Keeping Pet Chickens and Ducks from Eating Vegetables

I have my garden on the other side of the fence, I have free range chickens and ducks and geese, They have a acre I got a space as big as your kitchen table for my garden, think there somthing wrong with this picture, But I do have a weed free lawn out of it, with only 2 geese 2 hens and 6 ducks, Whom are so funny at the best of times They make the world a better place just watching them

My neighbor lets his chickens run loose. They are eating my tomatoes before I can pick them. Any suggestions on how to stop them? I was thinking about chicken & dumplings.

Hot pepper doesn't effect birds.

I put coffee grounds and hair in my compost pile (Last week I put 4 big from Starbucks in)that does not slow the chickens down. Theyre rummaging around in the pile all day . I guess worms are more attractive than the fear of coffee grounds and hair.

and the natural way would be to surround the garden with human hair and coffee grounds i tried it and it works well

Thank you for the suggestions. I will let her know, as she caught them grabbing her tomatoes again over the weekend.

I have planted my garden in cages, my chickens run free, I have learned how long their necks are. I have purchased the framing for canapés and put them around my garden, I have pig fence 3 ft. high and plastic bird netting the upper 3 ft.
I have bantys, they fly, between clipping wings and an overhang of netting here and there I actually have a bird free garden, I have several little gardens allover my backyard 16 x16, 8 x 12, 6 ft. round for beans, this is the only way I have been able to garden with my birds,Chris Cross on the framework I grow radishes, green onions, parsley, basil, and of course strawberries in hanging baskets , it's a bit crowded but at least I have my garden

tell her to spread cayenne pepper powder around her garden and around the plants that they really like, most animals can't take the heat and will leave the area alone!

Walmart sells some inexpensive lightweight plastic chicken fencing. I found that just draping it around some fence posts around the garden works very well. It is best not firmly upright because the chickens just hop over or perch on it before hopping in and helping themselves. If it droops a bit, the chickens quickly learn that their feet get tangled and it's not worth it. This reminded me that I need to put up my fence RIGHT NOW!! Thank you.

Either coop up the animals or coop up the plants.