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    Hello, I'm hoping to get some chooks soon, 3 or 4 maybe. I was wondering what they would be like with fruit bushes, I have cranberry, goji berry, blueberry and gooseberry. Would the chooks be ok around them? Would they scoff them or pull them up? I was thinking of making the run enclosure bigger and the fruit bushes would be in it

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    Well mine love gooseberries, blueberries and red and white currants. Didn't get any blueberries last year as they got them before I realised they were ready ! Frankly they're welcome to the red and white currants as there are so many I never use them. I think the cranberries would be a bit sour and I've no idea abour goji berries. All chooks are different and not all mine bother with the fruit but they are foraging a large allotment so I guess there are more interesting things to eat. I would think if you are planning to have the fruit bushes in the run they will be stripped bare in a fairly short time!

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    • #3
      mine love all fruit and strip the couple I have at home & last year managed to strip the lower branches of the plum tree so I wouldnt risk it unless you just want to grow them for your girls of course
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        I second Hans Mum's statement. I got no raspberries at all last year as the stripped the plants clean (including all the leaves!)
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        • #5
          Mine love all fruits. I had a blackcurrant in their play area. They ate every one last year. Good job I've now got 4 bushes on the new allotment!
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