What's up everyone Kevin from Epic Gardening here? We're back with Anne of Real Hens of

O.C. the upcoming author of The Beginners Guide to Raising Chickens How to Raise a Happy Backyard backyard flock. So yesterday we talked about some of the

reasons that chickens are amazing in the garden. Now I want to flip to the other

side of the equation and ask Anne what are some of the reasons that

chickens might be kind of annoying in the garden or what are some of the hidden cons to having

chickens in the garden so Anne what would you say is probably the most frustrating aspect

of keeping chickens?

The most frustrating for me is that I have very naughty Ninja chickens. They're very smart and they've basically

outwitted me on everything that I've done to keep them out of certain areas.

So it's a constant battle, but again,

because I have free-range chickens,

it might be more of a problem

than for someone else who might have chickens in a close run.

Mine just think everything that I grow for them is for them and

everything I like they love so they will scratch it up but they're not doing it

to be jerks is their natural foraging behavior they dig and they search and so

you know building fences around to keep them out I cage I always say I cage my

vegetables not my chickens that has kept them out but it you know that it has its challenges too because it's really hard to harvest during the day.

The minute I lift the cage or the enclosure,

the chickens all rush in and try to eat it. So that's one major, major challenge for me and it's an everyday struggle.

Yeah, yeah, that makes sense because they're trying to get at what what part of the garden you actually want them to stay away from, which is basically everything that you want to eat.

Absolutely, absolutely.

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