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1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza and Pastured Poultry Flocks 52:24
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나중에 재생 나중에 재생 리스트 좋아요 좋아요I have a conversation with Chrislyn Wood, DVM, about the threat of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) and pasture raised flocks. Dr. Wood is a veterinarian with USDA APHIS and she is involved first hand with HPAI monitoring and response efforts. We cover a lot of ground, including historical observations, risk assessment, disease identification, and prevention.…
1 The Days of Wholesale Pastured Chickens are Over for Greg Gunthorp 1:01:40
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나중에 재생 나중에 재생 리스트 좋아요 좋아요Greg 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 challenges started long before this virus came to be front page news. We also dig into some processing wisdom and reality. Greg talks consolidation and Bill Gates. We dig deep and cover a lot of interconnected ground.…
1 Turning a 20 year chicken hobby into a farm with Cynthia Capers 1:04:17
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나중에 재생 나중에 재생 리스트 좋아요 좋아요Cynthia Capers, Heniscity Farm in Tennessee, shares her 20+ year journey from hobby chicken keeper to poultry farmer. Twenty years ago, the sight of six Black Australorps brought tears to her eyes. Today, she's serving her community through egg sales, chick sales, pullet sales, and community education. She's incorporated poultry into their rural bed and breakfast and has become an integral resource in her community. As a black farmer reconnecting to the land and rediscovering her ancestral roots, the journey isn't easy, but Cynthia is right where she needs to be inspiring those around her. She brings the power of chickens to life. In the show we cover: Her exposure to animals in an urban environment Incorporating chickens into the B&B Covid challenges Eggs as the answer to hunger Connecting to the land and honoring Mother Africa Importance of friends and support ...and more Resources: Heniscity Farm on Facebook Nashville Scene Article: Black Farmers Feed Their Neighbors and Connect With Their Ancestors .…
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 Farmer, and personal experience, we dive deep into ways to prosper from your small flock of laying hens. The answer divides into three sections: management, pricing, and markets/marketing. Ask your questions at https://pasturedpoultrytalk.com/contact .…
Perdue acquires Pasturebird and becomes the biggest producer in the space. I unpack what it means on this episode and walk through some history.
1 Maintain Production with All In/All Out Rotation for 5,000 laying hens 19:31
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나중에 재생 나중에 재생 리스트 좋아요 좋아요Listener Chris asks how to utilize an all-in/all-out pullet replacement strategy without duplicating infrastructure while maintaining egg production. To help answer the question, I share insights from Mark Harrison and Dave and Ginger Shields. The simple answer to the Chris' question is that infrastructure is required to maintain production. Listen in as I discuss the details.…
1 Feed Management Tips to Reduce Waste & Maintain Egg Production 11:58
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나중에 재생 나중에 재생 리스트 좋아요 좋아요In Pastured Poultry Talk episode 110, farmer Matt Steinman discussed how he used fermented feed as a solution to feed waste and fines. While fermentation can be a viable solution for some people, it's not the only way to deal with fines. The problem with fines accumulating in your feeders instead of the birds is that that the chickens miss key nutrients, and they waste feed. The lack of nutrients cause behavioral problems and reduced production. The feed waste costs you money. Soy-free feeds tend to contain more powder and compound the issues with fines. In this episode I detail a few approaches to dealing with the wasteful fine feed dilemma, which essentially comes down to not adding old feed on top of new feed and avoiding using a bulk feeder. When you use a bulk feeder, you trade convenience for management, and it can compound the problem with feed waste, fines, and overeating (which I don't cover in this episode).…
Farmer Matt Steinman (Foothills Farm in Sedro-Woolley, Washington) and Dr. Louisa Brouwer (technical advisor on the trial) share the results of a SARE-funded trial that sought to understand the economic impacts of feeding fermented feed to laying hens. The trial compared a dry feed, wet feed, and a fermented feed and then determined the net difference across to the bottom line.…
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 on Facebook and fielded questions from our listeners, and this episode of the podcast includes an edited version of that conversation. If you want to watch a replay of the stream, find it on YouTube . Before we work into the questions, I offer some thoughts on heritage poultry's potential role in pastured community. APPPA has recently started to focus on breeding specific topics and offers monthly livestreams on breeding. Check out APPPA's work here . We cover a range of topics on this episode including: Using a Poultry Man Plucker to improve processing efficiency Discussing value-added poultry products and ground chicken The number one resource for all new pastured poultry producers Spence shares some knowledge on chicken sausage, including a way to sell hearts for $10 a pound Canadians are welcome in APPPA Spence touches on some USDA processing facility challenges, such as how do you keep the plant full in winter Making hay from chickens Part of pastured poultry is nutrient management What kind of feed should i buy -non-gmo, etc. Egg washing equipment Mike breaks some soy-free pullet news…
1 Perspectives on Pastured Poultry Shelters and Pasture Management 1:17:52
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나중에 재생 나중에 재생 리스트 좋아요 좋아요When 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? If you fully grasp the why of the pasture model, you won't take shortcuts in your housing and implementation. I'm primarily talking about the foundational principle of movement to fresh pasture approach that pastured poultry requires. If you choose to build a strong foundation on the principles of pastured poultry, then your system becomes healthier and more capable of surviving challenges. There are a lot of companies that compromise the pastured poultry model today where fresh forage is replaced with access to more space. I spend a lot of time working through these issues in the podcast episode because it's important to start off with a clear vision, and that vision will inform your shelter approach. Pasture Shelter Considerations There are a near infinite number of designs and modifications you can make to a pastured poultry shelter. And if you go shopping for a shelter without having a purpose, you may get sidetracked easily. For example, when I built my first shelter, I just did it like Joel Salatin, but I didn't follow his instructions. That turned out to be a less than ideal shelter for our farm. After I got some experience, I realized I made a bad choice, and I chose something different, which was a smaller, lighter hoop house. I expect you will go through multiple design iterations, but my goal in the episode to have you make a good choice, so your don't find yourself needing to radically change your approach after a single season. Here are the pasture shelter and management practices I cover in the podcast episode. Provide species appropriate shelters Protect from weather (including shade) and predators Make flock movement to fresh rooted-in soil vegetation possible Avoid static runs and continuous grazing Ensure ventilation and protect from drafts Add roosts where appropriate Add nest boxes for layers I spend a fair amount of time discussing stocking density guidelines and the nuances you may encounter there. The quick guideline for a daily moved shelter where the birds are confined to a floorless shelter are as follows: Broilers: 1.5 to 2 sq. ft. to 8 weeks; 3+ sq. ft. at 16 weeks Layers: 3-5 sq. ft. Turkeys: 5 to 7 sq. ft. The reason you need to know stocking densities is so that you can size your shelter appropriately and