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Host of Pastured Poultry Talk podcast.

Identifying Common Chicken Health Problems During Processing: PPT068

Chicken health problems are not fun, but sometimes we don’t identify those problems until processing day. You can tell a lot about how a chicken was raised by what it looks like on the evisceration table. While the information you receive won’t benefit the birds being processed, it will give you information to evaluate the…

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Learn the Art of Scalding Chickens: How Long Should I Scald?

 Learn how to scald chickens, turkeys, ducks, or anything you find in your pot of hot water. Many people think plucking is the hardest part of chicken processing, but it’s not. A tough tough pluck starts with a poor scald. I’m going to explain to you how to scald chickens like a pro by…

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Chad Ward shares accounting tips to make tax time easier for your farm business

In an episode of The Fighting Farmer, Spence mentioned that one of his processing customers is a book keeper and tax preparer. Then Chad Ward popped up and answered a tax question in the Pastured poultry Talk Facebook group. So I decided to catch up with Chad, who is a pastured poultry farmer from Oklahoma who…

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