Mike (http://www.millsidefarm.com) and Grady (http://www.gradyphelan.com) respond to a listener question about stocking density inside a daily move broiler shelter. But does a simple question have a simple answer? And how do you know if your expensive feed is paying dividends? Mike relays a story about two separate chicken flocks. One fed a carefully formulated ration…

A listener asks about the regulations of selling eggs at market. It’s different by state of course, but we cover the hightlights of what’s required in the context of Oklahoma, Florida, and Pennsylvania. Important questions arise from this discussion, such as “will your market support your expected volume of egg sales and exactly how clear…

Grady and Mike discuss the USDA’s Fall 2015 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Preparedness and Response Plan. The plan mandates a 24 hour depopulation requirement from the time the flock tests positive, and it authorizes ventilation shutdown as a way to suffocate and kill the surviving birds in the barn. We then spend some time talking…