Using Chickens to get Rid of Invasive Weeds
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- We have a small patch of water bamboo. Japanese Knot weed. We are going to use the chickens to eradicate the weed without using chemiclas. #noroundup
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In May of 2015 we moved back to New Hampshire, to where we are going to reclaim our 8.5 acres, and turn it into our modern homestead. We built the house the first summer. Now we invite you along in our journey of reclaiming the land, bringing livestock back on the land, gardening, permaculture, and all of our out of the box thinking DIY projects. We are excited to document the process of bringing the land back to its natural functioning beauty, using animals, and organic techniques to help heal it and thrive.
I am using this method with my meaties to try and eliminate my creeping charlie in my pasture. I have been leaving them for 1 to 2 days until the area is stripped and poo packed. It seems like after the tractor is moved the grass is returning, but not the mint.
That is good to know! Thanks!
Thank you for this video, I have baby chicks and my property is surrounded by this plant (invasive Japanese knotweed). Good to know! Now I'll have to harvest as much as I can and try to preserve it, I want to supplement as close to 100% feedstock but Im giving myself a few years to figure things out, your video saves me a year!
My chickens love this stuff too!
It's Japanese knotwood and it's very nutritious for people too. When they are short like that you can cut them and use them as a supplement for rhubarb. Tons of recipes online. Eat the weeds.
would love an update about the water bamboo!! we just bought a place and saw some there during home inspection. very small amount - hoping to knock it out with mowing plus chimkins!!
love it!
Livestock is always my first choice for weeding! lol
it's a lot easier letting them do the work
I agree!
Maybe use a pig tractor (saw one in another video) since they like to root up the soil? Use the chickens before the pigs? Maybe follow on with a rabbit tractor? Or chickens then rabbits and last pigs. Keep the pigs you use for this purpose hungry so that they will create a scorched earth effect? They won't finish out as big as the ones you feed your mix but you didn't spend anything on them either after you build their tractor (except time moving and watering them).
That is an AWESOME idea! IMy biggest fear is my field is super rocky. And I don't want all the rocks brought to the top. LOL
Guess it would be better to bust a snout than a plow?
Any rocks the pigs root up would be great building material to use on other farm projects, like the foundation of a greenhouse?
Your pigs probably wouldn't get all the rocks out any way, but after they made a sweep the land would support healthier quantities of grass you could use as feed if there were fewer rocks to stunt its growth. Anyway, cleaning up the land of rocks so crops can be grown gives the next generations something to work towards.
Gotta have a reason to get up in the morning right?
Holistic Advocate I love ❤️ your spirit. I am dreaming of a greenhouse dug into the ground NOW! THANKS! 😁LOL
i tried pigs. Its a No with Knottweed. I would like to know how the chickens worked out. Going to put mine on the task this year.
the power of the chicken is awesome! I really need to learn to use them more. In fact we don't really use them at all LOL. I need to learn to use them. - Mike
Yes they are awesome. They work for free and even give you eggs. The best part is the more fresh food they get the less feed cost and the better the eggs taste funny how it works that way
After the chickens perform scorched earth.... Why don't you spread some clover seed. That way it will choke out that invasive weed
I will have to try that this year after I put New Yolk City in the area! Thanks!
did you ever get rid of the weeds? dont remember seeing them in newer videos. you can always use cardboard
@@katrinasibley3722what do you mean by using cardboard?
We have a ton of this knotweed our yard if our house.
im doing the same thing too. i love those tractors really nice.
Thanks, Yea they work really good, the chickens love their fresh grass too
cornish hens are all most ready to go out! where up north so itll be a adventure.
