Will chickens eat my flower seedlings?

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Hello! This is my first time growing flowers. (Dahlias, zinnias, celosia specifically). I am going to transplant the seedlings when they are a few inches high to the yard and the chickens free range there. Will they get eaten? Should I put up fencing to protect them? Don’t want to spend the money on that if it’s not necessary.
 
yes you need to protect young plants; young leaves are tender and are liable to be sampled and/or scratched up to get at the bone meal or whatever else you might put in the planting hole to help them get established.
 
wintermoon said:
Hello! This is my first time growing flowers. (Dahlias, zinnias, celosia specifically). I am going to transplant the seedlings when they are a few inches high to the yard and the chickens free range there. Will they get eaten? Should I put up fencing to protect them? Don’t want to spend the money on that if it’s not necessary.
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Yes, the chickens will likely eat the flowers. Put up a fence, it will be worth it. I started an herb garden and never gave a thought to my chickens. They had the whole thing razed in less than 30 mins
 
Agree. Seedlings aren’t the only flowers at risk, either. Grown ones aren’t spared. Have flowerbed/flowerpot - will dust bathe:
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