What flowering plants and shrubs to plant in chicken run area

[DRROCK]

Hi
I want to plant some flowering shrubs and plants in the chicken run area to brighten it up and add some colour. Can anyone suggest some that might be suitable and that the chickens won't eat ?

Many thanks

Chris

 

[LadyA]

Tbh, the problem isn't so much that they eat the plants, it's that they just scratch them out of the ground! The only things (besides nettles & thistles) that thrived in my chicken pen was willow trees. The hens used to all camp out in the shade of the trees every Summer.

 

[bigyetiman]

Mine eat anything that is planted, and scratch it up. They have a cherry laurel in there which they love as it is always dry and dusty underneath, and makes a useful sunshade on hot days

 

[Icemaiden]

Hi
I want to plant some flowering shrubs and plants in the chicken run area to brighten it up and add some colour. Can anyone suggest some that might be suitable and that the chickens won't eat ?

Many thanks

Chris

Sadly they don't seem to eat bindweed, but I don't suppose you'd want to plant it! They mostly leave rose bushes alone, holly too.

 

[DRROCK]

Thanks for all your responses