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Free range pasture broilers

I have been thinking about a career change and going into rearing free ranging broilers on pasture! I have experience in rearing poultry for meat but would like to make it my main source of income! From getting them at day olds into my own brooder sheds and rearing them upto weight on wheat and grass...

Posted to Poultry Platform (Forum) by Pheasant cottage on Mon, May 21 2012
Livestock rustling and theft

I'm a trainee journalist specialising in food issues. Would anyone be interested in telling me about the experience of having their livestock stolen or an attempted theft? I am keen to hear from farmers firsthand about this growing issue. What can be done to prevent it? It's for a feature article...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by milkandtwosugars on Thu, Feb 23 2012
Hen Deaths

We have seen a relatively high number of our free range hens dropping dead over the past couple of weeks. There is no sign of disease and they are from unrelated breeds and different roosts. The only common factor is it seems to happen after windy weather. Are they getting chilled perhaps?

Posted to Poultry Platform (Forum) by hareley farmer on Sun, Jan 22 2012
Amazing Chicken Design Project Opportunity

Hi All, I am looking to design a chicken related product for my A2 Level DT project. I am currently looking at solutions to problems that make the poultry keeper's life easier and also bringing modern features to the poultry industry. I would greatly appreciate people giving their views on my project...

Posted to Poultry Platform (Forum) by LukeS-R on Tue, Jun 21 2011
New Facebook Club for the Country!!!

Hey Guys.. theres a new Facebook club for the British Countryside. It encompasses all aspects of the countryside from farming to shooting, events to shows, reviews to articles, 4x4's to bikes. Its well worth your while joining, after we get 10,000 members, free to enter competitions will be posted...

Posted to The Next Generation (Forum) by COUNTRYRETARD on Sun, Apr 17 2011
Are free-range hens a threat?

This week's meeting of the World Poultry Science Association in Nottingham featured many interesting papers - and some less interesting ones.... In the former category was a talk by Dr Barry Thorp of the St Davids Poultry Team in which he suggested that the rapid growth of the free-range sector had...

Posted to Poultry Platform (Forum) by phil clarke on Fri, Apr 8 2011
GM chicken - saint or sinner?

News of the creation of a genetically modified chicken by reserachers in Edinburgh, designed to prevent the spread of avian influenza, has already created a media frenzy. Most national media have carried the story and internet forums are buzzing. "More sick research from people who think they know...

Posted to Poultry Platform (Forum) by phil clarke on Fri, Jan 14 2011
Looking for Case Studies of young people working within the agricultural indsutry

I work for a company who are trying to put together an informative site for those looking to pursue a career in the agricultural industry and am currently looking for case studies to put onto the site, we are also hoping to tie this in with a careers information day next year. So if you're working...

Posted to The Next Generation (Forum) by A&D Media on Tue, Dec 14 2010
Re: Free Range Egg production - is Brachyspira a problem?

Good luck with your survey, Luke, Free Range Egg production is definitely on the up and up! However, UK Vet David Burch has this month posed the question "Brachyspira – is it Spiralling out of Control?" in a new [Nov. 2010] online review at: www.octagon-services.co.uk/poultry.htm What is the...

Posted to Poultry Platform (Forum) by HolisticHealth on Tue, Nov 23 2010
Work in Oxfordshire or near?

Having taken redundancy after ten years in senior marketing management, the idea of going back to work in an office fills me with dread. Have dreams of one day running my own unit, with farm shop, activity farm etc, but for now looking for a starting point in farming. I'm a chicken keeper (have had...

Posted to The Next Generation (Forum) by chickenboy on Mon, Aug 23 2010

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