Pastured Poultry Order Form
Great Tasting - Fresh & Local - Antibiotic Free - Hormone Free - Humanely Raised
What is Pastured Chicken?
“Pastured Chicken” is a grassroots movement focused on raising small quantities of birds in a humane, pasture-based setting with fresh air, clean water, and protection from predators, cold, rain, and wind. They are moved to fresh grass daily and are free from stress and disease. They are fed custom rations mixed by a local feed mill, of all natural ingredients (meaning: the feed contains no animal by-products, antibiotics, or hormones).
Why Pastured Chicken?
Our chicken tastes much better than factory raised. They are allowed to express natural behaviors, such as scratching and hunting for bugs, while freely accessing fresh air and green pasture, allowing them to get as much as 30% of their nutritional needs from insects, seeds, grass and other greens. This results in as much as 100% more omega-3 fatty acids, 50% more vitamin A, and significant more vitamin E, folic acid and carotenoids than birds without access to fresh greens. Pasture raised chicken also has up to 21% less total fat, 30% less saturated fat, and 28% fewer calories than confinement raised chicken. (USDA Sustainable Agriculture and Research Education Program)
How do I get my Chicken?
1. Place your order well in advance of the pick-up date to ensure that we will have raised enough chickens for you.
2. On the designated pick-up day, arrive at the farm from 3-7p.m. Bring a cooler with ice for the ride home. Your chickens will be vacuum sealed to maximize their freezer life.
3. If you would prefer to process your own chickens, you may pick them up any time after 9:00 am.
We are proud of how we grow your chickens and welcome you to see them in action. Feel free to contact us to set up a time and we would be proud to show you our farm.
2010 Order Form
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The price is $2.75 a pound. Please call or email for all of the details. |
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Because we are small we order our chickens based on the orders we have from you. We sold out last year so get your order forms in as soon as possible.
Chickens are available for on-farm pick-up only. The pick up time is from 3-7 p.m.
Bring a cooler with ice to bring them home!
Conveniently Located
Located ½ mile south of downtown Gobles and four miles north of the M-40 and M-43 intersection.
10 minutes North of Paw Paw
30 minutes East of South Haven
15 minutes South of Allegan