build/buy the appropriate amount. When you move to a day range setup, the stocking density inside the house becomes different. Using layers as an example day range scenario, your housing may provide one square foot of space plus your additional pasture space. I discuss the reason behind one square foot in more detail in the episode. There's no magic formula for the paddock size. 108 square feet is a myth and a fake requirement; it's not synonymous to pasture raised. Just know that if you give your hens 20 square foot of space in the paddock, you will be able to move slightly less frequently than if you only give them 10 square feet of pasture space. The model is based on movement, not access. So, time the frequency of movement to the impact on the pasture. Dirt is not your goal. Pasture Shelter Designs I've spent time assembling resources, such as guides, how-tos, and links to pastured poultry coop designs over at American Pastured Poultry Producers Association. View pastured poultry shelter designs . If you need step-by-step and cut-by-cut instructions, it's hard to beat John Suscovich's Stress Free Chicken Tractor booklet. You can purchase a copy directly from John. If you purchase any of his books or packets, I get a commission (you pay the same price). Learn more about John's Stress Free Chicken Tractor Plans. John also appeared on Pastured Poultry Talk to tell his story. https://pasturedpoultrytalk.com/2015/11/21/ppt029-growing-into-a-farm-with-john-suscovich-2/ Relevant Episodes https://pasturedpoultrytalk.com/2015/07/17/ppt012-whats-with-the-immaculate-chicken-houses-2/ https://pasturedpoultrytalk.com/2017/09/18/ppt056-designing-movable-shelters-for-pasture-raised-broilers-and-layers-with-pastured-life-farm/ https://pasturedpoultrytalk.com/2016/03/21/ppt037-pastured-poultry-is-more-than-dirt/ https://pasturedpoultrytalk.com/2015/08/28/ppt018-broiler-chicken-shelter-density-and-data-collection-2/ https://pasturedpoultrytalk.com/2019/04/04/latest-greenwashing-craze-pasturewashing-poultry-ppt083/ https://pasturedpoultrytalk.com/2017/12/29/does-the-failed-organic-livestock-and-poultry-practices-regulation-matter-to-pastured-poultry/ Sponsors…
1 Successful Brooder Management for Chicks & Poults (PPT107) 57:58
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나중에 재생 나중에 재생 리스트 좋아요 좋아요Did 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 their first lay-cycle in the brooder. For all our poultry species, the time in the brooder is critical to the long term health and productivity of the flock with an emphasis placed on the first three days of life. These first few days, especially for meat birds, is an important time for the bird to establish healthy eating patterns and appetites. Brooding, especially as you scale up, is typically the most obvious weak link in a pastured poultry production system, and that's really counter-intuitive. You may think that taking care of a chicken inside a building is easy because you alleviate the most weather and predator risks of pasture. Inside the brooder, your job is to raise a young chick or poult with an immature immune system, get it the proper nutrition, keep it comfortably warm, and maintain the brooder environment amid constantly changing weather. And you do it without environment controls inside the brooder. In this brooder environment, there's a commingling of factors that makes the brooder time challenging. In the podcast episode, I discuss the relationship between heat, ventilation, stocking density, bedding, and more. You mess up the time in the brooder at your own risk, which is to say, this is one of the most important phases of your production that you can master, and that's why I recorded this podcast episode. In this episode... Time in the brooder by species Brooder heat Have a backup heat Ohio Brooder Rules of thumb for adjusting heat Poorly feathered birds Harden off the chicks before going to pasture Brooder space for chicks and turkey poults 1/4 sq ft per chick per week Rounded corners Feed and water management in the brooder Bedding management and types Clean, dry, and warm is the key to brooder. Ventilation and drafts predators in the brooder A note about coccidiosis Receiving Chicks into the Brooder Our friends at Fertrell did a webinar training on Receiving Chicks that covers some of the same information as the podcast episode, but it also focuses heavily on those first three days of life in your care. You can't learn too much about your brooder. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvjrK8XZAKo Alyssa Walsh from Fertrell discusses receiving chicks…
1 9 Practical Tips for Feeding Your Pastured Poultry (PPT106) 1:08:40
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나중에 재생 나중에 재생 리스트 좋아요 좋아요Feeding your pastured poultry is a huge topic, and it can quickly overwhelm you. As a beginner to pastured poultry, I provide nine tips for feeding your flock that can help you get off to the right start. I'll cover universal feeding advice as well as specific information for meat birds, layers, and turkeys. All this advice can summed up into a larger objective statement. Buy the highest quality (not the cheapest) feed you can and make it a mission to understand the nutrition requirements of each type of poultry you raise based on it's age. The episode covers the beginner level approach to selecting feed and doesn't dive into the actual nutrient levels. Request your Feed Guidelines Cheat Sheet at this link , and it will be emailed to you. The cheat sheet referenced in the podcast episode outlines how you can feed your flock. It primarily matches the feed type and protein level by the poultry species and age. Don't buy cheap feed Pasture's role in feeding your birds Tips for Sourcing Feed buy from local independent mill first know feed types: organic, conventional, non-gmo Feed chickens based on age and type How to feed a broiler How to feed a layer Make a turkey starter ration from a broiler feed hard boiled eggs for turkeys Provide enough feeder space so that everybody eats Water consumption drives for feed consumption Will you drink your chickens' water? Feed supplements - grit and oyster shell What influence does feed have on production: lay rate and feed conversion? Tips for feeding Cornish cross Bonus Tip: Watch out for this sure fire sign of Mycotoxins This episode of Pastured Poultry Talk sponsored by Windy Meadows Hatchery. Windy Meadows Hatchery supplies day old broiler chicks from their family run hatchery. If you're looking for a supplier for your chicks, talk to the people who are directly responsible for hatching and shipping your birds. Tell them you heard about them from Pastured Poultry Talk. Contact Windy Meadows Hatchery . If you’re looking for fences that work from the people who use them everyday, contact Premier at 800-282-6631 or visit their website to request an informational catalog. Badger's Millside Farm is a distributor of Ready-to-Lay Pullets. Ask about full beak, non-gmo, certified organic, soy free, and more. Learn more .…
1 Pastured Poultry Training: Evaluating Breeds for Pastured Poultry and Understanding Genetics, Performance, and Cost (PPT105) 1:04:18
