Julie Kirchner

Looking for pasture/acreage for pastured poultry operation.

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Location:

  • West
    • Alleghany
    • Ashe
    • Avery
    • Buncombe
    • Burke
    • Caldwell
    • Cherokee
    • Clay
    • Graham
    • Haywood
    • Henderson
    • Jackson
    • Macon
    • Madison
    • McDowell
    • Mitchell
    • Polk
    • Rutherford
    • Swain
    • Transylvania
    • Watauga
    • Wilkes
    • Yancey

Total acres 2.0

Acres of cropland or tillable land 2.0

Acres of pasture 2.0

Acres of unfenced pasture 2.0

Looking for the following:

Type of opportunity:

Sale (Standard), Sale (Owner Financed), Lease (1 to 5 Years). More info: We are looking for additional acreage to expand our pastured chicken and quail operation. We use organic/sustainable practices (not certified organic). We model our rotational pastured poultry operation after Joel Salatin’s pastured poultry model to enrich the soil and leave it better than it was.

Equipment & infrastructure:

More info: Just need well drained pasture. And a water source (stream/creek, pond, spring, or well)

Current production on farm:

Cattle (Dairy/Beef), Fallow, Hay or pasture, Honey bees, Orchard, Poultry (Broiler/Layer). More info: Any pasture or cropland that could be converted back to pasture. Flat to gently rolling. Water source. Electric hookup a plus but not necessary.

Current farming practices:

More info: All natural, organic, sustainable

Qualifications and goals:

Previous farming experience:

Manager

Number of years experience:

8

Other qualifications:

More info: I currently manage an educational farm which includes horses, donkey, pigs, chickens, ducks, quail, goats and rabbits

Production goals:

Poultry (Broiler/Layer). More info: 20-30 quail tractors (each housing a group of 5 quail. Possibly also our portable chicken coops. All would be enclosed in electric fence and moved daily

Personal experience and production goals summary:

I have managed another farm for 8 years and our pastured poultry/hatchery business is 3 years old.  We are ready to expand/scale.  

20-30 quail tractors (each housing a group of 5 quail.
Possibly also our portable chicken coops.   All would be enclosed in electric fence and moved daily