickens love to eat. This means that your garden may not be safe from free range or roaming cluckers! Just because you have a fence around your garden, doesn't mean it's safe. They can, and will, go over it to get to whatever you have planted. In this entry, we will talk about ways to keep your garden safe.
One thing you can do is to clip the flight feathers on only one of their wings. If you do both, they can still get off the ground a bit, but with only one wing clipped, they are unbalanced and can't get very high. So, a fence that is 3-4 feet high might do you well. Another way is to use netting over the top of your garden. With the netting on top, the chickens can't get in that way if they happen to get over the fence. You'll have to make sure to connect all pieces and all sides of the netting with something like cable/zip ties or twine. If you don't seal up all the pieces, the netting will have gaps that the chickens can enter through. You could use a greenhouse. However, you'll want to use a screen door or some sort of mesh-like fabric or wire if you have to leave it open on hot days. Make sure that any mesh or screen is secure so the chickens can't wander in and that all windows open are either screened or up out of reach. The best kind of garden you can have if you have chickens is a vertical garden. This means that your plants are up in the air and out of reach, not on the ground. This is a big advantage because chickens won't be able to get up into your plants. In another entry later, we'll post pictures of our garden and the plants growing. TWITTER QUESTION: Tag us with your response! @DenOfCluck What would you like in your garden? Nanners: Strawberries, peanuts, onions, and bananas! Mashers: Bananas, cherry tomatoes, mint plants, and jalapenos!
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