tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628662603932607754.post8204903419648939808..comments2023-10-14T02:09:53.948-05:00Comments on Krazo Acres: Flight privileges revokedCarolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436557172029575513noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628662603932607754.post-89950558078695707522012-05-31T21:25:33.185-05:002012-05-31T21:25:33.185-05:00I had to put all mine in chicken jail til next win...I had to put all mine in chicken jail til next winter so I can have ripe tomatoes and red peppers and blueberries and grapes. And have a pretty yard that's not been scratched up by chicken feet. And I do not feel bad at all about it. Today when I got home form town, I saw 2 hens out of the coop. I caught the Buff but a game hen is also out. If I am lucky she'll be roosting in the stall with the sheep and not up in the highest branches of the tree. So I know exactly what you are talking about. But I have clipped wings and it did not stop mine.Krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01754379649711551718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628662603932607754.post-89928069750474184152012-05-31T10:37:11.682-05:002012-05-31T10:37:11.682-05:00I think I'll keep my chickens where they are f...I think I'll keep my chickens where they are for now... I would love to be able to have them free range, just not out in my garden!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01666836930255009486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628662603932607754.post-81008203197606008002012-05-31T07:17:32.445-05:002012-05-31T07:17:32.445-05:00My grape vine is LOADED with little grapes this ye...My grape vine is LOADED with little grapes this year and I know that if I don't get some bird netting over it SOON the wild birds will eat every. last. one!!<br />Chickens in the garden...yeah, right! LOL!!Candy C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07863818451136277378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628662603932607754.post-76694813298226729762012-05-30T22:20:57.296-05:002012-05-30T22:20:57.296-05:00Oh, you are so right. Chickens dig around the base...Oh, you are so right. Chickens dig around the base of a plant and can be very destructive. I hope your plants survive and are productive.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16924988248364848607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628662603932607754.post-35193823446138589522012-05-30T20:14:03.529-05:002012-05-30T20:14:03.529-05:00What Susan said... bahahahaha!! I hear all the tr...What Susan said... bahahahaha!! I hear all the trendy "green-sustainable types" here in the city talking like that and it makes me laugh :)Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916896512933101955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628662603932607754.post-67550939047984217082012-05-30T17:20:24.669-05:002012-05-30T17:20:24.669-05:00Susan, I don't get it either! I actually boug...Susan, I don't get it either! I actually bought the book "Gardening with Guineas" thinking I could, well, garden with poultry. Now maybe guineas are totally different, but there is no WAY that one can successfully garden with your run of the mill backyard chicken. Tulips, mums, small bushes, berries, marigolds, hyacinth, lilies and countless others have all met their demise at the beaks & claws of my poultry. I refuse to plant any more flowers in my garden until the pecker-heads have a run of their own.Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14436557172029575513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628662603932607754.post-16221452353526258322012-05-30T15:59:18.594-05:002012-05-30T15:59:18.594-05:00I keep reading about folks who blissfully intermin...I keep reading about folks who blissfully intermingle their poultry with their gardens. What are they smoking? If you put a chicken in a yard full of grass with a few raised beds in it (ratio of grass to garden being 10:1), where do you think the little buggers will be heading? Ask me how I know this.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573143203599624833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628662603932607754.post-28963548556386554982012-05-30T13:11:30.848-05:002012-05-30T13:11:30.848-05:00Mama Pea, I have a feeling that as soon as we have...Mama Pea, I have a feeling that as soon as we have the pasture fenced for the mule/mini-horse/goats, we'll be making the current goat/chicken barn & pen into a permanent run to contain the chickens. <br /><br />Sandy, our gardens are new enough that we actually have yet to harvest any fruit from the fruit trees or berries from the garden.....so I'll let you know - probably in a cuss-filled blog post - what happens when fruit starts to appear!Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14436557172029575513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628662603932607754.post-84356002290346942342012-05-30T12:31:17.943-05:002012-05-30T12:31:17.943-05:00Carolyn Renee,
Now that you have resolved the chi...Carolyn Renee,<br /><br />Now that you have resolved the chicken problem, what about the free flying birds? How do you prevent them from targeting your berry bushes? We have no choice but to put up bird netting. Those little bastards can destoy a garden in just two days. They have tried to do that to mine, but I fixed them :-)Sandy Livesayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183449816586125720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628662603932607754.post-70638337286285009582012-05-30T11:38:09.489-05:002012-05-30T11:38:09.489-05:00Creating the balance that is beneficial to us, the...Creating the balance that is beneficial to us, the plants and all our critters can drive you right up the wall! In the past we've had our poultry free-ranging on the homestead but I couldn't tolerate the problems you've just described nor do I like going out the back door and falling on my butt because I slipped on goose or duck poop. (I'm funny that way.) So we've made a poultry yard that is big enough to hold roughly 1,000 assorted birds (slight exaggeration) and even though there is only a 4' high fence around part of it (7' high in other parts) they seem happy to stay within their boundaries and outta my food, thank you very much!Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.com