Great video! Possibly outsource chickens on a smaller area, but pigs sound more doubtful IN GREG'S OPERATION. Various operations are very interesting to watch and Greg's is great. Thanks again!
i had wild pigs show up on my farm several years ago. they destroyed my most productive land i used to grow veggies. i have not been able to use it again for veggies. i was not even able to smooth that land out to it's previous stage. it remains today as the roughest pasture on my farm. my hay bailers hate it.
Looks like hogs would be best for beating down brush to speed up clearing of silvopasture. Beat that soil up. Roll out some “old” hay for seed maybe add some turnips or beets to deepen the disturbance then graze...🤔. Love you channel. Keep it coming
Predation issues with chickens are extremely tough to deal with as well. Avian raptors, coyotes, raccoons, cats....etc....If a person could train the sheep guardians to cover the chickens as well then you may have something more viable as a land management tool with the chickens but they are super labor intensive compared to the big ruminants. If you had separate endeavors with just one set of folks covering each piece...I could see it working but like where I'm a one man operation, I'd have to drop something else in order to have time and energy to operate a chicken side of things with the livestock. There's not enough profit potential to make it worth dropping my crop operation to do it alone. Maybe if I had every logistical factor perfected and had some help I could make it work but it'd have to be damned efficient. If I'm not careful I'll talk myself into trying it, lol.
Hawks and stuff can be tough to deal with. We had a goose for a while, and she was very effective, but obnoxious. Eventually I left a fence off by accident and she disappeared over night since she didn't like going indoors. I've found that at a high density aerial predators can't chose one to pick off as well, and if they kill one they aren't usually able to enjoy it because the hens mob them. I haven't lost that many since I started running enough to make daily house moves, and every other day net moves reasonable. The big labor cost is handling eggs. We were all set to quit because we felt like they werent profitable enough, but then we did our taxes, and decided to expand the flock.
Would Greg ever consider outsourcing chicken/egg production? In other words give permission for someone to run a flock of chickens behind the cattle and either take a percentage of output/profits or charge a reasonable rent/fee for the right to do so?
Feed the eggs to the pigs, feed the pigs milk and let them be your bushhogs ;) A pig will tear up an overgrown forest. You could leave the trees or cut them down, then the pigs will eat it up. Will update comment with links shortly. th-cam.com/video/CloGPgGE9WQ/w-d-xo.html
Right to the consumer, sell halfs or hole. Maybe offer quarter. My best advice is what I told my brother two year's ago. Just sell burger to family and friends. Now he moves 6 to 8 head a year's with a waiting list.
Run the chickens behind the cattle and feed excess eggs to the pigs for the lysine they need. You would have to hard boil the eggs first, but they can be feed shells and all and frozen for future use as pig feed. That would help the pigs develop faster.
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I always wondered what happened to the pigs and chickens. Thank you for the answer!!!
Great discussion.
Great video! Possibly outsource chickens on a smaller area, but pigs sound more doubtful IN GREG'S OPERATION. Various operations are very interesting to watch and Greg's is great. Thanks again!
The stocking density of the chickens per acre to forage is about 10-12 acres per acre
The egg production just helps offset the feed costs. There just aren't enough people willing to pay for farm raised eggs to even break even.
Maybe not where you are. Here up to $10/doz! In grocery store!
The biggest value to having eggs for sale is that it draws in customers for the other stuff. Eggs themselves though, there's too much competition.
You guys have a bright future in the farming business
I've heard that chickens do amazing stuff for pastures. That is something I would like to test sometime.
Awesome
Would the wild turkeys pretty much fill the scratching through the manure chicken niche?
Cowbirds and turkeys would both work to fill the chicken niche. Other songbirds occasionally too.
i had wild pigs show up on my farm several years ago. they destroyed my most productive land i used to grow veggies. i have not been able to use it again for veggies. i was not even able to smooth that land out to it's previous stage. it remains today as the roughest pasture on my farm. my hay bailers hate it.
Looks like hogs would be best for beating down brush to speed up clearing of silvopasture. Beat that soil up. Roll out some “old” hay for seed maybe add some turnips or beets to deepen the disturbance then graze...🤔. Love you channel. Keep it coming
Definitely a good use of pigs
Predation issues with chickens are extremely tough to deal with as well. Avian raptors, coyotes, raccoons, cats....etc....If a person could train the sheep guardians to cover the chickens as well then you may have something more viable as a land management tool with the chickens but they are super labor intensive compared to the big ruminants. If you had separate endeavors with just one set of folks covering each piece...I could see it working but like where I'm a one man operation, I'd have to drop something else in order to have time and energy to operate a chicken side of things with the livestock. There's not enough profit potential to make it worth dropping my crop operation to do it alone. Maybe if I had every logistical factor perfected and had some help I could make it work but it'd have to be damned efficient. If I'm not careful I'll talk myself into trying it, lol.
Hawks and stuff can be tough to deal with. We had a goose for a while, and she was very effective, but obnoxious. Eventually I left a fence off by accident and she disappeared over night since she didn't like going indoors. I've found that at a high density aerial predators can't chose one to pick off as well, and if they kill one they aren't usually able to enjoy it because the hens mob them. I haven't lost that many since I started running enough to make daily house moves, and every other day net moves reasonable. The big labor cost is handling eggs. We were all set to quit because we felt like they werent profitable enough, but then we did our taxes, and decided to expand the flock.
Would Greg ever consider outsourcing chicken/egg production? In other words give permission for someone to run a flock of chickens behind the cattle and either take a percentage of output/profits or charge a reasonable rent/fee for the right to do so?
Greg did that, ruts and side by side tracked up field. Alex did that on #gregjudy land
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Feed the eggs to the pigs, feed the pigs milk and let them be your bushhogs ;)
A pig will tear up an overgrown forest. You could leave the trees or cut them down, then the pigs will eat it up. Will update comment with links shortly.
th-cam.com/video/CloGPgGE9WQ/w-d-xo.html
how much pasture would you give about 10 head of cattle a day ??? 🤔✌
That depends on a multitude of factors. It may seem like a simple question but it’s quite complicated to answer
In wet cool climates, laying ducks I think work better than laying chickens.
I keep forgetting to ask Greg if you will be A.I.ing cows this year. I think we bred cows for him in 06.
We will not be AI ing but potentially collecting some bulls
Do you two do farm visits and provide any insight or real world advice?
How do I sale my grass feed beef ?
Right to the consumer, sell halfs or hole. Maybe offer quarter.
My best advice is what I told my brother two year's ago. Just sell burger to family and friends. Now he moves 6 to 8 head a year's with a waiting list.
Get in Carnivore facebook groups. There you might find buyers
I also guess chickens ate too much Greg's earthworms :D
the chicken production i see following cows use chicken tractors that move every day right along with the animals,.
you don't have to raise egg layers.. meat chickens... and... you can either build a saltain cage or something like richard perkins has devised...
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Run the chickens behind the cattle and feed excess eggs to the pigs for the lysine they need. You would have to hard boil the eggs first, but they can be feed shells and all and frozen for future use as pig feed. That would help the pigs develop faster.
I enjoy watching y’all more than Greg. For some reason I want to argue with Greg but not with you guys.