Grady opens his Texas slaughter house for business, and he’s looking for a new apprentice. Apprentices, can go to eagerfarmer.com. Mike’s been processing with a group of chefs-in-training at a local-to-him college. So it seems appropriate to spend time answering some really great processing questions from the Pastured Poultry Talk audience. Do you put anything…
Read MoreMike (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…
Read MoreAfter several solo shows, Mike and Grady come together to kick around some listener questions and issues. We dig deep into the following: A listener asks if 8 week old Cornish Cross cockerels are tough. We kick that answer around and use the occasion to talk about the differences between raising straight run, all pullets, and all…
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