Yard chickens, from breeds to hen coop placement and extra, are truthful recreation subjects on this Pastime Farms Rising Excellent podcast with Holly Callahan-Kasmala and Chrisie DiCarlo, the Rooster Women.
Why a Yard Rooster Podcast?
Holly and Chrisie, easiest buddies of 40+ years, give an explanation for how they were given began hen holding and began their Espresso with the Rooster Women podcast. “That’s what we’re right here for, to lend a hand chickens and the folk that experience chickens,” they stated in explaining why it’s necessary to them to proportion their revel in with and train others about poultry.
What’s in Your Rooster Coop?
The Rooster Women proportion the spectacular checklist of heritage hen breeds they preserve on their farms and why. With greater than 60 chickens between them, they speak about what to do with these kinds of eggs — pay attention to the top for Holly’s and Chrisie’s favourite egg-based dishes — and the variation between yard eggs and commercial eggs. Be informed concerning the vegetables and herbs that Holly and Chrisie develop for his or her chickens, together with a collard selection with an acceptable title for feeding to poultry.
Yard Chickens At the Farm
Listen about Holly’s and Chrisie’s circle of relatives farms, together with why they took a 17-hour highway travel to search out of heritage breeds. Holly explains how she selected the positioning for the poultry runs, sheep fields and gardens on her farm. She tells us about her fiber arts and why it’s necessary for her to develop cotton and stay wool sheep now.
Chrisie explains that her revel in with emergency veterinary care started with a toy physician’s package that she used to “maintain” all of the community canine as a child and persisted on into her occupation. She tells us about her 3 acres and what it used to be love to get began with simply 4 chickens as a way of training her daughters concerning the duty and care of animals.
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