All-Natural Pastured Meat Chickens
Our Pastured Broiler Chicken and How to Buy Them
We raise our chicken with feed free from corn and soy. We raise them in moveable shelters and move them once or twice a day to give them new grass and bugs, and keep their environment sanitary.
We butcher them ourselves with the help of our family. We have two butchering days during the summer where you are able to pick up chicken fresh. Those days are July 25th, and August 29th at 1pm. On both days, you are free to come and buy some fresh chicken, whether you ordered ahead or not. If you ore-order we will set aside chickens to make sure we have enough for you. If you are not able to come on these days, you may purchase whole frozen chickens anytime while supplies last!
The easiest way to buy our chickens is by filling out the form below and pre-ordering them. We also respond to our email, and texts or calls if that is easier for you!
We take cash, venmo, or checks to pay for our chickens. We will take payment when the chickens are picked up.
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Why is Chicken so much cheaper in the store?
Chicken in the average grocery store can be anywhere from $1-$3 per lb for an average size 6 lb chicken. This price for a whole chicken is actually quite astounding. This means you are paying an average of $12 for the hatching of the chick, the feed, water, antibiotics, transportation to butchering facility, butchering, processing, packaging, shipping to store, paying all the people involved wages, and the store itself making a margin. How do they make it so cheap?
- Government subsidization on corn and soy (70-90% of these chicken’s diet)
- Automated systems (less labor cost)
- No land needed for pasture
- Thousands of chickens in one concentrated space
Happy and Healthy Chickens
We are using a variation of Joel Salatin’s method for raising broiler chickens. This involves a movable shelter called a chicken tractor that allows the chickens fresh air, sunlight, and safety from predators. The chicken tractor is moved once or twice a day to a new section of grass. This system also gives them access to plenty of bugs and grass, gives them exercise, and evenly fertilizes the grass.
We tested this method on a smaller scale last year and were very happy with the results. We had 20 tasty chickens to last us several months, and it feels so good knowing where they came from and how they were treated.
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Paying the minium possible for a good quality product
As a small family farm we cannot get the bulk pricing for multiple tons of subsidized chicken feed, nor have automated machines do all of our work. We work hard to keep this good chicken priced fairly for all involved. Our chicken is priced at $5 per lb in order to cover our expenses and keep our farm running. Our chickens are an average of 5 lbs, that makes our chickens an average of $25 per chicken. For that price, you are paying for:
- No government subsidization
- Corn and soy-free chicken feed
- Labor intensive system (moving pens everyday, filling food and water)
- We butcher humanely ourselves on our farm
- Just overall a better quality product.
We know this high quality chicken is not in everyone’s budget, but we encourage everyone to make real food a priority. Our family wants to eat food grown like this, so we are sure other families want it as well!