[permaculture] critique of pastured poultry

lbsaltzman at aol.com lbsaltzman at aol.com
Fri Aug 17 12:20:30 EDT 2007


I definitely think that taste and cooking comes into this equation.? The problem was when it is suggested that the public only eats a certain type of chicken.? Somebody will have to help consumers we discover the older heritage breeds of Turkeys and repopularize them again. Which probably means learning different recipes for cooking them as well.







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From: roxann <roxann at ancientearthwisdom.com>
To: permaculture <permaculture at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 9:12 am
Subject: Re: [permaculture] critique of pastured poultry



I never did like the idea of the moveable pens, they cram them full of chickens 
just like the factory houses. My chickens are true free range right now, and 
predation has been low due to the dog who guards them. but i do plan to move my 
chickens into the garden rotation when all the fences are built and use them as 
garden tillers, fertilizers, and de-seed and de-buggers. they'll still get the 
afternoons to free range outside the garden, but will come in to the henhouse at 
night. these will not be the production broilers, but most one of the hardier 
breeds suited for forage. people will have to be ready for a stronger, tougher 
bird, though - not the anemic (sp?) mushy kind of the grocery store. and it may 
not work for that reason alone as a small scale commercial endeavor. but i do 
have a few ready customers who requested exactly this so, it may work, but never 
to the scale of Tyson.

roxann, nw ar
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