Didn't think it through.

Putting another chicken house inside our vegetable area seemed the perfect way to solve our chicken problems. Each group had their own space but could see each other. Then Sue decided to plant her spring seedlings. Well the pullets were delighted! Fresh new growth, flying onto the edge of the planting boxes to eat. We were madly shooing them away while quickly building fencing around the seedlings. Hopefully these will be a deterrent. We may have to tie string across the beds like they did one hundred years ago to keep the birds away.