Ep 9 Marissa King on poultry conservation, biosecurity, ridiculous food labels, and sustainability!

Send us a message! We’d love to hear from you!Marissa King is a veteran co-owner of King's Cocks and the Mother Cluckers. She operates a small farm out of Sweetwater, TN with her two daughters where she works with poultry, waterfowl, goats, and honeybees. She is a freelance writer for Community Chickens, Chickens magazine, Grit Magazine, and has been featured with the Livestock Conservancy annual report for her work with heritage breeds. In today's episode we discuss:1. The importance of biosecurity and how diseases are spread from flock to flock.2. Implementing poultry conservation & genetic diversity into your own flock.3. Tips on seeking out local breeders and what you should look for before taking your new birds home.4. Tips for first time chicken keepers!5. We discuss the meat and egg industry, and its impact on the health and wellbeing  of industrial animals. Also, the negative impact on heritage poultry breeds. 6. The importance of keeping a small backyard flock for sustainability.   7. Lots of laughter and hilarious stories! Thank you Marissa for our guest! Much love,Mel You can find Marissa King Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/KingscocksandthemothercluckersTiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@marissasmesses?lang=enInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/kingscocksandthemothercluckers/ The article that Marissa King wrote and we discussed in this episode: Poultry Conservation & Genetic Diversity https://www.communitychickens.com/conservation-genetic-diversity-zw01910ztil/Livestock Conservancy: https://livestockconservancy.org/You can follow Wilma The Wonder Hen https://www.instagram.com/wilmathewonderhen/Support the show“Where education fuels compassion.”