Chickens and Plants

[ericadawn16]

Okay, you guys were so good with my cooking Question that I have another one.

my town has chickens.

They don't actually belong to anyone and although there are laws against free-roaming, they are unstoppable.

However, they are eating my purple, low lying plant. They are probably the same culprit that ate our LILY!
The aloe appears to be the only thing they leave alone.

Short of building a fence around the house which is economically unfeasible and doesn't seem to help anyway...they fly when food's involved or getting a pet to chase them off, what can we do?

*We also don't want to kill them.

Comments

[mercystars.livejournal.com]

maybe put bird mesh over the plants you don't want the chickens to eat...other than that I can't think of anything. I've heard people put moth balls in their gardens to keep critters out but don't know if that would work with chickens.

[ragnarok-08.livejournal.com]

Good lord!

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

No dogs? No guns?
Well, that eliminates the easy possibilities. Lol............
Can you get live catch cages like you can do with mice?
Of course then you have to have a place to take them. Ugh.........
Hugs, Jon

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

About the only thing would to be cage it in chicken wire or mesh. You might want to try the website My Backyard Chicken and see if anyone has any other ideas.