The Magical Chicken Tunnel

“Chook tunnels have actually changed the way we think about and explain chickens and the benefits they can bring to an edible garden.

For you can think of chickens as being like water. You catch and store water in a tank, and you use pipes and taps to transport and distribute that water around the garden as required – a pulse of water here, a pulse of water there.

Similarly, you catch and store chickens in their house, and you can use tunnels, runs and gates to transport and distribute those chickens around the garden as required.

A pulse of chook here, a pulse of chook there. Being able to easily pulse the power of chook is a wonderful thing, and beneficial to both chooks and plants…”

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Self Sufficient Backyard

In all that time an electric wire has never been connected to our house. We haven’t gotten or paid an electricity bill in over 40 years, but we have all the electricity we want. We grow everything we need, here, in our small backyard. We also have a small medicinal garden for tough times. Read More Here...

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