The Days of Wholesale Pastured Chickens are Over for Greg Gunthorp
Greg Gunthorp joins the show to talk about his decision to step away from pasture raised chickens. Covid plays into the story, of course, but the chal...
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Mike Badger dives into the the production, the processing, the marketing, and the business of farming pasture-raised poultry. Pastured Poultry Talk is THE podcast where raising chickens, turkeys, and poultry on grass meets real life opportunities, solutions, and farmers. The podcast helps you raise healthy, profitable birds for your family, your community, and your customers.
Turning a 20 year chicken hobby into a farm with Cynthia Capers
Cynthia Capers, Heniscity Farm in Tennessee, shares her 20+ year journey from hobby chicken keeper to poultry farmer. Twenty years ago, the sight of s...
PPT114 - Small Layer Flock Profitability
I answer a listener question, "How can I make my small laying hen flock more profitable?" With feedback from the community, insights from The Fighting...
Perdue Acquires Pasturebird
Perdue acquires Pasturebird and becomes the biggest producer in the space. I unpack what it means on this episode and walk through some history.
Maintain Production with All In/All Out Rotation for 5,000 laying hens
Listener Chris asks how to utilize an all-in/all-out pullet replacement strategy without duplicating infrastructure while maintaining egg production. ...
Feed Management Tips to Reduce Waste & Maintain Egg Production
In Pastured Poultry Talk episode 110, farmer Matt Steinman discussed how he used fermented feed as a solution to feed waste and fines. While fermenta...
Is Fermented Feed Worth the Time for 1,000 hens?
Farmer Matt Steinman (Foothills Farm in Sedro-Woolley, Washington) and Dr. Louisa Brouwer (technical advisor on the trial) share the results of a SARE...
Community Q&A PIus a Heritage Poultry Monologue
I close out the pastured poultry training series with a live streamed Q&A between Terrell Spencer from The Fighting Farmer and myself. We went live o...
Perspectives on Pastured Poultry Shelters and Pasture Management
When you put chickens or turkeys out on pasture, there are two fundamental questions you need to consider. Why pasture and how do you house the birds...
Successful Brooder Management for Chicks & Poults (PPT107)
Did you know a commercial meat chicken or turkey may spend up to 40% of it's life inside a brooder? Layers, by comparison, spend approximately 5% of ...