I Grew a Food Forest Inside My Chicken Run — Here’s How to Protect the Plants from Chickens

After 11 years of trial and error (and many lost plants! 😅), I've created a thriving food forest inside my chicken run that's home to 25 chickens. Yes, you read that right—fruit trees, herbs, veggies, and chickens all coexisting in a lush green oasis I call Chicken City. 🌳🐔✨ In this video, I'll show you exactly how I protect plants from chicken destruction using simple, practical techniques that actually work. You'll learn: • 🌿 Why protecting roots (not leaves) is the real secret • 🧺 How to use wire baskets, bricks, and cloches to safeguard plants • ♻️ My favorite DIY method using old wardrobe baskets from hard rubbish • ⏰ When to protect plants and when they can fend for themselves • 🌸 How to use horticultural fleece for vines and delicate plants • 📊 The critical mass question: how many chickens is too many? Whether you're a beginner chicken keeper dreaming of a green oasis or an experienced gardener struggling with plant casualties, these techniques will transform your chicken run into a productive food forest that benefits both you and your flock. 🎉 The best part? Most of these methods use inexpensive or free materials, and once you understand the principles, it's actually really easy to maintain. 💚 🐔 Subscribe to join the Chicken City family!    / @alycealexandra   📧 Sign up to my newsletter for updates: https://www.alycealexandra.com/pages/... To get more details on my 'Chicken City' set up, check out my blog 📖 https://www.alycealexandra.com/blogs/... Find out more about my chickens and my edible garden ecosystem on my Instagram page! 📸 This is where I post the most regular updates on my Chicken City system:   / alycesediblegarden   I always love hearing ideas for specific videos you'd love to see - leave me a comment below. 💬👇 Tour the entire of Chicken City with me, and see the FULL food forest: 🌳    • ALYCE'S ULTIMATE CHICKEN COOP | 'CHICKEN C...   Get more details on the Chicken City specifics: 🔍    • ALYCE'S ULTIMATE CHICKEN COOP | 'CHICKEN C...   I built my edible garden ecosystem affectionately known as 'Chicken City' over 10 years ago now, and since then I've had brilliant success integrating my rescue chickens, veggie garden, fruit orchard and compost system all under one roof. I've spent years and years formulating and refining this system into the well oiled, super-productive machine it is today, and have learnt so much from both my successes and fails. And I wish so much someone had made these videos for me when I was starting out! So it is my hope that by sharing my garden and my system that I can inspire people to integrate chickens as a working central part of their garden, not simply egg-machines in the corner. For there is so much to be gained, for the gardener and the chickens! And secondly, that I can also teach people the tips and tricks to successful integration so you don't have to have the steep learning curve that I did. Thanks for stopping by ❤️ Thanks so much to @dylantbrown for putting this brilliant video together - we so appreciate you! food forest chicken run, chicken coop garden, protecting plants from chickens, chicken city, lush chicken coop, growing food with chickens, chicken run plants, integrated chicken coop, permaculture chickens, backyard chickens garden, chicken proof plants, fruit trees with chickens, edible garden chickens, chicken keeping tips, urban homesteading, plant protection methods, chicken run food production, green chicken coop, chicken garden design, homestead chickens