24. Chicken Curious with Tyler Dawley, Part 1

In this episode, host John Haskell welcomes Tyler Dawley to the podcast to discuss regenerative agriculture and the challenges of chicken processing. We are covering the intricacies of finding a market for chicken products and the complexities involved in USDA versus on-farm processing. Tyler also shares insights into the logistics of large-scale chicken farming, managing contracts, and the potential challenges of unexpectedly needing to sell a large number of chickens. 

Tyler Dawley is a guy who has lived in one spot his entire life. That spot is Big Bluff Ranch, the family ranch. Since he was a kid, driving the ranch truck looking through (not over) the steering wheel, he has found purpose and passion working with the land and animals. Since 2000, he has been driving innovations on the ranch. Everything from farmer's markets to grass-fed beef to pasture poultry to direct marketing over the internet. Currently, Big Bluff Ranch is one of the largest producers of organic, pasture raised, no corn/soy chicken on the west coast. Now raising the 4th generation of Dawley's on the ranch, Tyler knows way more about raising chickens on pasture than a normal person should. Ask him what's going on and the answer is always the same - "Just raising chickens and kids."

In this episode, we cover: 

• Marketing and selling chickens
• The challenges of processing chickens
• Differences between on-farm and USDA processing

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Find the complete show notes here: https://www.ranchrightllc.com/post/chicken-curious-with-tyler-dawley-part-1-episode-24 

Connect with Tyler:

• Check out his website
• Send him an email at [email protected]

Connect with Ranch Right, LLC: 

• Subscribe on YouTube 
• Follow on Instagram @ranchrightllc 
• Follow on Facebook 
• Check out the website

Resources & Links: 

• On Pasture Kathy Voth 
• Book a Free Discovery Call to Learn More 
• Ranching for Profit 
• Ranching.FYI 
• Wally Olson, Olson Ranch LLC

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