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.
In the premiere episode of the Pastured Poultry Kitchen, Mike demonstrates a little known technique to cut a chicken in half with nothing more than a boning knife. No saw, no shears required. Using this method, I could cut dozens of chickens into halves, quarters, or 8 pieces with bone-in breasts. I did as many…
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[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5373816/height/90/width/480/theme/custom/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/autoplay/no/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/” height=”90″ width=”480″]Pat breeds Black Australorps in the Asheville, NC area. Her birds are becoming well known for their high lay rate of 80%+. The choice to use heritage birds is riddled with challenges, but there’s also unmet opportunities. Breeders like Pat lay the foundation to meet those opportunities with strong management, breeding, and…
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[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5197081/height/90/width/480/theme/custom/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/autoplay/no/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/” height=”90″ width=”480″] Grady Phelan, Farm Manager at Cobb Creek, joins the podcast as an interview. Cobb Creek raises broilers on pasture in 600 bird batches and process in their own-farm Texas state inspected slaughter plant. Grady shares the highs and lows of the last ten years of his pastured poultry farming career in…
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