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나중에 재생 나중에 재생 리스트 좋아요 좋아요This episode has a downloadable worksheet to help you apply the concepts discussed in the podcast episode to your situation. Get it by email here . I assume that when it comes to choosing a breed of chicken for your pastured poultry flock, you will have a favorite breed. As you research birds, you'll make a list of potential options that would appear to be great birds. Finding information about chickens on the internet is easy; however, my goal is to give you a way to judge the economic impact on your pastured poultry business, not as a way to recommend one choice over another, but as way to set expectations and and calibrate your choice of chicken to your actual goals. Evaluating the Genetic Potential of Breeds Every single meat bird or laying hen you raise has a potential. As a manager, you either bring out that potential or you suppress it. We'll talk about how you can bring out the genetic potential of your flock in the following episodes. For now, know what the genetic potential of your chicken choices are. Every breeder has this information for meat birds and for layers, and if you're buying heritage breeds from someone, think twice about buying chickens from a breeder who cannot articulate important concepts such as feed conversion, carcass size, growout time, and lay rate. But don't rely on the book knowledge. At some point you need to do the work. You need to measure your actual results, compare it against the potential, and then use that information to make decisions about management, pricing, markets, etc. Choosing a Meat Bird for Your Pastured Poultry Flock Nobody can tell you what the perfect meat bird is for your flock. Instead you're going to need to research a breed, match up the breed to your business goals, raise the birds, and then evaluate your results. In the podcast episode, we dig deep into the genetic potential of several popular meat birds and extrapolate that information to get a price per pound for labor and feed. How much more does it cost you in feed to raise a Freedom Ranger compared to a Cornish Cross? How about the Robust White? How does the feed and labor of the Freedom Ranger compare the labor of the Delaware? I cover all those questions and more in the episode, and in the accompanying worksheet . The worksheet provides a reference for all the values and explains the calculations. Things to know when choosing and evaluating meat chickens. Expected growout time Expected carcass weight Feed Conversion Ratio Choosing a Layer Breed for Your Pastured Poultry Flock The layer specific analysis picks up at 42 minute. On the podcast episode, I run through similar comparisons as the meat bird and try to really hone in on the labor and feed cost of a dozen eggs. For layers, the golden metric is lay rate, which is a calculation of how many eggs a hen lays over a period of time. For example, ten hens with an 80% lay rate will produce eight eggs per day. Things to know when evaluating layers: Expected age of lay Expected lay rate The amount of feed to make one dozen eggs The plan for dealing with the boys In this episode: All breeds have genetic potential I'm not a cornish cross fan boy, but if you mame your birds you're at fault It's hard to change the birds. It's much easier to change how you manage them Compare production data for Cornish Cross, Freedom Ranger, SASSO, Robust White, and Delaware Evaluate cost per pound in terms of feed and labor Things to know when buying meat birds Compare production data for Layers (red sexlinks and heritage) (timestamp 42:02) The male problem How lay rate affects margin The "economy of scale" of chickens Listener question about managing a hybrid from two heritage birds I created an editable PDF worksheet to help you work through the concepts in this episode. Get it by email . This episode of Pastured Poultry Talk sponsored by Windy Meadows Hatchery. Windy Meadows Hatchery supplies day old broiler chicks from their family run hatchery. If you're looking for a supplier for your chicks, talk to the people who are directly responsible for hatching and shipping your birds. Tell them you heard about them from Pastured Poultry Talk. Contact Windy Meadows Hatchery . If you’re looking for fences that work from the people who use them everyday, contact Premier at 800-282-6631 or visit their website to request an informational catalog. Badger's Millside Farm is a distributor of Ready-to-Lay Pullets. Ask about full beak, non-gmo, certified organic, soy free, and more. Learn more .…
1 Pastured Poultry Training: Planning & Discovery (PPT104) 43:28
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나중에 재생 나중에 재생 리스트 좋아요 좋아요Download the worksheet for this episode to help you apply the concepts discussed in the podcast episode. Get it by email here . One of the biggest mistakes pastured poultry growers make is that they make impulsive decisions, which often go like this. I think I'll raise some chickens, so I go to the nearest chick days and find some birds based on what the store employees tell me. Next thing I know, I'm trying to sell them, but I'm just throwing darts at all my questions and hoping it comes out ok. Obviously, I'm being a bit dramatic, but the pattern is clear enough to be cliché over my decade of time in the pastured poultry community. If you're just starting out with chick, I want you to be successful. If you've raised poultry in the past, but you're struggling with something along they way, I want you to be successful. This is part 1 of a multi-part introduction to pastured poultry raising. I'll focus on the fundamentals of breed, feed, brooder, pasture, processing, and planning. I've an awesome amount of marketing content already recorded and published. I'll post a link to those episodes below. Pastured Poultry Planning & Discovery Even if you already have your flock started, listen to this episode because it's never too late to discover insights. The episodes in this series will focus on the production practices that yield you a cost effective, healthy, delicious, and nutritious product. That is the foundation for a profitable flock; however, this series will be applicable to growers regardless of your market ambitions. In this episode: Why do you want to raise pastured poultry? What do you want to achieve? Review of Gross Profit Margin What breed do you want to raise? What feed requirements do you have? An introductory discussion on predators. Marketing Episodes from Pastured Poultry Talk: I've published many marketing focused episodes and lots of episodes that contain great nuggets of marketing wisdom. To click through the previous pastured poultry marketing shows, start here: https://pasturedpoultrytalk.com/tag/marketing/ I created an editable PDF worksheet to help you work through the concepts in this episode. Get it by email . This episode of Pastured Poultry Talk sponsored by Windy Meadows Hatchery. Windy Meadows Hatchery supplies day old broiler chicks from their family run hatchery. If you're looking for a supplier for your chicks, talk to the people who are directly responsible for hatching and shipping your birds. Tell them you heard about them from Pastured Poultry Talk. Contact Windy Meadows Hatchery . If you’re looking for fences that work from the people who use them everyday, contact Premier at 800-282-6631 or visit their website to request an informational catalog.…
1 103: Catching Up on Corona Virus from a Pastured Poultry Perspective 33:40
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나중에 재생 나중에 재생 리스트 좋아요 좋아요I've shared some Covid 19 corona virus updates via the APPPA channels in recent weeks, so I thought it was time to circle back to the podcast with an update. I cover a lot of ground, including how the Badger family is affected, how the pastured community is responding, supply concerns, and a few featured news items. In the face of any trial, crisis, and disruption to the norm, the defining moments for each of us come based on how we recover and how act during the crisis. Many leaders, such as Greg Gunthorp, think we have an opportunity to shape the future based on a resilient local food production model. I agree, and that's where we should be placing an increasing amount of energy. Topics in this episode Badger Family Update Ready-to-Lay Pullet Demand Explodes Broiler demand is high Don't panic buy feed (or TP) Holding prices steady despite overwhelming demand Egg prices up nationwide Joel Salatin wants corona virus How you communicate on your platform matters How we respond is our defining moments We have a chance to shape the future Resources Source of day-old broiler chicks - Windy Meadows Hatchery Pastured Poultry Response to Covid 19 GUIDANCE ON THE ESSENTIAL CRITICAL WORKFORCE and PERSPECTIVE ON SUPPLY AND DEMAND Egg prices are skyrocketing because of corona virus panic USDA Report: March 27, 2020 Egg Market Update This episode of Pastured Poultry Talk sponsored by Windy Meadows Hatchery. Windy Meadows Hatchery supplies day old broiler chicks from their family run hatchery. If you're looking for a supplier for your chicks, talk to the people who are directly responsible for hatching and shipping your birds. Tell them you heard about them from Pastured Poultry Talk. Contact Windy Meadows Hatchery .…
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1 Luke Groce Shares His "Day" Range Setup for Pastured Poultry 13:29
