Sustainable Farm Practices

Portable electric netting fences and mobile chook sheds support 2,400 layers, split into 8 cohorts in quarter hectare ranges, which are rotated around the farm – that’s 250 birds per hectare.

The birds both fertilise the soil and perform efficient weed control. After the birds move on, the rich pasture that grows supports the lambs and ewes.

Our increased production and unique methodology led to us winning the 2013 ACT Landcare Award for Innovation in Sustainable Farm Practices.

We have also worked with Greening Australia to return 10% of the property to native woodland, with over 49 native bird species now established on the land.

Mixed farming ethos

Majura Valley Free Range Eggs is a mixed farm focusing on sustainable methods of production that benefit the environment and food culture of the Nation's Capital. Our farming philosophy is unique as we are not just an egg producer – the mobile free range egg system is just one piece of the puzzle that benefits a broad agricultural business. Bird droppings fall through the floor onto the paddocks and the birds are out and about during the day cultivating the paddocks and scouring weeds. Our design has enabled us to better manage our land and it has had a follow on effect to the viability of our crops and drought proofing.

The overall benefit is that most farms loose precious nutrients from the soil every time they cut hay, harvest a crop or sell livestock from that land. With our innovative farming practices the activity itself is putting nutrients back into the soil. The livestock are grazing on the regenerated pastures where the hens have passed over are receiving a greater range of nutrients than they would from most Australian soils and importantly, the use of artificial fertilisers is reduced.