This episode is part 3 of the series titled “Selecting and Raising Happy, Healthy Heritage Chicks”. It includes information on how-to talk to your post office, so they are prepared for your chicks arrival, how-to set up your brooder, heat lamp, bedding, and lights, plus how-to select the right feed & water dishes. For more episodes go to: www.HeritageBreeds.org. Thank you to our sponsor www.eFowl.com

This episode shares great information on how the heritage chicks get from the hatchery to your house. See how they are packed and shipped, especially when weather is an issues, discover how many chicks can safely be packed in a box, and learn about how they drink and eat on their travels. This 3 part audio & video series titled “Selecting and Raising Happy, Healthy Heritage Chicks” is sponsored by eFowl. When you’re ready to add more Heritage Breed Chickens to your farm family, we highly recommend you check out www.efowl.com/podcast and as a super special for our listeners, eFowl is giving you 10% off your live poultry purchase. Just enter the discount code: HBCHICKS Also visit HeritageBreeds.org to access additional episodes of this show.

5 Heritage Chicken Breeds our Grandparents kept with C S Wurzberger, The Green Up Girl and Maat van Uitert poultry, livestock, and homesteading expert and author who helps everyday people achieve independence by teaching fans how to raise chickens, learn traditional skills, and become more self-sufficient. Visit www.HeritageBreeds.org

Perennial Roots Farm is a biodynamic farm in Virginia that raises a variety of heritage animals including Heritage Gulf Coast Native Sheep and Mulefoot Hogs plus many others. As a biodynamic farm, they believe in a holistic way of farming: long-term sustainable practices, heritage breed animals, heirloom fruits and vegetables and soil health are all integral to this. Listen to this podcast at HeritageBreeds.org.

An eye-opening investigation of the commercial pork industry and an inspiring alternative to the way pigs are raised and consumed in America. This interview is with
Barry Estabrook, author of the New York Times bestseller Tomatoland and a writer of “great skill and compassion” (Eric Schlosser).

This episode explores the dark side of the American commercial pork industry and highlights some of the amazing humane treatment Heritage Hogs receive.  Visit: HeritageBreeds.org for additional podcasts.