The pastured poultry community lacks species appropriate feed in most places. Turkeys highlight this short coming because they require a much higher protein level than chickens, but it can be near impossible to find a reliable source of turkey starter feed unless you’re raising enough numbers to justify a custom feed order. This video shows…
Read More
When you put chickens or turkeys out on pasture, there are two fundamental questions you need to consider. Why pasture and how do you house the birds? If you fully grasp the why of the pasture model, you won’t take shortcuts in your housing and implementation. I’m primarily talking about the foundational principle of movement…
Read More
Did you know a commercial meat chicken or turkey may spend up to 40% of it’s life inside a brooder? Layers, by comparison, spend approximately 5% of their first lay-cycle in the brooder. For all our poultry species, the time in the brooder is critical to the long term health and productivity of the flock…
Read More