Pastured Poultry Talk Podcast

The Pastured Poultry Talk podcast, hosted by Mike Badger, explores the production, the business, the community, and the entrepreneurs that make direct marketed pasture-raised poultry possible.

PPT042: Definitive Guide to Feather Pecking with Jeff Mattocks

Think all chicken feather picking and “cannibalism” is attributed to poor feed? Think again. Poultry nutritionist Jeff Mattocks of The Fertrell Company walks us through four main reasons that poultry peck their flock mates. And feed is only one of the issues. So jump in the truck and join us we talk about feather pecking…

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PPT041: Jeff Mattocks Provides a Primer on On-Farm Feed Mixing for Freshness, Health, and Profitibility

I’m joined by Jeff Mattocks and several APPPA Producer Plus members for a Q&A session on mixing feed on-farm as an alternative to purchasing feed from a mill. It’s a common desire to mix feed on-farm, but it’s a process that prompts many questions. Jeff is a poultry nutritionist with The Fertrell Company  and author…

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PPT040: Mike Marchand Shares His Business Perspective on Growing His Pastured Poultry Farm From Scratch

[app_audio src=””] Talk about this episode on Facebook. Mike Marchand of Whitehurst Farms joins the show to talk about his rapidly growing career as a pastured poultry farmer in the Houston, Texas area. He sold his successful non-farming business and starting raising poultry in 2014. Today, he manages a laying flock of 1700 pastured hens…

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