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나중에 재생 나중에 재생 리스트 좋아요 좋아요In episode 101 of Pastured Poultry Talk, Randy Kleinman mentioned Luke Groce and cited a very popular video that featured his range model. A lot has happened since that video was filmed on Luke's farm. I give Luke an opportunity to update us on his range model for raising pastured poultry because he's clearly thought about it deeply and is committed to a process that works for him. Resources: Pasture Raised Podcast Video: The Best pastured poultry system out there (this is the video quoted in the episode)…
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1 Pastured Poultry Research: Feed Conversion, Labor, and Nutrition 56:46
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나중에 재생 나중에 재생 리스트 좋아요 좋아요There is no secret that pasture-raised chicken meat is more nutrient dense than non-pasture-raised chicken. More and more farmers are testing their products and posting the results for their customers and the world to see. Randy Kleinman, who farms with his family on Seelye Brook Farms in Anoka County Minnesota ran a two year study that compared a daily move chicken tractor to a day range chicken tractor. Over the course of the trial, he recorded key production numbers, including feed conversion, labor, and nutrition. The study was funded by a 2019 Minnesota Department of Agriculture AGRI Sustainable Agriculture Demonstration Grant award. The first year of the trial compared a spring and fall batch of Cornish cross and the second year compared a spring and fall batch of Freedom Rangers. Each season collected data relevant to the production method. Randy designed the trial so that each production method would forage on the same amount of pasture over the course of the batch. The results Key takeaways from trial: Day range systems require more labor. Chicken tractor birds had less fat than day range birds. Cornish cross had less fat than the Freedom Rangers. The pastured birds are a source of Vitamin E whereas the non pastured birds are not. Cholesterol in each the pasture-raised birds was higher than the USDA index. Pasture-raised chicken meat is not a source of Vitamin A. The pastured meat birds had significantly lower Omega 6:3 rations than USDA standard nutritional index. Samples included the thigh and breast. Randy discusses the trial, setup, and results in more depth in the podcast episode. His findings track very closely with the American Pastured Poultry Producers Association nutrition study . Resources Research Report: Comparison of Mobile Confinement and Day Range Production Systems for Pasture Raised Chickens Contact Randy Kleinman Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube…
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My journey to 100 episodes of Pastured Poultry Talk started long, long ago. Celebrate the podcast milestone with me, as I recount the significant events in my life that led me to pastured poultry and and back to faith. I tried very hard to make decisions that would have denied me entry into pastured poultry. I've accumulated seemingly random skills and relationships that all come to bear witness to a destiny that was not of my own choosing. As you listen to this episode, I challenge you to reflect back on your last 10, 15, 20, or more years and record your story through the seemingly random relationships and events you've encountered. I find hope in my past, present, and future life through Psalm 16:11: "You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore."…
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The Pastured Poultry Talk podcast is back in 2020 with an episode about label deceit, also known as greenwashing. I tie the USDA's updated label guidelines, the APPPA conference, and some recent greenwashing misidentifications from the pastured poultry community in the same discussion. It's increasingly clear (and not all that surprising) that not everyone has the same understanding about what pastured poultry is and why it's important. Marketing against misleading labeling claims requires clarity. In this episode, I attempt to provide some clarity so we can move forward in unison. USDA's Free Range is Synonymous with Pasture Raised Claim The Synonymous Claim: The following FSIS opinion is noted in the Federal Register announcing the updated label claim guidelines. Added information on the use of ‘‘Free Range’’ and synonymous claims (‘‘Free roaming,’’ ‘‘Pasture Fed,’’ ‘‘Pasture Grown,’’ ‘‘Pasture Raised,’’ and ‘‘Meadow Raised’’) on labels of poultry products and the documentation needed to substantiate these claims. Looking to Comment on USDA's December 2019 label guidelines for animal raising claims? Here are the links you need. Deadline is February 25, 2020. Updated guidance Announcement and explanation Page for comments…
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1 PPT098: A Personal Invitation to Join Mike in Jacksonville 18:13
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나중에 재생 나중에 재생 리스트 좋아요 좋아요As a Pastured Poultry Talk listener, it's incredibly important to me that you know about the APPPA Conference in Jacksonville from January 19-21, 2020. This episode explains that the Professional Pastured Poultry Conference is and how it came to be. Find more information . Listen for a special offer.…
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1 PPT097: Looking forward to Goose Day with Cotton Patch Geese 32:24
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나중에 재생 나중에 재생 리스트 좋아요 좋아요I'm a cotton patch goose breeder. Well, I have geese that are old enough to mate. We'll save the moniker of goose breeder until we have some deliberate success. The cotton patch goose is a historical landrace breed originally used to weed cotton fields and other crops across the South. However, the introduction of pesticides replaced the need for geese, and they've been hidden away on farms until the internet made them popular again. The common qualities of the breed include autosexing goslings and adults, gentle disposition, medium sized, great weeders, and broody. In pastured poultry, geese have a very popular use as guard animals, which is job one for my flock of Cotton Patch Geese. I will also use them for vegetation control on different parts of the farm. Most of this work relies on successfully hatching goslings, but after I have goslings to build the breeding pens out and to satisfy my utilitarian needs, I need to have a market for the geese. Christmas goose is a traditional market, and on the episode, I talk about a regional Pennsylvania holiday called Goose Day, which is celebrated in the Juniata River Valley. According to a 2015 Penn Live article, Michaelmas Day was originally a holiday to celebrate the archangel Michael in 480. Over time, by the 15th century, it became a popular day to pay leases, and the tradition of adding a plump goose to the payment was established. The tradition stuck and made it's way to Mifflin and Juniata Counties with German settlers and is popularly called Goose Day. You can read more the article Happy Goose Day! Here's everything you need to know about the holiday . It's too early to know what the 2020 goose season will bring, but my first priority is to get goslings. Pastured Poultry Talk Episodes with Breeders https://pasturedpoultrytalk.com/2019/08/27/dangerous-breeder/ https://pasturedpoultrytalk.com/2019/07/04/breeding-delaware-chickens/ https://pasturedpoultrytalk.com/2015/05/15/ppt003-hatching-eggs-on-the-homestead-with-harvey-ussery-2/ https://pasturedpoultrytalk.com/2015/07/24/ppt013-not-a-backyard-chicken-club-jim-adkins-interview-part-1-2/…
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1 Troubleshooting Turkey Processing: Is It Possible to Get a Clean Pluck? PPT096 24:01
