With all the work I have been putting into my next eBook tonight, it was time for a break. By the way, this next eBook is about my chicken journey and it has a working title of The Way Of The Chicken – A Poultry Story.
So, because I have been focusing so much on the humble chook, everywhere I seem to turn or look, I find chicken stories. This little gem of a video really made my day and put a big smile on my face.
The video is produced by EcoFilms Australia, and is documents a system that Bruce Morgan has created in his veggie patch. It is a series of tunnels made of wire that he lets chooks into so that they do all the hard work around his patch for him. It is like a basic chicken tractor on steriods!
Anyway, have a watch and see what you think! I can see a lot of merit in this system.
By the way, does anyone know Bruce or know of him? His veggie patch looks amazing!
Brilliant – I am off to the tip shop tomorrow. Thanks for sharing that.
Ingenious!
Wonderful system – love the comment at the end about making chooks work for a living. The tunnels look so portable and versatile, unlike the chicken tractoring I tried years ago in my garden.
What a cutie!
What a great video clip….love the idea!
Amazing! I wish hubby would hurry up and get home from work! I think we have a new project to get on to!
Bruce Morgan lives in Nambour, Queensland. Try this link: http://www.ecofilms.com.au/the-chicken-tunnel-man/
Hi Gavin, read your blog all the time. Found you via your cheesemaking on youtube YUM. Just got a cheese cave (wine fridge) Want to get chooks again but MM says they will dig up the garden. Now I can tell him YEP they will. YAY. Now where are the pliers!
Greeting from Auckland NZ btw
Wow! I used to have a similar setup using fence panels but it was a too cumbersome and I gave up on it. But this is WAY cooler!
And I agree Gav. He’s garden looks awesome!
This looks like a small version of the chook dome system Linda Woodrow had for a previous garden. The chooks were incorporated into the rotation, so they cleared the spent plants, dug and fertilised the beds before planting the new crop. There’s a detail explanation in The Permaculture Home Garden, which I think is a great resource for anyone who is very busy or just wants gardening to be as easy and sustainable as possible.
Oh thanks for sharing this. Great garden, tunnels and his lovely black chooks!
Way cool!