Using Chickens to get Rid of Invasive Weeds Lumnah Acres Lumnah Acres

https://youtu.be/K_PhhAIb8i4 Start at: 0:32 Published on Jul 23, 2016 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 Weekly Video Uploads Check us at Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Lumnah-Acres... Twitter https://twitter.com/LumnahAcres Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lumnah_acres/ 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. Category Film & Animation License Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed) SHOW LESS COMMENTS • 33 Oscar del Rosario Add a public comment... Top comments Avery Mckanders Avery Mckanders2 months ago im doing the same thing too. i love those tractors really nice. Reply View all 5 replies Avery Mckanders Avery Mckanders2 months ago 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 Reply Lumnah Acres Lumnah Acres2 months ago Avery Mckanders I don't blame you. lol Reply My Old Kentucky Homestead My Old Kentucky Homestead4 months ago 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? Reply Lumnah Acres Lumnah Acres4 months ago Yes I do. Thanks for catching up on the videos LOL here is the link yo the video https://youtu.be/cc8TGxqZARQ I also have one called chicken tractor 2.0 it has some updates Reply mady snuggles mady snuggles5 months ago how do you keep 2 roosters with the girls without them fighting thanks Reply View all 3 replies mady snuggles mady snuggles5 months ago Thank You Reply Lumnah Acres Lumnah Acres5 months ago +mady snuggles yw Reply Dolly Perry Dolly Perry5 months ago I think the best thing would be a electric chicken fence and leave them in the area intil it's scorched earth... Reply View all 3 replies Dolly Perry Dolly Perry5 months ago Sounds wise! Reply Lumnah Acres Lumnah Acres5 months ago +Dolly Perry thanks Reply JennsLittleHomestead JennsLittleHomestead5 months ago 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. Reply View all 4 replies Lumnah Acres Lumnah Acres5 months ago +JennsLittleHomestead was LadyJennivieve I am hoping we can't get rid of it without round up Reply JennsLittleHomestead JennsLittleHomestead5 months ago +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. Reply 1 Ann Crum's Mini Homestead News Ann Crum's Mini Homestead News5 months ago Livestock is always my first choice for weeding! lol Reply Lumnah Acres Lumnah Acres5 months ago it's a lot easier letting them do the work Reply Ann Crum's Mini Homestead News Ann Crum's Mini Homestead News5 months ago I agree! Reply mujib103 mujib1035 months ago 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. Reply Lumnah Acres Lumnah Acres5 months ago 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 Reply Makayla The Animal Girl Makayla The Animal Girl5 months ago 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! Reply View all 4 replies Lumnah Acres Lumnah Acres5 months ago +Makayla The Animal Girl she is going to be 8. i will have her check out your channel Reply Makayla The Animal Girl Makayla The Animal Girl5 months ago +Lumnah Acres ok thanks! does she like horses i love them. and she is around my age! Reply Pratt Family Homestead Pratt Family Homestead5 months ago 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 Reply Lumnah Acres Lumnah Acres5 months ago 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 Reply