Tara123 Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Do I need to dig the daffodils up in my garden before letting my girls free range? I know they are poisonous for chooks, what does every one else do who has daffodils? Do your chooks just leave them alone and not bother trying to eat them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 I wouldn't bother. In general they leave things alone that they know won't agree with them. Just observe them, and if they do seem to be tucking in to them, then you might have to do something about it, but until then.......enjoy the flowers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iChicken Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Ours have never touched the daffodils so I wouldn't worry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 we have loads of daffodils and other bulby plants that all seem to be ignored by rampaging chooks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Watch Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Mine ignore them.......or I should say they don't eat the ones they've trampled on and jumped all over in their haste to get to the bugs under the trees..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjatkin Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Our ladies avoid the daffs but enjoy trashing everything else in a bed. Any suggestions for restricting the scratching and digging to areas of the garden which can sustain it?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jomaxsmith Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Mine have taken a trial peck at the pot of daffs by the patio door but didn't eat them, just pecked off the buds Other daffs in the garden seem to be coming up ok, where they haven't been scratched up or trampled on Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajm200 Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 We've bought some Omlet netting to screen off the veggie patch when the chickens. As it's green, it blends in reasonably well. I'm hoping it will work as has some good reviews. You could use that to keep the chickens out of the flowerbeds I suppose. Now if we can just find a way to keep our son out of the veggies we'd be sorted.. he runs at the netting, knocks it flat (the poles are flexible) and crawls across it Oh well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...