#chickensofmastodon

I need to crowd source a #chicken name! The three new chicks arrived today, and I think I've settled on naming them Dolly, Gloria, and... I don't have a third name that goes along with this naming scheme. I love the name Edith, but that doesn't really go with the "awesome famous ladies who died recently" naming theme. 😩 I could name her Tim, after Tim Curry. But my upright bass is already named Tim. There can be only one! And I don't really want to name her Frank (N Furter). Thoughts? She is very teeny and dark gray right now. I'll try to get better pictures soon when they are a little bit more settled in. They've just been through the shock of getting shipped from Iowa on a hot day yesterday and picked up at the post office today. #ChickensOfMastodon #FediChooks

Dear #chickensofmastodon and #gardening communities, how do you keep your chickens from devastating your vegetables? I've got a raised bed that needs to be fenced in with metal wire, and they still get in, and built a ground-level vegetable patch fenced in by a bamboo fence (which I thought would be enough - laughable in hindsight). As the garden year is winding down I'm thinking about fall planting some green manure (not possible in the ground-level patch currently) and structural changes, so give me all your tricks! I need the little dinosaurs to keep their claws and beaks off my veggies next year!