David Hale | Mother Earth News FAIR

David Hale began working on the family farm at the tender age of 6, helping his grandfather raise cattle. He was general manager of the farm when it made the transition to a full-time operation in 2000. His experience includes owning and operating a hatchery, sheep, cattle, turkeys, goats, egg production, livestock pasture rotation, processing facility management, managing a blueberry farm, and raising pastured poultry that has been consumed in the finest restaurants in Dallas. Hale raises large-scale pasture-raised broilers with his family in Texas at Windy Meadows Farm.

David is a contributor to Mother Earth News Fair Online.

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Production: Brooder ventilation

Watch as David Hale from Windy Meadows Family Farm in Campbell, Texas, explains the importance of brooder ventilation and how you can manage it.

Animal Husbandry Hands On

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Production: Brooder setup

Learn what you need covered as David Hale of Windy Meadows Family Farm in Campbell, Texas, goes over a checklist to preparing your brooder for baby chicks.

Animal Husbandry Hands On

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Chicken Math: Broiler cash flow

David Hale shows the cash flow of running a broiler operation by walking through a spreadsheet that covers figures such as processing and employee costs and how to keep those costs covered.

Animal Husbandry Hands On

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Mother Earth News Fair Online