nutterly_uts Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 What plants are chicken friendly to cover a WIR and to go inside the run to provide some interest for chickens? I am thinking a climbing rose across some of the run to provide some windbreak and shade? And then things like lemon verbana, basil, chives to pick at in trays but also some bigger plants to hide in, maybe in pots? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Plants to pick at sounds nice as an idea, but practice may prove your chickens demolishing a plant in minutes. Especially if they would have permanent access to the plants. You would need quite big bushes that the chickens don't like if they would be to survive being in the run with them. Mine have dug out plants from the ground and damaged roots of others. They don't touch lavender, but do trample them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutterly_uts Posted July 24, 2016 Author Share Posted July 24, 2016 Thanks I don't mind things like the herbs being munched, was thinking I could rotate in some hanging planters and re-grow as needed but hadn't thought they'd trample plants inside the run too much I wonder if something planted long before the chickens so it had chance to root in might work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Your chances are definitely better then. But my chickens are (like many) very destructive. They will pull the flowers off of my poor pansies and not eat them... There are a few topics on this forum about which plants work and which don't. Some are poisonous to chickens, so keep that in mind as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 I think a rose over the outside is a good idea. But if it's a 'normal' sized run and they're going to be shut in for any appreciable length of time, my experience is that pretty much anything green will be demolished. I'd be very happy to be proved wrong though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
