Fixing Dead Soil With Chickens, Mulch and a Shovel

What if all you had was a shovel, some chickens, and a block of dead ground — could you rebuild soil from scratch?
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On a challenging 25-acre property near Mogo, NSW, Colin and Claire show what’s possible when plants, animals, and practical thinking are combined. Starting with nothing but mulch, manure, and chickens, they’ve transformed eroded, acidic ground into living soil — without expensive machinery or quick chemical fixes.

This video is for farmers, landholders, and small-block owners who want to:
• rebuild soil biology
• control erosion naturally
• integrate chickens into land restoration
• work with what they have, not what they wish they had

We walk through real systems that worked, mistakes made, and why combining animals with carbon changes everything — especially on hard, low-fertility country.

This isn’t theory. It’s hands-on learning from people who had to make it work.

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Location: Mogo, NSW, Australia
Systems discussed: chickens, mulch, manure, contours, swales, erosion repair
Tools: shovel, box trailer, electric poultry netting, chicken caravan

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00:00 From barren land to a blank slate
01:18 Starting with nothing but a shovel
03:02 Using chickens and mulch to build soil
05:06 Green ground where nothing grew before
06:13 Fixing erosion without heavy machinery
08:27 Hand-cut contours that actually worked
10:19 When swales work — and when they don’t
12:14 Using plants to slow water and trap fertility
14:44 Chickens as workers, not just egg layers
17:32 Solving fencing problems in rocky soil
19:47 Predator-proofing a chicken caravan
22:40 Wind, heat, and water system fixes
24:19 Proof on the ground: chickens vs no chickens
26:53 Growing trees in extreme dry conditions
27:59 Managing regrowth for biodiversity
29:33 Would they do it again?