argent13uk Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 After finding my tulips trashed the other month i have decided to get some protection http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2505932300032074134YmozFj http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2944251430032074134slSnoq Do you think that this is over the top or should i just face it that the chickens will destroy my plants? tiffany x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickflick Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 a slightly less obtrusive version would be to use some prunings(perhaps from a hedge) and stick them in the ground in a circle around the plants you want to protect it has tha advantage of acting as plant supports too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 You could try netting, not necessarily Omlet netting, to keep them off the plants. I found the gree garden centre stuff okish last year. What you have made will do the trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clucking mad Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 it does look quite substantial but make sure they cant get round the side--they have there ways!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 We have found that green chicken wire sold by Wilkinsons is quite u"Ooops, word censored!"trusive around some plants and at the moment we have a few smaller things covered with upturned wire hanging baskets. My cat felled some late daffodils yesterday after a session sniffing my new catnep plant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FruitandNutCake Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Unfortunately putting chicken wire around flowers kind of takes away the point of having pretty flowers! Not sure what I'm going to do if mine start attacking my poenies! Fortunately the part of the garden that my chickens free range is mainly tough shrubs and new zealand flax, roses, montbretia, sedum and grass. If they attack my favourite day lillies or peonies, I will probably move the plants! I'm lucky to have a large garden with different areas that can be sectioned off with low trellis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jomaxsmith Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 I've protected my garlic with lots of short canes linked with twine in a kind of cats cradle affair in the hope that it is too restrictive for the hens to get in and scratch. I've also done this round a new plant I've just put in. Emerging perennials get protected with overturned wire hanging baskets as they are practically invisible and my veggies have expanding trellis round them. Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazela Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 so far I have lost 3 well nurtured tomato seedlings and 4 bean plants - and OH has lost his lupins!!! I have resorted to shouting "oven" and "sage and onion stuffing" loudly at them Don't think this has any particular effect on the chooks but does make me feel somewhat better - oh also gives neighbours a good laugh and is kinder to young ears than expletives! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...