Chickens And Slugs

[digger71 7]

Quick question lads, i know ducks are great for cleaning up slugs but how do chickens far out in gobbling up these pest in the veg plot.I would prefer to buy some hens if they done the job..

[cammy12 176]

they love slugs so they do but dont leave them unattended in veggie patch as your lettice and soft fruits will get hammered

[The one 8,459]

Guy on the tv the other night hand picked all his veg them popped the slugs into his hens they loved them but as said loose they will cause as much damage as the slugs

[smoothfinish 26]

I had a ex that loved to clean slugs up

Joking aside yes they do

[digger71 7]

I have spuds,parsnip,carrot,turnip,cabbage and onions down no soft fruit, would it be wiser to let the veg get well matured before letting them in, or wait till all are lifted..

[rossthedog 76]

 

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Edited April 23, 2013 by rossthedog

[kabar 14]

Chickens in the veg patch do more damage than good as they scratch around the soil tearing up young plants and pecking at the leaves of brassica, onions and leeks.

In my experience they'll eat small slugs but not big ones.

[fergy 6]

dont let em near your cabbage for gods sake!! i made that mistake once - never again!

[digger71 7]

dont let em near your cabbage for gods sake!! i made that mistake once - never again!

Ha i wont make that mistake so. I have this thing in my head they solve my slug problem. If i left them in the plot in the spring of the year before planting would they clean out all slugs do ya think.

[LaraCroft 863]

I tried that last year - the slugs are back already this spring. I put the slugs from the veg plot into a bucket, and chuck them in the garden - the chooks eat what they want, other birds eat the rest before the slugs can make it from the centre of the grass to the safety of the edges !

[Carraghs Gem 1,675]

Get a couple mallard/call drakes they are too small to damage crops once established and will solve your slug problem

[digger71 7]

Get a couple mallard/call drakes they are too small to damage crops once established and will solve your slug problem

Might just try them drakes thanks

[whippet 99 2,613]

would a slug eat a chicken.......

[Astral 253]

Haha Chickens are like machines, they will destroy your veg patch and they don't take long about it either. We chuck the slugs in their pen, but I remember dad leaving the door ajar one night and in the morning the chickens had helped themselves to most of the garden... Bloody hilarious us all running round trying to pen the things back in!

[digger71 7]

would a slug eat a chicken.......

Id guess you need to start a new topic to find the answer to that buddy. Please do inform us when ya find out.