Chook Proofing

I think I am officially driven crazy by chooks and blackbirds that just want to vigorously dig everything up.

I paid attention to my two main tomato plots the other day by pruning and retying, plus mulching THEN patchwork quilting them with bird wire

I have since worked out the main culprit for the craters I kept finding was Flea.
Watched her nonchalantly hop her way over the fence into the veggie patch

The bigger of the two tomato patches had outgrown its netting.. so did the same in there

So… uncovered, pruned and mulched

Then did the wire thing.
Took so long!! Hopefully the tomatoes will thrive now they are not being dug up… plus the mulch will help

So… here is the pesky little Flea…

I finally caught her escaping. She had been a bit canny about it up until the other day.
I suspected this was her port of exit…

Fluffy butt

Aaaaand down…

Much as I find her cute following me about like a dog and wanting to come inside… she is so rough on the gardens.
So… time for Lisa and Jeff to do their usual Dodgy Brothers patch job

Not long after the wire went up, I caught Flea on the wood pile indignantly Bok Bok Bokking away haha – Thwarted!!!

We ran out of wire, so I grabbed some old shade cloth to finish the job

Now I can start working on cleaning up the mess on our side of the yard.

The other day when the tree guys were here doing their thing, I had locked up the girls in their coop and duck yard (Had visions of Flea and Flossie trying to get up the trees with the guys)
They were pretty annoyed.
This girl slipped past me when I went in there… and unlike Flea & co who just come running to us and let us pick them up, these chooks are panic-stupid.

After she failed to be herded back into the gate, I just left her to her own devices and was quite amused to see her little Mission Impossible act
Breaking back INTO the coop!!!

And yes… I did hum the theme song the whole time…

Strutting along then.. Bombs Away!

Chooks!! They make a bit of extra work, and make you swear at times (when I saw the crater in my once-celery plot)(for example)

But they are amusing and the eggs are fabulous!

Hope you are having a splendid weekend!
Cheers!