Pastured Poultry
Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.
Pastured Poultry Resource List
Selling Eggs, Meat, and Poultry in North Carolina: What Farmers Need to Know
Small Flock Management Resources – North Carolina Cooperative Extension
Pastured Poultry Listserv – email Debbie Roos with “subscribe pastured poultry” to join
Web Resources for Pastured Poultry
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Cathy Jones checks on one of her her egg-mobiles at Perry-winkle Farm.
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Pastured layers forage at Perry-winkle Farm.
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The egg-mobile is moved frequently, sometimes allowing the chickens to graze and forage on pasture, and other times they are brought in to clean up after a crop is harvested such as in this photo. Note the portable electric netting fence used to delineate the foraging area.
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A Naragansett tom, one of the heritage breed turkeys raised on pasture at Peregrine Farm.
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Bourbon Reds and Slate Grays foraging in the blueberry patch at Peregrine Farm.
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