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나중에 재생 나중에 재생 리스트 좋아요 좋아요This is an edited version of the article I published in Issue 113 of the APPPA Grit, which was based on the conversation in this podcast. Not a member of APPPA? Go check them out . Last fall, I had the pleasure of consulting with a producer on some questions about his farm’s turkey processing procedure. Since turkey processing season 2019 is fast approaching, I wanted to share some highlights of that conversation in this podcast. One of the biggest challenges with the turkey processing was the amount of hand plucking required to finish the birds. The hand plucking went anywhere from five to ten minutes extra. The natural question becomes, "can I pluck the turkeys clean like I do with chickens?" I had this same conversation with a different person recently, so I know it’s a relatively common question. The first place to troubleshoot this type of problem is the scalder. The farm I was talking to was scalding and plucking four turkeys that dressed between 16 and 20 pounds in a Poultry Man 41” scalder and a Featherman XL plucker. Due to problems with the turkeys catching in the rotating platform of the scalder, the farm was manually dunking 4 turkeys in the rotary scalder (the platform was stationary and vertical). Then in the plucker, the birds were getting jammed up. One person actually had to man the plucker. Maintain Water Temperature and Level When scalding anything, it helps to ensure your scalder maintains the water temperature as you process. My scalder has one 65,000 BTU burner, and for turkeys, I need to heat supplemental water because I can process turkeys faster than the water recovers. The temperature recovery problem is compounded because the turkeys remove a lot of water from the scalder, so it’s not just heating up water that has cooled ten degrees, it’s heating up larger quantities of cold water. In addition to maintaining temperature, make sure you keep the water level full. Stop Dunking Birds Up and Down For the processors using a manual scalding approach, the first piece of advice I always give is to stop dunking birds up and down. This enables a bad scald. Basically, the breast gets more scald than the legs and thighs, so it’s uneven. If you are manually scalding, try dropping the birds into the scald water and then stir them like soup. Test your scald early and often because the birds will scald faster with this approach, but they will be consistent. Plucking will be a pleasure, even by hand. This process works for heritage birds, too. I remember processing at a farm in North Carolina a few Thanksgivings ago; I ran the manual scalder and there was no dunking involved, and my back was appreciative. If you’re using a rotary scalder, there’s no reason to hand dunk. Adjust the volume of birds to flow through the system efficiently. In the case of rotary scalders, you can often increase your throughput by scalding birds on both sides of the rotating rack. Remove Feet and Point Necks In On the scalder, I recommend taking the feet off the turkeys prior to scalding (which the farm was doing) and loading the turkeys so that the necks point into the center of the tank, not the sides. Sometimes with scalders that have a gap between the rotating platform and the sides of the scalder, the long turkey necks find a way to slide into that gap. Add the Right Number of Birds to the Plucker The goal of the plucker is to have enough birds so that they tumble against each other; otherwise, the plucking requires a human hand to make the birds tumble or the feathers won’t pick off. However, there is often another problem we don’t think about in the plucker, and that’s too many birds. My recommendation during the podcast was was to put three turkeys into that 32" diameter plucker instead of four. This gives the birds room to go around the drum and still tumble into each other. I had the pleasure of the hearing back from the farm after their 2018 turkey processing, and the tips I shared greatly helped process the nearly 500 turkeys. They confirmed that three turkeys through the plucker was the optimum number. If you’re using a smaller scalder and plucker, your batch size may be limited to one or two turkeys at a time. If you’re using a 22” or 23” plucker, you’re likely limited to one turkey. If you move up to a 27” diameter plucker, you have one tom or two hens, if we’re talking about broad breasted whites. It’s incredibly hard to pluck one turkey efficiently. It will take somebody babysitting the plucker to keep the turkey tumbling. And even in the smaller diameter pluckers of less than 30”, two turkeys will find a way to jam up frequently. Again, it needs a babysitter. Don’t fight it. Accept it. And if you’re doing more than a few dozen turkeys at any one processing, you’ll get a lot of improvement with a 32” or 35” or larger plucker and a scalder to match. Wrap-Up You’ll notice that most of the solutions to a poor pluck do not focus on the plucker. This is why you sometimes need somebody to talk through issues with you. We obsess over efficiency, especially processing line throughput to the point where we only see bigger batches as the solution. Cleanly plucking three turkeys at a time with no hand plucking will pencil out more efficiently every time compared to running four turkeys that require ten minutes of hand plucking. All the commercial scalders and pluckers should make your turkey featherless with little work from you. If that’s not your experience, troubleshoot, and invest in the proper equipment, if needed. Resources Mentioned Poultry Man Equipment Featherman Equipment The best turkey kill cone you'll ever use…
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1 Evaluating A Started Turkey Business as a Buyer and Seller - PPT095 28:05
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나중에 재생 나중에 재생 리스트 좋아요 좋아요Turkeys are one of the most adored birds in the pastured poultry community with a strong emotional tie to family Thanksgiving; however, they can often be challenging to raise because they require more time and attention than a chicken. Those challenges often see high mortality rates or farmers who opt out of turkeys all together. There are at least two possible solutions to the turkey raising woes. The first is to get better at turkeys, but turkeys arrive on farm in one of the busiest times of the season, so it's not always that easy. The second possibility is to purchase started turkeys from another grower. In addition to the opportunities, this podcast episode will focus on the math and marketing of 6 week old started turkeys. How much does it cost to raise a turkey for 6 weeks? As producers, we spend a lot of time focusing on cost of production, and with young turkeys those costs are evident from day one. The cost of day old turkey poults is all over the map and can range anywhere from $6 to nearly $9 for a day old poult. Badger's Millside Farm resold day-old sexed old turkeys poults for $5.50 each. The high poult cost from commercial hatcheries is made worse with mortality. The first calculation I share in the podcast episode is refactoring poult cost to account for the first week mortality. If I purchase 20 poults for $6.43 and have 10% mortality in the first several days, I'm left with 18 turkeys. The new cost per poult becomes $7.14 . I look at feed next. If you feed 8 pounds of certified organic feed at $0.42 / lb., you end up with $3.36 per turkey in feed cost for six weeks. The feed cost is not all that dramatic when placed in the context of poult cost and labor. If you source a non-organic feed at $0.25 / lb., the feed cost would become $2.00 per bird. Next up is labor. I calculate an example of $15 / hr. for 15 minutes a day to arrive at a $8.7 5 per turkey in labor. Put it all together, and the cost to raise 20 turkeys is $19.25 per turkey ($7.14 + $3.36 + $8.75). This example doesn't factor in bedding, grit, electricity, infrastructure costs, or mortality after the first five days. The comparison is simple from this point. Badger's Millside Farm sold 6 week old turkeys (fed organic feed) for $16 each. There are a couple reasons why your cost would be higher than $16. I raise more than 20 in a batch. My flock mortality was 4% and I did not pay a retail cost for poults. Marketing Started Turkeys The best leads came through existing channels, either through exising customers or word of mouth. To sell some of the started turkeys I raised on spec, I tried Facebook Ads and Craigslist. Facebook has never been a good marketing channel for me to find pastured poultry growers, and that hypothesis continues to test true. I spent $30 in advertising to make one $64 sale. Definitely not worthwhile. The Craigslist ad received less than 1/3 of the responses, but it reached my target audience - pastured poultry farmers, which is different than people who raise a few birds. My Craigslist ad generated $160 in sales. As you can see, we're talking small numbers of birds in these channels. I'm taking interest for 2020 day old poults and started turkeys through my farm page, Badger's Millside Farm.…
