In the heart of our orchards, we raise broiler chickens in a mobile henhouse, all sold direct from the farm.
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Agro-pastoralism: introducing poultry into orchards
As soon as we took the decision to convert our orchards to Organic Farming, we felt it was necessary to combine this with setting up a poultry farm to further our conversion. We opted for a broiler farm, which would enable us to meet a number of objectives:
- Regulate pest pressure: Chickens in the orchards scratch the ground and feed on insects overwintering in the soil in a non-selective way. They come to peck at insects that are...