Pastured Poultry

Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.


Pastured Poultry Resource List

Selling Eggs, Meat, and Poultry in North Carolina: What Farmers Need to Know

Niche Market Poultry Production

Chaudhry Halal Meats Poultry Processing Plant

2008 Pastured Poultry Workshop

Web Resources for Pastured Poultry

Organic Livestock Production and Marketing - Center for Environmental Farming Systems

Pastured Poultry Listserv - email Debbie Roos with "subscribe pastured poultry" to join

2005 Pastured Poultry Conference Presentations


egg-mobile at Perry-winkle Farm

Cathy Jones checks on one of her her egg-mobiles at Perry-winkle Farm.

 

pastured layers at Perry-winkle Farm

Pastured layers forage at Perry-winkle Farm.

 

pastured layers at Perry-winkle Farm

The egg-mobile is moved frequently, sometimes allowing the chickens to graze and forage on pasture, and other times they are brought in to clean up after a crop is harvested such as in this photo. Note the portable electric netting fence used to delineate the foraging area.

 

Naragansett turkey

A Naragansett tom, one of the heritage breed turkeys raised on pasture at Peregrine Farm.

 

pastured turkeys at Peregrine Farm

Bourbon Reds and Slate Grays foraging in the blueberry patch at Peregrine Farm.

 

       

      This page last updated January 16, 2009.

       

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