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1 PPT094: What podcasting teaches us about marketing pastured poultry 9:08
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나중에 재생 나중에 재생 리스트 좋아요 좋아요It's no surprise that I'm hot on the podcasting medium. Pastured Poultry Talk is a podcast, after all. In Episode 93 of the show, Kenny Troiano referenced his podcast, Bred to Perfection , as a primary marketing asset for his membership site. The publication of the episode was well timed because it happened soon after I returned from the Podcast Movement conference in Orlando. If you want to hone your pastured poultry business, you associate with expert people (through APPPA, for example). If you want to develop your podcasting craft, you seek out the smartest people you can and spend time with them. That's what Podcast Movement was for me. Here are the key points: Don't be afraid to selectively focus on a niche group for your products and farm. Success will demand it. Don't measure your success by impressions or population; there's a subset of the existing population who is your customer. Develop your marketing so that it creates relationships, so you can connect with your niche. If you're already engaged in relationship based marketing, you can power up your approach with a podcast targeted to your customers (not other farmers). You're already creating the content; repurpose it. Resources https://pasturedpoultrytalk.com/2018/08/13/ppt073-exploring-the-intersection-of-podcasting-pastured-poultry-farming-and-business/ https://pasturedpoultrytalk.com/2019/08/27/dangerous-breeder/…
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Dangerous breeders are everywhere and the internet gives them a platform to perpetuate bad breeding habits at the expense of offspring that represents the breed. A dangerous breeder is someone who produces offspring that doesn't represent the breed. They often don't know how to selectively breed, and they're not interested in learning. I may be characterized as a dangerous breeder in that I have done things that are counter to good breeding practices, but I've not really perpetuated my lack of knowledge by selling my failed breeding projects. I understand my gap in breeding knowledge and the gap in the quality of my birds. I tend to eat my lack of understanding rather than selling it. Master breeder Kenny Troiano of the Breeders Academy and Bred to Perfection podcast joins the show to help us become better breeders. Too often, when we talk to breeders about their work, we focus on the end result--the successes they've had and that leaves a large gap in knowledge for people who want to start breeding. If you want to breed well, then your effort goes way beyond mating a rooster and a hen to hatch an egg. In this episode of Pastured Poultry Talk, Kenny lays out the foundation for any serious breeding effort. You'll still need to read, to learn, and to seek a mentor, but you'll get a clear picture of the work involved. It's not an easy effort, but that's why it becomes important for you to determine your goals. If you want a few birds on the farm to admire and eat, that will have different requirements than selectively breeding a family of birds for productivity and breed representation. What Have Commercial Breeders Done The commercial breeders understand hybrid vigor, says Kenny. That understanding has produced the 300+ eggs per year layers and the meat birds that can be slaughtered as early as 35 days. It's incredible to think about that this productivity came from within the traits that already existed within the genetics of the chickens; the hybrid crosses enhance the traits. Hybrid vigor has a ceiling, however. Cross two breeds and they increase their production. Cross two hybrids and you end up with variable, unpredictable results that produce at a rate less than the original hybrids. The commercial breeders, according to Kenny have pushed their breeding so far with proprietary crossings, that they are at risk of inbreeding depression. Disease resistance is also suffering in the commercial breeding lines. A Breeding Checklist Kenny covers a lot of ground in the episode, but here are some key points to think about as you (re)start your breeding journey. Learn the origin and history of breed you want. Understand culling and learn about defects. If you see a defect, don't buy the bird. Defects are recessive, and if you breed two birds with the same defect, all offspring will be affected. Breeding hybrids will have a variability in size, color, shape, etc. Commercial hybrids have unknown genetic qualities. Every breeder should know what their common defect is. Hint: If you're buying breeding stock, ask what the common defect is! Always select offspring that's better than the parents. When selecting birds, go beyond the top 10%. Look for the stand outs that take the family to the next level, whether that's one or a handful. Find a breeding trio to establish your program so you can see exactly what the birds are. Hatching chicks as a way to establish your family is often problematic, variable, and disappointing. Setup a clan mating system (also called spiral mating system), which is three groups of birds. The clan mating system is a good maintenance system and helps ensure genetic diversity. Kenny has not introduced new bloodlines into his breeding in over 30 years. Understand clan mating is only one of the types of breeding programs. You'll use other programs in parallel to achieve the results you want. Another common approach is to line breed. Never mix breeding birds with production birds. Only breed birds that have the potential to advance the family by selecting offspring better than the parents. Hatch has many offspring as you can afford. Understand genetics. Get a mentor and hang out with people smarter than you! Kenny provided this reading list. His writings and Breeders Academy make these topics more accessible: Mendel's Law of Independent Assortment Mendel's Law of Segregation Sexlink traits and quantitative traits (polygenic) Mutation theory Punnett Square Show Resources You can connect with Kenny through any of these resources or email him directly. Breeders Academy Podcast Breeders Bulletin (Free Email Sign up) Breeders Academy Sign Up for Pastured Poultry Talk Listeners Publications Poultry Press Gamefowl Breeders Manual ( Amazon ) Pastured Poultry Talk Episodes Referenced https://pasturedpoultrytalk.com/2015/05/15/ppt003-hatching-eggs-on-the-homestead-with-harvey-ussery-2/ https://pasturedpoultrytalk.com/2015/07/24/ppt013-not-a-backyard-chicken-club-jim-adkins-interview-part-1-2/ https://pasturedpoultrytalk.com/2017/05/20/ppt051-pat-whitaker-breeds-black-australorps-for-utility/ https://pasturedpoultrytalk.com/2019/07/04/breeding-delaware-chickens/…
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1 PPT092: Understanding the difference in as-fed and dry matter nutrition in poultry feeds 6:24
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나중에 재생 나중에 재생 리스트 좋아요 좋아요https://pasturedpoultrytalk.com/2016/06/14/ppt044-understanding-the-nutritional-benefits-of-black-soldier-fly-as-poultry-feed/Confused about the difference between feed values expressed in as-fed or dry matter percentages? The difference between as-fed nutrition and dry-matter nutrition in poultry feeds is water. The dried feed removes the water, giving us a dry matter calculation. Using the mealworm protein example provided by Cheryl Powers in episode 91 of Pastured Poultry Talk, the live mealie has a 19% protein level. Dry the meal worm by removing the water and the protein jumps to 55%. As a producer, you need to know the nutrition of your feed if you purposefully give that feed to your flock. In the podcast episode, I talk through an example where this knowledge would be beneficial. If you wanted to increase the protein of a chick starter from a 21% protein to a 26%, you could use the Pearson Square to create a new ration from the chick starter and the mealworms. But which type of mealworm should you use? The as-fed protein level of a live mealworm will not work in our example because the protein is too low. You'd need to use the dried mealworm to increase the protein level of the chick starter to a turkey starter. Resources about Dry Matter and As-Fed Feedstuff Comparisons – As Fed versus Dry Matter ( PDF ) Dry Matter and As Fed Conversions ( PDF ) Formulating Rations with Pearson Square https://pasturedpoultrytalk.com/2019/08/15/farming-mealworms-for-chicken-feed/ https://pasturedpoultrytalk.com/2016/06/14/ppt044-understanding-the-nutritional-benefits-of-black-soldier-fly-as-poultry-feed/ f…
