Episode 1231: Today, Dr. Curran Gehring, Ph.D., will discuss grain based feeds that are gaining popularity. Backyard Poultry with the Chicken Whisperer®, brought to you by Tucker Milling, LLC is a nationally broadcast live podcast all about keeping backyard poultry, show poultry, and living a self-sufficient lifestyle. It's the longest running poultry podcast in the world! Each week, Andy Schneider, AKA The Chicken Whisperer®, Editor In Chief of Chicken Whisperer Magazine, Author of five published chicken books, 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 more! 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!