Kingbird Farm - Layer Management & Egg Production (2 of 2).mov

This is one clip in a series of videos demonstrating how Kingbird Farm, a certified organic diversified small farm in Berkshire, NY, produces eggs from pastured laying hens. This clip is from the Video Mentor series, produced by the Cornell Small Farms Program (http://nebeginningfarmers.org), filmed and edited by Peter Carroll of Ithaca, NY. This project was supported by the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA, Grant # 2009-49400-05878.

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Education

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• chickens
• hens
• poultry
• eggs
• small farm
• organic
• beginning farmer
• farm management

[jakerichardson98]

Do they breed their own broilers to?

[cornellsmallfarms]

@jakerichardson98 They're experimenting with breeding broilers, but it's a lot more complicated as the economically viable commercial breeds aren't heritage breeds, so it's hard to get a stable, consistent breed produced on-farm.

[baddogonline]

You guys are awesome; I'm learning so much from you two. :)

[rightpet]

This series from Kingbird Farms is truly one of the best livestock / poultry series I've seen. Pigs, chickens...fascinating, even for a non-owner like me!!

[HELI424]

These are great!!

[MrReeds18]

i love your way of farming.

[kaibil33]

what a waste of food you must have money

you must be a dady and mamy baby

and aroud the world people are starbing take care and god bless you

[tenmilechicks]

Very nicely done, I am going to have to watch this again, yes, I liked that well. I truly found this to be full of information. Way to go :-)

[hbunderw]

Hi, Mike and Karma. We're still learning from you guys! Question: how do you deal with rodent problems with permanent housing. We leave our feeders in one place for more than about 1 month, the rodents (esp. rats) find it.

[potsefu]

I have started a simmilar project in Kenya, Africa, and belive me using this natural system up to the level Kingbird farm has done is not as easy. Kudos to Karma, Mike and Rozzy and especially for sharing these insightful videos. My dream is to visit Kingbird farm and learn how to make a feather plucker or purchase one and also buy a simmilar hatchery. I look forward to learning about the correct pure breed for broilers

[rotoclip]

thank you,from wis