tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977509261429741652.post6601416046485607138..comments2023-12-23T00:24:08.540+00:00Comments on An Organic Lifestyle (Organic Growing Pains): Aghh! HenpeckedPeggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16336168195436906219noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977509261429741652.post-31347546445145224292011-07-02T00:56:23.893+01:002011-07-02T00:56:23.893+01:00Oh no! Those dastardly hens with their fickle tas...Oh no! Those dastardly hens with their fickle tastebuds! How often I've seen that in my yard too followed by empty threats to end free ranging...!littlekarstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18177535712034761585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977509261429741652.post-33011131762749250722011-06-30T19:42:05.449+01:002011-06-30T19:42:05.449+01:00What wicked girls! When I first saw the lupin, I ...What wicked girls! When I first saw the lupin, I thought, what a cool plant, grass like leaves and lupin-like flowers....oh how sad. I suppose they are from the pea family, and if the ladies have taken a fancy to their veggies. Next time, if there is a next time, I'd bring out the stock pot as a threat.Barbarapchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09990013417063903768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977509261429741652.post-52314962410514743002011-06-28T22:24:12.846+01:002011-06-28T22:24:12.846+01:00Those naughty chickens!!! I'd punish them by p...Those naughty chickens!!! I'd punish them by putting them back in the hen house. We had chickens once and they were such pests. But, we enjoyed their eggs so I guess it was about even.Latane Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01745676377589651275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977509261429741652.post-417818274018052282011-06-28T18:49:15.263+01:002011-06-28T18:49:15.263+01:00Oh dear, those naughty hens!!! I had to smile tho...Oh dear, those naughty hens!!! I had to smile though, I can just imagine your face when you saw what they had done! I bet they enjoyed themselves though.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12502956712451039318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977509261429741652.post-39571342052211593972011-06-28T10:23:49.708+01:002011-06-28T10:23:49.708+01:00You will have to ground them for bad behaviour,tha...You will have to ground them for bad behaviour,that poor lupin!Thought it will probably recover,the slugs did as much damage to mine and it survived!Kathleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977509261429741652.post-35664851094169761322011-06-28T08:54:38.869+01:002011-06-28T08:54:38.869+01:00Very naughty hens! Sure it felt like a hen-hurrica...Very naughty hens! Sure it felt like a hen-hurricane had wiped out your plants in a day! Shame on them.Kellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263430746482725687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977509261429741652.post-82816860410575063212011-06-28T04:42:16.417+01:002011-06-28T04:42:16.417+01:00Naughty chickens. Mine occasionally escape their e...Naughty chickens. Mine occasionally escape their enclosure. When I see them pecking at the back door my heart skips in anticipation for what has been eaten.Jason Dingleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13332208335330160649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977509261429741652.post-82556936380934440202011-06-28T03:19:34.103+01:002011-06-28T03:19:34.103+01:00When I first got my hens my seedlings suffered the...When I first got my hens my seedlings suffered the same fate as yours, now the chickens have there own run at the back of the hen house to stop them eating all the veges before I can get to them! They must have waited till you had gone out to eat the beans:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977509261429741652.post-51061679259999435662011-06-27T22:12:24.958+01:002011-06-27T22:12:24.958+01:00I had no idea hens like those flowers, but I don&#...I had no idea hens like those flowers, but I don't know much about hens either. <br /><br />My Aunts had alot of chickens and I tried to stay away from them. For some reason they always chased after me when they saw me.Betty https://www.blogger.com/profile/09718576668233061528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977509261429741652.post-6559773298686535532011-06-27T21:40:06.310+01:002011-06-27T21:40:06.310+01:00Eeeek! Chickens and vegetable gardens don't mi...Eeeek! Chickens and vegetable gardens don't mix well do they? All might not be lost, I have found that vegetable plants have remarkable regeneration abilities. They might look bad now, but I suspect that shoots will spring up from somewhere! Chicken for dinner tonight?Matronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07705506930308472527noreply@blogger.com