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1 Farming mealworms for chicken feed with Cheryl Powers: PPT091 39:05
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나중에 재생 나중에 재생 리스트 좋아요 좋아요Crickets are a popular insect protein for humans, and black soldier fly larvae receive most of the attention among chicken keepers; Cheryl Powers, Jord Producers, plans to change that by farming mealworms as a supplemental chicken feed. Actually, she's working to position mealworms for reptiles, exotic birds, and humans (but we tend to stick to chickens). One of the biggest benefits of mealworms is that they are high in protein. There has also been published research in Poultry Science that shows feeding mealworms to chickens can increase average daily gain, feed conversation, egg size, and flavor. According to Cheryl, you only need to feed a small amount of mealworms to see an increase in the protein intake of the chickens' diet. Less than 10 mealworms is her recommendation. Chickens love the mealworms, and they will forage on them without hesitation. There can be too much of a good thing. If the birds fill up on the fiber of the mealworms, they won't get all the other vitamins, mineral, and nutrients they need to thrive. Mealworms, in other words, are not a complete diet. Nutrition of Mealworm as Chicken Feed According to analysis by Jord Producers, the mealworm contains the following nutrition profile: Protein As-fed: 19% Dry Matter: 55% Fiber As-fed: 3% Dry Matter: 8% Fat As-fed: 9% Dry Matter: 26% As-fed calculations represent the live mealworm, as eaten by the chicken. The dry matter removes the water from mealworm, thereby concentrating the nutrition. Growing Mealworms for Chicken Feed As Cheryl describes in the podcast episode, the mealworms are raised on a wheat bran with sliced potatoes or carrots as a water source. Mealworms are farmed indoors in an environmentally controlled space. The tubs containing the mealworms are stacked vertically, making this a versatile farming operation. One of the company's growers, has actually repurposed an unused hog farrowing barn for the mealworm farm. Jord Produces is in the first year of business and building markets as they learn to be insect farmers. They have a first goal of being able to produce 400 pounds of mealworms a week. For now, the poultry focus will be on supplemental feeds and treats for chickens. Cracking the commodity pricing floor to compete with soy is a difficult task. The other interesting challenge is that it takes mealworms approximately two-and-a half months to reach harvest. When you put that in perspective, a cornish cross chicken can be ready to harvest in under two months (7 or 8 weeks). But as more and more consumers move toward soy-free fed poultry products, insect proteins may make inroads as a poultry feed ingredient, pending certification from the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO). Contact Cheryl Powers Jord Producers: website | Instagram | Facebook | Email Resources Mentioned in Episode Efficacy of mealworm and super mealworm larvae probiotics as an alternative to antibiotics challenged orally with Salmonella and E. coli infection in broiler chicks Bug Eaters Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO)…
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Pastured Poultry Talk
1 PPT090: Is it time for pastured poultry to slaughter some sacred cows? 9:33
9:33 나중에 재생 나중에 재생 리스트 좋아요 좋아요9:33
나중에 재생 나중에 재생 리스트 좋아요 좋아요In the week or so preceding this episode, Polyface announced it was slaughtering one of its sacred cows. They were going to ship product. Social media was a angry throng of pastured poultry injustice warriors. If you're looking for commentary on Daniel and Joel's decision, you're in the wrong spot. My commentary is for the people commenting, and I'll place that commentary in the context of pastured poultry. Episode 89 of the podcast featured Garoleen Wilson and Jhawk Farm in Kansas. That chat Garoleen brought into focus the context from which we should be evaluating whether or not shipping is a viable option for your farm. It won't be for everybody, but that doesn't mean it's wrong for the community at-large. A critical distinction, from my perch, is to ask yourself, what are the principles that can't be compromised and what are the limiting beliefs (for you Ravenscraft listeners)? Shipping is a limiting belief, an obstacle that could prevent you from growth. It could keep you and the community from relevance. Or it could fizzle from the consumer demand. I implore you to go beyond the copy cat-style of production. Don't adopt another farms business vision, mission, and beliefs just because you idolize what they're doing. Learn your craft. Learn the principles to stand on and then innovate around those principles. In pasture-raised poultry, two principles to stand on are rotational grazing and seasonally appropriate outdoor production. Should you ship pasture-raised poultry? Not all of us live on the coast or have easy access to population centers that can sustain a direct-to-consumer model. Garoleen lives in a county that is 30 miles x 30 miles and has a population of 3,600 people. It's over two hours to a town that's big enough to support a Wal-Mart. She's producing as many chickens as there are people in her county. And we know not everyone in the county is eating pastured poultry. Garoleen has the foundation for her pastured poultry business - she can articulate a why, a how, and a what. To make it a business, she has to work through coops and distributors. The coop takes the chicken to the Denver and Golden, Colorado markets and stretches local to about 200 miles. She also works with Crowd Cow who consigns the chicken and then ships it through the mail to customers. These two sales channels enable Jhawk Farm to grow a business that wouldn't have been feasible 10 years ago. The coop would have been possible, but the expanded regional or national distribution would not. And it's that additional option that builds scale within the community or at least provides potential. The fight for relevance is real. Pastured poultry gets an upsized exposure due to social media and the ease of information delivery. But if we want to impact the health of the environment, the health of the chickens, the health of our rural economies, and the health of our eaters, we need to slaughter some sacred cows. If shipping product bothers you, take a personal stand. Don't abstain just because you heard a presentation five, ten, or twenty years ago. Resources https://pasturedpoultrytalk.com/2019/07/16/side-hustle-kansas/…
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Pastured Poultry Talk
1 Doing the pasture-raised broiler side hustle in rural Kansas with Garoleen Wilson 56:10
