95 episodes
Pastured Poultry Talk Mike Badger
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4.8 • 44 Ratings
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Mike Badger dives into the the production, the processing, the marketing, and the business of farming pasture-raised poultry. Pastured Poultry Talk is THE podcast where raising chickens, turkeys, and poultry on grass meets real life opportunities, solutions, and farmers. The podcast helps you raise healthy, profitable birds for your family, your community, and your customers.
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Turning a 20 year chicken hobby into a farm with Cynthia Capers
Cynthia Capers, Heniscity Farm in Tennessee, shares her 20+ year journey from hobby chicken keeper to farm. Twenty years ago, the sight of six Black Australorps brought tears to her eyes. Today, she's serving her community through egg sales, chick sales, and pullet sales.
As a black farmer reconnecting to the land and rediscovering her ancestral roots, the journey isn't easy, but Cynthia is right where she needs to be inspiring those around her. -
Small Layer Flock Profitability
I answer a listener question, "How can I make my small laying hen flock more profitable?" With feedback from the community, insights from The Fighting Farmer, and personal experience, we dive deep into ways to prosper from your small flock of laying hens.
The answer divides into three sections: management, pricing, and markets/marketing.
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Perdue Acquires Pasturebird
Perdue acquires Pasturebird and becomes the biggest producer in the space. I unpack what it means on this episode and walk through some history.
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Maintain Production with All In/All Out Rotation for 5,000 laying hens
Listener Chris asks how to utilize an all-in/all-out pullet replacement strategy without duplicating infrastructure while maintaining egg production. To help answer the question, I share insights from Mark Harrison and Dave and Ginger Shields.
The simple answer to the Chris' question is that infrastructure is required to maintain production. Listen in as I discuss the details. -
Feed Management Tips to Reduce Waste & Maintain Egg Production
In Pastured Poultry Talk episode 110, farmer Matt Steinman discussed how he used fermented feed as a solution to waste and fines. While fermentation can be a viable solution for some people, it's not the only way to deal with fines. This episode unpacks those options.
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Is Fermented Feed Worth the Time for 1,000 hens?
Farmer Matt Steinman (Foothills Farm in Sedro-Woolley, Washington) and Dr. Louisa Brouwer (technical advisor on the trial) share the results of a SARE-funded trial that sought to understand the economic impacts of feeding fermented feed to laying hens. The trial compared a dry feed, wet feed, and a fermented feed and then determined the net difference across to the bottom line.
Customer Reviews
Phenomenal content
Mike Badger produces the highest quality podcast, filled with great information and personal experiences from brooder management all the way through processing and sales. There are only 3 podcast that I listen to on a regular basis, Pastured PoultryTalk, a homestead related one and the the Fighting Farmer podcast with Mike and Terrell Spencer which I also recommend highly. Mike and Spence sometimes overlap content but it’s worth listening to twice. I’ve been raising poultry for home use for over 20 years and recently took the plunge into commercial production but I’m still learning something new from each podcast Mike puts out. If you are at all interested in poultry production, I highly recommend this podcast.
Excellent source of information
This podcast has given me the information and courage to start my own pasture poultry business. I look forward to each new episode. When I asked a question, I received a rapid and resourceful response.
Bill
Detailed and thorough
Thanks to the in-depth discussions, I almost always rethink my approach to our backyard flocks and follow the detailed show notes. The large-scale farm discussions also provide food for thought. Mike’s enthusiasm for good practices and management, encourages me to improve.