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…
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[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/11605961/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/” height=”90″ width=”100%” placement=”top” theme=”custom”]This is an edited version of the article I published in Issue 113 of the APPPA Grit, which was based on the conversation in this podcast. Not a member of APPPA? Go check them out. Last fall, I had the pleasure of consulting with a producer on some questions about…
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[app_audio src=”[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/4319432/height/100/width/480/theme/standard-mini/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/” height=”100″ width=”480″]”] 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…
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