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나중에 재생 나중에 재생 리스트 좋아요 좋아요Correction: In the podcast episode, I state Garoleen is producing 7,000 broilers. That was an error in my interpretation of her numbers. She's actually on track to produce 3,500 broilers on pasture in her fourth year. That still a fantastic trajectory and that growth is the point, as the numbers will fluctuate from year to year. Pasture-raised broilers make a great side hustle, but when you're farming a niche product in a rural community, sometimes you need to think creatively and efficiently to make the business work. That's what Garoleen Wilson from Jhawk Farm in Kansas discusses on episode 89 of the Pastured Poultry Talk podcast. I first met Garoleen through my work with APPPA in 2016 as I was planning a cross-country seminar series. We had talked about potential seminar locations in Kansas. As luck would have it, we did not go to Kansas during that tour, but Garoleen did get involved with pasture-raised broilers. Her start in pastured poultry was heavily influence by a bout with uterine cancer. Cancer caused her to focus on clean eating and made her seriously evaluate what she was eating. Garoleen's story is one we see play out regularly through the pastured poultry producer community; as people seek better food, they often times turn to producing it for themselves and others. During her research, she found the Pastured Poultry Talk podcast and binge listened. She's since sought the comfort and wisdom of the pastured poultry community through APPPA has been steadily growing her pastured poultry side hustle ever since. Garoleen went from a few family hens to thousands of broilers by the end of her third year. By her fourth year, she's adapted the pastured model to fit her farm circumstances and create some of her own efficiencies. For example, Garoleen day ranges broilers inside a electric netting with regular flock moves to keep them on fresh grass. The day range model suits her time constraints and labor requirements. Mobile Brooder To reduce stress on the chicks when moving from the brooder to the pasture, Garoleen and husband Joe use a round, mobile brooder that can be drug from the brooder barn to the pasture. This eliminates the handling stress of crating, transporting, and unhandling. The brooder has a door that allows the hens to unload themselves. Check out this video from Jhawk Farm to see the mobile brooder in action. Handling Full Chicken Crates with Ease In the podcast episode, Garoleen made a few things clear. This is a pastured poultry side hustle, so she didn't have time to waste, and she's not getting any younger. These two points really punctuate the loading and handling of crates full of market-weight broilers. The practical solution? Use to rollers to move the weight onto the trailer instead of the legs, backs, and arms of the farmers. Garoleen and her chicken catch crew can load chickens into a stack of crates. Normally, each loaded crate needs to be lifted and carried onto the trailer. The physical exertion and wear on the body from moving chickens is a real health concern. To make the handling of full crates less work, Garoleen and Joe repurposed roller conveyors to easily move the stack of crates from the pasture shelter onto a stock trailer. Two tracks sit on the floor of the trailer beside each other. Another set of rollers connect the trailer floor to the ground. Crates are stacked on a piece of plywood to make rolling the stack even easier. After the stack is loaded onto the stock trailer, short blocks of wood are placed between the bottom crates to maintain air flow around all sides of the crates. At the processor, unloading crates is a one person job. Garoleen can roll each stack off the stock trailer and onto the processors unloading area in a matter of minutes. Watch the Wilsons load crates in this video: [video width="1280" height="720" mp4="https://pasturedpoultrytalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Crate-Handling-at-Jhawk-Farm.mp4"][/video] Advice for Future Pastured Poultry Farmers Garoleen encourages people to start small if they think pastured poultry is something they're interesting in pursuing. She's taking that advice in 2019 by raising just a couple dozen turkeys for Thanksgiving. Resources Contact Jhawk Farm - Facebook | Instagram | Website Named Resources: American Pastured Poultry Producers Association (APPPA) Crowd Cow High Plains Food Coop SWOT Analysis…
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Pastured Poultry Talk
1 PPT088: Selecting a chicken breed and the value of community 13:23
13:23 나중에 재생 나중에 재생 리스트 좋아요 좋아요13:23
나중에 재생 나중에 재생 리스트 좋아요 좋아요In episode 87 of Pastured Poultry Talk, I talked with Erin Angulo about her Delaware chicken breeding success and the formation of a new association designed to help breeders learn. I'm taking this opportunity to follow up with my own thoughts on Erin's interview. [caption id="attachment_1848" align="alignright" width="284"] SASSO Naked Neck meat birds growing on pasture at Badger's Millside Farm.[/caption] Erin mentioned the need to evaluate your needs in terms of selecting the right bird for your circumstances, and that's a really basic need for pastured poultry producers of any type. The chicken you choose dictates what type of pastured poultry farm you will be. If your intent is to scale up and be a production farm focused on reaching the maximum number of people as possible, the Cornish Cross is your primary choice. That's just the way it is. In episode 44 of The Fighting Farmer podcast, Spence talked about the choice between production capacity, market demand, and what that meant for heritage versus hybrid. He's all in on the Cornish cross, much like other scaled up, full-time pastured producers. However, that doesn't mean he hates standard breeds like the Delaware. Too often people go into heritage breeds without a full grasp on the reality of their situations. If you go the heritage chicken route, you have a different market, different experience, and a much small smaller scale. As I share in this episode, I think heritage poultry fills a specific need inside the pastured poultry community, but we need breeders like Erin to make improvements that give growers an advantage. That's why I wanted to showcase Erin's work. She's an example of a heritage meat chicken producer who is going in the right direction, and the question I always ask when I share her progress is, "are you willing to put forth that effort in your own breeding program?" For my part in the breed selection, I've largely left the Cornish Cross behind. I'm not opposed to them. I think most of the problems growers face with the CX could be solved with a mirror. But I've crossed over to a slower growing hybrid. I'm sweet on the SASSO Naked Neck from So Big Farms. Though I'm not sure how long those birds will be around. John needs demand to keep his breeding program current. It's not easy importing breeding stock from France. In episode 87, Erin touched on the fickle demand. On one hand we need heritage poultry breeders to be able to supply some scale to their growers; on the other, we need growers to demand reliable supply from the breeders. Erin told me off interview that she's charging $10 per chick. That's nearly 7x the price of a hybrid chick. Price in chickens is always affected by scale, and it's clear we don't have enough demand to bring the per chick price down. As a grower, I find that initial investment tough to be competitive if all I want to do is raise chickens for a consumer market. That's where I think Heritage Poultry Breeders come in. This group is founded by people I personally trust, and I believe their commitment to help people become better breeders is an important step. By making breeding information more widely available, we can get more people improving their poultry lines in documented ways quicker. Even though this association is separate from SPN, I don't want to lose sight of Jim Adkin's work. Two of the earliest and popular episodes on this podcast feature Jim. He's clear in his enthusiasm for his work, and I personally think he disrupted the heritage poultry space enough to refocus the heritage poultry community. I think HPB offers a great entry point for breeders in a way that other organizations don't. I'd like to see all these related associations ultimately unite their niches through friendly relationships and collaboration to create a broad and deep community to disrupt the current approach to chicken. There's room for hybrids, heritage, educators, advocates, mentors, missionaries, and pastured producers. Resources from the Episode The Fighting Farmer Episode Heritage Poultry Breeders SPN So Big Farms in Van, TX These Pastured Poultry Talk episodes were mentioned: https://pasturedpoultrytalk.com/2019/07/04/breeding-delaware-chickens/ https://pasturedpoultrytalk.com/2015/07/24/ppt013-not-a-backyard-chicken-club-jim-adkins-interview-part-1-2/ https://pasturedpoultrytalk.com/2015/07/31/ppt0014-coaching-time-with-jim-adkins-2/…
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