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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!

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Episode 695. Today, Pat and I welcome Alexandra Douglas, owner of Stellar Gamebirds, Poultry, and Waterfowl. She will be telling us all about her small business, and the daily challenges she faces as a small business owner in the... more
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Episode 694. Today, Pat and I welcome Andrew Odom, founder of, TinyRevolution.us. Could you, your spouse, and baby live in a house that was 8' x 28' which is about 224 square feet? Tune in to learn all about living a... more
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Episode 693. Today, Pat and I welcome Peter Brown, aka The Chicken Doctor! Today's topics include West Nile Virus, Tube Feeding, and the conection between the sense of taste, smell, and the chickens behavior. Backyard Poultry with... more
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Episode 692. Today, Pat and I welcome poultry scientist and professor, Dr. Brigid McCrea, PhD. Today's topic is, Feed for the Seasons. Dr. McCrea will explain the nutritional requirements and differences between winter feed and summer feed.... more
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Episode 691. Today, Pat and I welcome poultry scientist and professor, Dr. Brigid McCrea, PhD., to teach us all about mites and lice! We will also welcome, Patrick Haley, founder and inventor of, Poultry Protector, an all natural treatment... more
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Episode 690. Today, Pat and I welcome Jeanette Beranger, with the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy, to teach us all about a rare goat breed, and her trip to research them! Backyard Poultry with the Chicken Whisperer® is a... more
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Episode 689. Today, Pat and I welcome Peter Brown, aka The Chicken Doctor to contunue his series on the chicken senses, as well as chicken canker. Backyard Poultry with the Chicken Whisperer® is a nationally broadcast radio show all... more
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Episode 688. Today, Pat and I welcome poultry scientist and professor, Dr. Brigid McCrea, PhD., and two of her outstanding students, to share information and topics from a national poultry conference they attended. Backyard Poultry... more
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Episode 687. Today, Pat and I welcome Richard Freudenberger, publisher of Back Home Magazine, to teach us how to speed up the composting process without sacrificing the quality of the compost. Backyard Poultry with the... more
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Episode 686. Today, Pat and I welcome some small business owners to tell us all about their products! Frank, with The Chicken Fountain, and Dawn, with Treats for Chickens! Backyard Poultry with the Chicken Whisperer® is a... more
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