Poultry Nerds: Backyard Chickens, Quail & Hatching Eggs
Want healthier birds, better hatches, and fewer costly mistakes? Poultry Nerds gives backyard flock keepers and breeders practical, science-informed answers about chickens, Coturnix quail, hatching eggs, incubation, breeding, nutrition, brooding, biosecurity, housing, and flock health.
Jennifer Bryant of Bryant’s Roost and Carey Blackmon of Show Pro Farm Supply bring real-world poultry experience to honest conversations with breeders, researchers, poultry professionals, and other people who truly know birds. We explain not only what to do, but why it works, so you can make better decisions for your own flock.
Whether you are setting your first incubator, raising breeding stock, shipping hatching eggs, or managing an established farm, every episode gives you useful information you can put to work.
Learn more: https://www.poultrynerdspodcast.com
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Valley Hatchery is a proud partner of the Poultry Nerds Podcast, providing hard-working birds for hard-working people: https://www.valleyhatchery.com
Poultry Nerds: Backyard Chickens, Quail & Hatching Eggs
Latest Episodes
American Bresse vs. Orpingtons: Which Makes the Better Meat Bird?
Why raise American Bresse for the freezer when giant Orpingtons are already on the farm?Jennifer and Carey compare American Bresse, standard-bred Orpingtons, and Cornish Cross chickens—not just by size, but by growth rate, feed investme...
Poultry Nutrition Just Changed: The First Major Update Since 1994
For the first time since 1994, the National Academies has released a major revision of the nutrient requirements for poultry. What does that mean for the feed in your barn—and should you change anything?Jennifer and Carey break down why...
Buying and Selling Hatching Eggs
How do you choose a reputable poultry breeder—and what should you ask before buying birds or hatching eggs?In this video, we cover 10 important questions every buyer should ask before placing an order. You’ll learn how to evaluate a bree...
Summer Chicken Feeding Myths: Do Chickens Need Electrolytes? | Poultry Nerds Podcast
Every summer, backyard chicken owners hear the same advice—but how much of it is actually true?In this episode of the Poultry Nerds Podcast, we separate fact from fiction as we tackle common summer feeding myths, including:
Fan Mail
Hello from sunny and hot far Northern California! This information about molting and nutrition was excellent. I have 14 hens ages 1-5 yrs old that are a variety of large fowl breeds. They are pets. I would love to manage their molt better and has real difficulty finding a feed that is high quality because I don’t have a mill nearby and I only buy 1 bag of feed at a time. Where would someone like me (and there are 1000’s of us out here in the U.S.) find a 11% protein, low fat, and all the other stuff feed to better manage the molt? I love my girls!
Redding, California
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