Ever stared blankly at your flock, wondering if that’s really Beatrice pecking near the coop, or just her sneaky doppelgänger, Bertha? If your chickens look more like identical feathered clones than individuals, you’re not alone! Keeping track of who’s who is crucial for monitoring health, egg production, breeding, or just knowing which hen is sneaking…
For decades, Joel Salatin of Polyface Farm has been a revolutionary voice in regenerative agriculture, challenging industrial norms with practices that prioritize soil health, animal welfare, and food quality. At the heart of his successful pastured poultry operation lies a deceptively simple yet profoundly thoughtful element: his homemade broiler feed ration. Unlike the commodity-based, often…
If you work in poultry farming, you’ve heard the term “biosecurity.” But what does it actually mean? Is it just a buzzword for large corporations, or is it something that truly matters for your farm, whether you have 50 birds or 50,000? Put simply, biosecurity is your farm’s immune system. It’s a proactive set of…
