Pastured Poultry Talk Podcast

The Pastured Poultry Talk podcast, hosted by Mike Badger, explores the production, the business, the community, and the entrepreneurs that make direct marketed pasture-raised poultry possible.

PPT007: Pay Attention to the Chicken and All Will Be Well

In this episode, Grady and Mike catch up and talk about the weather and pen construction. We ponder high death losses. What’s acceptabe and why do you accept it? Grady recommends we pay attention to the chicken and learn about them. Do it thousands of times. Then we talk about the egg shortage brought to light by…

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PPT001: Welcome to Pastured Poultry Talk

Get to know your hosts, Grady Phelan and Mike Badger in the premiere episode of Pastured Poultry Talk. This podcast aims to inspire pastured poultry producers to build better businesses, solve problems, and integrate new ideas. There’s just not a lot of public information, especially in podcast format, about raising poultry on pasture for producers….

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A Discussion on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza and Pastured Poultry

I 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. She recalls in our conversation being on the ground in the Pacific Northwest as…

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