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023 Planting the vegetable gardens, injured chicks, humane treatment of animals / livestock, building a chicken brooder
023 Planting the vegetable gardens, injured chicks, humane treatment of animals / livestock, building a chicken brooder
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Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Jun 3, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
This week’s updates around the farm and gardens:
Piglets getting porked up;
getting names and getting weaned,
New layer chickens now in coop with the rest of the flock,
Cornish X chicks in the brooder had some pecking issues,
Managing hurt chickens and turkeys,
New brooder for turkeys,
Veggies planted, seeds planted, mulching has begun - the gardens are in,
CSA starting this week!
In the News:
Factory farm and its treatment of animals - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/21/humane-society-wyoming-premium_n_1528541.html
Baby chicks made 300 people sick over 8 years - ohh the horror - http://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2012/05/30/theyre-cute-but-baby-chicks-can-harbor-salmonella CDC Report on foodborne Salmonella numbers - http://www.cdc.gov/foodborneburden/2011-foodborne-estimates.html
This week on Farm U:
Building a chicken brooder,
What makes a good brooder,
Differences between broiler chicken / egg laying chicken and turkey brooder design,
Some tips for managing your brooder to make life easier for you.
Piglets getting porked up;
getting names and getting weaned,
New layer chickens now in coop with the rest of the flock,
Cornish X chicks in the brooder had some pecking issues,
Managing hurt chickens and turkeys,
New brooder for turkeys,
Veggies planted, seeds planted, mulching has begun - the gardens are in,
CSA starting this week!
In the News:
Factory farm and its treatment of animals - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/21/humane-society-wyoming-premium_n_1528541.html
Baby chicks made 300 people sick over 8 years - ohh the horror - http://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2012/05/30/theyre-cute-but-baby-chicks-can-harbor-salmonella CDC Report on foodborne Salmonella numbers - http://www.cdc.gov/foodborneburden/2011-foodborne-estimates.html
This week on Farm U:
Building a chicken brooder,
What makes a good brooder,
Differences between broiler chicken / egg laying chicken and turkey brooder design,
Some tips for managing your brooder to make life easier for you.
Released:
Jun 3, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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