038: The Quest for the Closed Loop Chicken

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Plans and Provisions Homestead

Jason White

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Welcome to the Plans and Provisions podcast, your source for homesteading and preparedness inspiration and information. As a new homesteader, Jason White shares his personal journey towards resiliency and independence. He'll be sharing his struggles and successes, giving you an inside look into the problems and solutions he faces along his journey of becoming less of a consumer and more of a producer. Join him for discussions and interviews with real people doing real things in the real world so that you can walk away with the confidence that you can do it too. He’ll be providing tips and tricks about gardening, security, food preservation, food storage, homeschooling, natural medicine, nutrition, grazing livestock, permaculture, communications and much more, so that you can find inspiration, motivation and practical information to help you on your journey. It's a mix of solo shows with Jason and interviews with amazing people that you are not going to want to miss. Hit subscribe and get ready to discover ways that you can take steps today to ensure a more independent and secure tomorrow.

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038: The Quest for the Closed Loop Chicken

Plans and Provisions Homestead

24 minutes 46 seconds

2 years ago

038: The Quest for the Closed Loop Chicken

What happens if I can’t get chicken feed. Are there alternatives to the feed store? Do chickens have to eat layer pellets to lay eggs? What are they putting in chicken feed? Will the price of chicken feed keep going up?

I can’t really give you an answer to all of those questions, but the fact that they need to be asked has really got me thinking. In this solo episode, I talk about several ways in which I will be working toward reaching sustainability in regards to our flock of laying chickens.

TOPICS DISCUSSED:

* Fermentation of commercial feed as a way to expand the volume and improve it’s digestibility.

* Raising insects like mealworms, black soldier flies and silk worms to begin producing more of your chickens protein on the homestead.

* The long term strategy of planting fodder trees around the homestead to help provide for a portion of their feed.

* The pros and cons of free ranging and why I am in the process of significantly reducing the practice on my homestead.

* Growing crops such as sunflowers and winter squash to provide food stores for the leaner times of the year

* The philosophy of flock management and the necessity of a proper culling schedule

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LINKS: BLACK SOLDIER FLY BIN TUTORIAL:

https://www.abc.net.au/gardening/how-to/love-your-larvae/11184864

MODERN HOMESTEADING PODCAST EPISODE 181:

https://redemptionpermaculture.com/growing-insects-for-small-livestock-feed/

PRESENTATION ON FODDER TREES:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Yqm3qM0biU

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