Chicken Whisperer

Episode 1221: Today, poultry nutritionist Dr. Curran Gehring, Ph.D., will discuss possivle alternatives to commercial bag feed, and if they truly cost less in the long run. Backyard Poultry with the Chicken Whisperer®, brought to you by Tucker Milling, LLC is a nationally broadcast web radio show all about keeping backyard poultry, show poultry, and living a self-sufficient lifestyle. Each week, the Chicken Whisperer®, Editor In Chief of, Chicken Whisperer Magazine, Author of five published chicken books including, The Chicken Whisperer's Guide To Keeping Chickens, and National Spokesperson for the USDA-APHIS Biosecurity for Birds Program (2009 - 2019), welcomes experts in their field from around the country to share their knowledge about backyard poultry, show poultry, and living a self-sufficient lifestyle. Regular guests include; poultry scientist Dr. Brigid McCrea, Ph.D., poultry veterinarian Dr. Maurice Pitesky, DVM, MPVM, Dipl ACVPM, poultry nutritionist Dr. Curran Gehring, Ph.D., and Peter Brown, aka The Chicken Doctor, owner of First State Vet Supply. Other guests include, but are not limited to, FFA members, 4-H members, poultry club members, and the who's who in the backyard poultry, show poultry, and self-sufficient lifestyle industries. Tune in to learn more about your backyard chickens from the experts!