2026-09-03 07:53 UTC
Replies (7)
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@isol@mastodon.au 2026-09-03 08:19
@lizzard@social.tchncs.de Non-serious suggestion: deploy a chicken-catching robot to patrol the veggie beds.
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@independentpen@mas.to 2026-09-03 08:00
@lizzard@social.tchncs.de I keep them in a run of their own next to the garden. Their fence is four foot high; when they start jumping out, I cut their flight feathers; this is good for a year until their next moult. Not all of them have the jumping personality but there's typically 1-2 that get trimmed feathers each year
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@meraord@mastodonsweden.se 2026-09-03 08:03
@lizzard@social.tchncs.de hahahah... well, cages, wire, fences/nets? Thats the only solution I'd say.
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@ForgottenHero18@mastodonapp.uk 2026-09-03 08:51
@lizzard@social.tchncs.de Mine live in a large enclosure, 2m high and roofed. 3/4 wetherproof 1/4 weldmesh. They get garden weeds, damaged crops, all sorts of greenery. But they don't have the run of the plot. Which is good for them as the greyhound is too fast!
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@frameadvance@mastodon.social 2026-09-03 14:21
@lizzard@social.tchncs.de I’m so sorry about your vegetable patch, how frustrating! For me, a 40” metal dog fence is sufficient (found one cheap on Craigslist), but I should add that they only have access to this part of the yard part time, and under close supervision. I think if they had full time access they’d fly over it. Good luck, I hope you find a solution!
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@lemay@mastodon.social 2026-09-03 17:32
@lizzard@social.tchncs.de I never managed to prevent the chickens from getting into the garden; even with tall fences there was always one or two that could fly well enough to get over (and then usually eat whatever I cared about the most at the time.) But I also ended up with predator pressure on the chickens themselves, though, so I ended up just creating a large completely enclosed pen for them separate from the garden altogether.
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@nondailychickens@toot.io 2026-09-07 08:54
@lizzard@social.tchncs.de The two Silkies won't get into the raised garden beds. Buy the two Frizzles will. So just have a couple of tomato stakes with some left over aivry wire, that we used to make their run. However neither breeds are flyers. They free range, so other easier places to scratch, like the dead patch of the lawn.