Our chickens sound about the same!!
we ended up fencing off our main garden area as well, as they head straight there otherwise and leave us with a pile of vegetables uprooted and nibbled. Our yard is also covered in "weeds" which I call the chicken salad bar I'm harbouring the many diverse...
-How do you chicken proof your garden (I.e. minimize damage done to plants etc by free rangers)?
We have our main garden fenced off or in hoop houses. We allow the chickens to free-range about the orchard and yard area near the end of the day, usually 2-3 hours before close-up time. This allows...