016 Pastured pork meat candy, heritage pig breeds and the FDA on farming and antibiotics

Chicken Thistle Farm CoopCast

English - April 15, 2012 17:18 - 55 minutes - 47.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 900 ratings
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Previous Episode: 015 Farming updates, planting peas in the garden, high tensile fencing project

Next Episode: 017 Harrier Hawk vs Hen, homegrown pineapples (and other vegetable garden updates) and a farming lesson in livestock chutes

This week:

Locally acquired chickens (support a local business),
Around the farm updates,
Preparations for pig farrowing,
Limping Andy and animals on concrete,
Pasture to Plate simple dishes.

In the The Coopcast Community:

Chicks in a brooder - Use a red bulb in your brooder,
What is the best breed of pig?
A gift book and visit,
A listener "uses" his broody hen.

This Week, In The News:

The FDA decided to "recommend" that no on farm antibiotics be used without a vets prescription.
While this sounds like a great thing, with less than 10000 large animal vets in the country, what's the real impact to small farms? ( discusses antibiotic resistance in the Farm U segment)