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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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 his farm’s turkey processing procedure….
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[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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