Topics of Interest on the Show
The Business of Pastured Poultry
Whether you raise poultry for the homestead, as a side hustle, or as an enterprise, you need advice that accounts for the bottom line.
Expert Interviews and Insights
Pastured Poultry Talk brings you the community members who want to share their knowledge with you.
Training and How-tos
Apply the secrets of the professional producers for a healthy, productive, and profitable flock.
Industry Analysis and News
This isn't 2010 anymore. The pastured poultry community is innovating and moving. Cut through the noise and get the scoop.
All Poultry Species / Heritage and Hybrid
No breed snobs here.
PPT008: Positive Pastured Poultry Perspectives
Grady and Mike pickup where we left off in episode 7, chatting about a wide range of poultry topics. We start the show off talking about access to feed. “Cheap feed...
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...
PPT006: The Science, Technology, and Profit of Supplemental Light
Henlight co-founders Edward Silva and Bryan Pon join Patured Poultry Talk. Henlight is a solar-powered supplemental lighting system designed specifically for pastured poultry producers. We talk about why hens need...
PPT005: Pastured Poultry Field Trials with Casey Rogers of Fertrell
Casey Rogers, Livestock and Poultry Specialist at The Fertrell Company, joins Mike Badger to chat about her pastured poultry field trials in 2015. She’s got a cover crop study,...
PPT004: Talking Animal Welfare with Anna Bassett
Anna Bassett, Lead Technical Advisor for Animal Welfare Approved (AWA), joins host Grady Phelan to talk about the fundamentals of AWA certification. The AWA standards start with pasture and...
PPT003: Hatching Eggs on the Homestead with Harvey Ussery
At the Stone Barns Poultry School in March 2015, Mike Badger caught up with poultry author and homesteader Harvey Ussery. Harvey discusses sustainable poultry, the clan mating system, and...
My Pastured Poultry Path – Celebrating 100 Episodes
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....