Genuine Heritage Breed
Chickens.

Our Cornish Game Hens, Barred Plymouth Rock, and Jersey Giant chickens are APA certified heritage breed chickens, not the typical genetically engineered commercial strain of chicken, or crosses of unknown origin. Because they are heritage breed chickens, they have the vigor and vitally that permits them to successfully forage and thrive on pasture. So, when we say our birds are free-ranged and naturally pasture raised we actually mean it, as opposed to industrial grade ‘all natural’ chickens that may look out an open door but rarely venture outside their buildings. And our birds' heritage characteristics are consistently maintained from one generation to the next and from one processing to the next.

Since they forage outside, our birds consume less formulated feed than industrial breeds, and what they do consume, primarily as young birds, is an entirely vegetarian feed ration specifically formulated for free range heritage breed chickens. The significant amount of green grasses, forbs, seeds, and insects in their diets, as well as their daily exposure to sunshine and fresh air results in a chicken with a unique taste and pleasantly firm meat texture.

An extraordinarily unique feature about these birds is that they are processed using the air chilled method. Unlike the far more common water chilled process, our heritage chickens are never immersed in a large vat of water full of salts, phosphates and other sanitizing chemicals to quickly bring down the temperature of the bird after processing and cleaning.

The air chilled method chills the birds down on racks in temperature controlled refrigeration units; a more time consuming and expensive method, but one that does not adulterate an otherwise all natural bird with “10% added water”, and countless undesired chemicals. The processing plant is USDA inspected and regulated. Our products are professionally packaged, properly labeled, and vacuum sealed for long shelf life.

All our heritage chickens are humanely raised and certified as such by the Animal Welfare Institute . They are raised without the use of antibiotics, or any other artificial ingredients. The birds are hatched in the spring and summer from naturally mating, pure blooded breeding stock that is also humanely raised on pasture.

As a result of their truly pasture based upbringing, their genuine heritage genetics, and their absolutely chemical free processing, the quality of our birds is unsurpassed. These chickens look like, taste like, and indeed are the chickens our fore fathers raised and enjoyed; and they honestly meet the concerns of individuals that desire chemically clean food derived from animals that are raised naturally, treated humanely, and are minimally processed.

The heritage chicken products available for purchase through the member's on-line food store are described below:

Whole Heritage Chicken
Whole regular chickens weigh between 2.5 and 6 lbs, depending on the breed. Cornish Game Hens are the smallest, Jersey Giants are the largest..

Heritage Chicken Breasts
Boneless, Skinless Breast filets. There is one breast filet per package and each filet weighs about 1/2 lb.

Heritage Chicken Thighs
There are 2 thighs per package and each package weighs about 1/2 lb.

Heritage Chicken Legs
There are 2 legs (drumsticks) per package and each package weighs about 1/2 lb.

Please see the members on-line food store for prices and ordering information.

Please see the recipe page for heritage chicken cooking tips.

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Regular Chicken:
Our regular, commercial variety meat chickens are locally raised and processed.
They are all natural and never given any sort of antibiotics or other chemical growth enhancers. They are raised on a totally vegetarian diet. They are processed at a USDA Inspected processing plant using the water-chilled method. Commercial breed chickens are not particularly physically active birds and are not well suited for a pastured poultry operation.

The regular chicken products available for purchase through the member's on-line food store are described below:

Whole Regular Chicken
Whole regular chickens weigh between 3 and 4 lbs.

Regular Chicken Bone In Breasts
2 breasts per package, Bone-in and skin on. About 3 lbs per package.

Regular Chicken Boneless Breasts
4 breasts per package. About 3 lbs per package.

Regular Chicken Leg and Thighs
There are 4 legs and 4 thighs per package (8 total items per package). Each package weighs about 3.5 lbs.

Regular Chicken Wings
There are 10 wings per package and each package weighs about 2.75 lbs.

Please see the member's on-line food store for prices and ordering information.

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