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.
levisgrammy
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Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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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
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!
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
So much for gardening with chickens!
Posted - Jul 30 2013 : 5:53:07 PM
