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| FARMALLChick |
Posted - Jul 30 2013 : 5:53:07 PM
We let some roosters free range until we could get them butchered. Well the little suckers decided to help themselves to my raised beds. At first we thought the damage was from the tomato worms, which we worked very hard at getting rid of. Low and behold - one day coming home from work, I see roosters in my tomato bed helping themselves to the green tomatoes! They ate every single one! Now out of 24 plants, we got 3 tomatoes! I am so mad! Those roosters are going in the freezer this weekend.
"Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway" -John Wayne
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| magentajp921 |
Posted - Aug 22 2013 : 10:38:09 AM
Great idea Paula. I started keeping my tomatoes in pots on the patio so the chickens couldn't get to them.
Connie Lowe |
| StrawHouseRanch |
Posted - Jul 31 2013 : 10:52:56 AM
We made hoops out of pvc over our raised beds and then stretched bird netting over the hoops. The raised beds are right in our chicken yard. The chickens provide a good bug eating moat around the beds and the bird netting saves our tomatoes and peppers from damage.
Paula
Farmgirl Sister #3090
Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today is a Gift.
"Look deep into Nature, and then you will understand everything better."--Albert Einstein
"A meal of bread, cheese and beer constitutes the perfect food." --Queen Elizabeth I
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| lovinRchickens |
Posted - Jul 31 2013 : 09:02:05 AM
Aw we have 4 Roos and a couple are a bit more aggressive but one for sure is a sweetheart. Loves to be held and carried around the yard. They do really help keep all the girls together and protect them. But there again I have a pretty well fenced garden but that was put in place to keep deer out! They eat whole tomato plants in seconds. Yikes!
Farmgirl #5111
Blessings
~Kelly~ |
| levisgrammy |
Posted - Jul 30 2013 : 7:40:15 PM
The only good rooster is a .........
I never keep the roosters around unless we either are trying to hatch out our own chicks or if we want them for the freezer.
Denise
Farmgirl Sister #43
"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path."
Psalm 119:105
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