permaculture

[Mark <mpludwig@facstaff.wisc.edu>]

At 08:33 PM 12/4/02 -0500, you wrote:
> The basis of pastured poultry initially was to have chickens shredding cow 
> pies as they ate the grubs out of them, all within a rotational grazing 
> scheme: cattle and chickens. I never heard of problems for the cattle. -Allan
> _______________________________________________

Dr. Mark Cook, one of our best poultry PhD's, says he can't think of any 
diseases shared by poultry and cattle.   I know in some places they 
actually work some chicken manure into cattle rations, the ruminates can 
utilize the high N content of this manure to some extent (i don't recommend 
this practice, too much N can be a serious problem.)
Mark

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Mark P. Ludwig
Poultry Research Lab
University of Wisconsin -Madison
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