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PPT043: The Richard Simmons Approach to Molting Hens with Jeff Mattocks

June 9, 2016 Mike Badger All Podcasts, Pastured Poultry Talk Podcast 0 Comments

We continue the mini-series with poultry nutritionist Jeff Mattocks of The Fertrell Company. This will be part 2 of our 3 part technical road series that we recorded on our way to Arkansas. That explains the road hum that I couldn’t get out, but everything is clear. In this episode, we talk about molting; The…

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

April 29, 2016 Mike Badger All Podcasts, Pastured Poultry Talk Podcast 0 Comments

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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PPT005: Pastured Poultry Field Trials with Casey Rogers of Fertrell

May 29, 2015 Mike Badger All Podcasts, Pastured Poultry Talk Podcast 0 Comments

Casey Rogers, Livestock and Poultry Specialist at The Fertrell Company, joins Mike Badger to chat about her pastured poultry field trials in 2015. She’s got a cover crop study, a brooding length trial, and a turkey emotions study planned. We also talk about what the optimum poop looks like, and much more. Each trial will…

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