We're quite excited to offer our second run of fresh, pasture-raised broilers. These are a hybrid of heritage breeds- designed to grow naturally and produce a lovely portion of dark meat. These birds should be your definition of a chicken. We'll again be working with Derek Lampert from Pluck-Around Custom Poultry Processing- a local company that comes directly to the farm and processes our animals here. Why would we do that when we could pack them up and drive them to a local processor to dispatch? A few reasons- first and foremost, in caring for the animals on our farm- ones that we consume and the ones we don't, we want them to know a good and stress-free life- for as long as we possib
I suppose we were lucky the first three years of farming. We lost very few animals- and only a few to natural predators. We had a horrendous neighborhood dog incident our first year, but that's another matter. For the last few years or so, we had actually enjoyed a sense of security. We have electric netting, plenty of forage within the netting, ample chicken feed as well...and no reason for our flock to feel the need to wander. But they do. At first there were just a few adventuresome hens. We clipped their flight feathers and put them back in the net. That didn't deter them from flapping like crazy and using the top of the net as a springboard to get out. I suppose they figured the
