Integrating Chickens and Vegetable Garden: The Permacul in Australia

The Benefits of IntegrationA well-integrated chicken-garden system provides: pest reduction (chickens eat snails, slugs, grasshoppers, caterpillars); fertilisation (chicken manure is one of the richest organic fertilisers available); soil preparation (chickens scratch and turn soil effectively); and weed control (chickens eat many weed seedlings and seeds).The Zone SystemZone 1 (permanent exclusion): all actively planted beds. Zone 2 (controlled access): beds that have been harvested and need pr…