Avery Mckanders yes I wonder how their growth will be in the cold weather. when do you usually get your first snow
no clue 1st time doing it so close to the winter. prob do like you guys an keep it close the house. just in case
Avery Mckanders I don't blame you. lol
That stuff reminds me of the "rubber vine" we get around here. Has heart shaped leaves and pretty pink-white/yellow flowers, but it grows scary fast and is so hard to get rid of.
yes it sounds like the same thing. It is called Japanese Knot weed and it is very invasive. But the chickens LOVE It at least. We will keep putting them on it until its gone. Subscribe to keep up to date on it. Did you get rid of yours
+Lumnah Acres we don't have chickens yet, but we kept on cutting it down and spraying it with roundup. It's under control.
+JennsLittleHomestead was LadyJennivieve I am hoping we can't get rid of it without round up
+Lumnah Acres we've never managed to eradicate it unfortunately. Probably because we don't wait until it flowers until it gets sprayed. But it definitely stays under control unless we prune back the plants that are shading ours.
Hey, I was just wondering whether you have managed to get rid of the knotweed? I havent seen it mentioned in any recent videos.
Great video! Don’t agree with the rooster being in with the ducks, but I guess you didn’t want to make another chicken coop.
This is Fallopia japonica or Japanese knotweed. Birds love it but it is an aggressive exotic plant.
The price to pay for cheap labor apparently is a finger tip!
Free chicken food!!
I think the best thing would be a electric chicken fence and leave them in the area intil it's scorched earth...
yes I agree. But I am not home enough and I dont want to have any issuses with neighbors dogs. Thats why I like the tractors
Sounds wise!
+Dolly Perry thanks
New to your channel so still catching up on your videos...but do you have a video where you show the build of your chicken tractor?
Yes I do. Thanks for catching up on the videos LOL here is the link yo the video ua-cam.com/video/cc8TGxqZARQ/v-deo.html I also have one called chicken tractor 2.0 it has some updates
How did it work!? Is it done?
AL, which lay more eggs, your Kakai Campbell ducks or your Barred Rock Chickens? Have you thought of scattering a small amount of alfalfa or clover seeds onto the almost bare ground? The legumes may block out the water bamboo.
The Barred rocks do
What type of chickens are those?
Yep it looks like Japanese knot weed.
When you put them there with the mobil co-op do you feed them or do you let them feed on grass alone until all is gone?
Why don't you just ask the Owners if you can use there side to feed the Chicken's,Barter with him.
Mini - T-Rex's.
How did this turn out? Did the dino's get rid of the water bamboo?
They dinos got rid of a lot of it. I need to bring them back over the water bamboo this coming season
Can we get an update? How under control was the Knotweed this year?
Hi! I love your videos and im 10. My name is Makayla and i have 2 goats and 5 chickens. Plus more animals. I want to ask if you prefer bard rock hens. My grand father loves them and i wanted to know if they are better and thats why you use them. Thanks for reading this!
thanks for watching. that's awesome you have goats and chickens. we are going to get some milking goats in the future. i like the barred rocks. they are good layers and meat birds if you want a dual purpose bird. they also do really well in our cold winters that's the biggest reason why we like them. and they are very friendly. Jeep commenting we love talk with who is watching the videos
+Lumnah Acres your welcome, and is your daughter my age, and does she want to be my freind? and can you check out my channel?
+Makayla The Animal Girl she is going to be 8. i will have her check out your channel
+Lumnah Acres ok thanks! does she like horses i love them. and she is around my age!
Chickens get a meal and you get ride of the weed,
Isn't that weed a Reynoutria japonica? Very invasive weed. In my country it is forbidden by law to plant this.
how do you keep 2 roosters with the girls without them fighting thanks
i raised them up from chicks together. also being out on fresh grass getting moved twice a day is part to cause they have plenty to do and don't get bored tons of fresh bugs to chase
Thank You
+mady snuggles yw
looks like Japanese knotweed. Dangerous around buildings as the roots Do tend to break foundations of buildings. Round up doesn't actually do anything to Japanese knotweed. Specialists are called to kill these weeds. I advise u to remove all flowers every year.
yes it is Japanese knotweed. round up does kill it if u spray it in the flowers on a hot summer day. i have done it years ago at our old house
duck would probably be better
For getting rid of the weeds?