[staffschicks]

I have several raised veg beds.  I plan to protect the lettuce and seedlings but should other plants such as courgettes, beans and currant bushes be OK once they are a decent size?

I expect this is going to be the first of a series of dumb questions.

[Lardman]

Not sure about courgettes but you'll need to protect anything you want to survive. They will eat anything thats not nailed down and they can reach, before I cleared the patio mine stripped every plant up to 4ft.  Above that you may be ok... but I wouldn't think you'll get any produce from below.

[Bodger]

I'd say no, even if they didn't eat them, the chickens would do their best to scratch them out.

[staffschicks]

OK got the message - shopping trip planned for chicken wire to put either veg or chicks in a compound