Michael Marchand joins the show from the coastal plain of southeast Texas to talk about preparing your pastured poultry farm for the wind, water, and disruption of a hurricane. As we record, Hurricane Florence is days away from landfall in the Carolinas, and the projections are for a lot of water and wind. Mike has seen…
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Episode 72 takes on the soy-free poultry feed for your chickens, ducks, and turkeys. Up to this point, if you’ve fed soy-free feeds to your chickens, then you’ve likely experienced slower growth, more expensive feed, and improperly feathered birds, just to name a few problems. Jeff Mattocks from The Fertrell Company joins the show to…
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Episode 70. Beginning pastured poultry farmers have a common question: “What are the margins in raising pastured poultry?” In other words, “will it work?” The margins in your pasture-raised broiler business is what’s left over after you pay for expenses. The margin is the profit that goes back into the business. Mike Badger answers that…
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