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| Product Overview Meat Chickens! We strive to grow the healthiest, best tasting, and most humanely treated birds possible! We grow primarily two types of meat birds, the large-breasted Cornish-Cross and the slow-growing incredibly tasty red feather broiler from France known as Freedom Rangers, (aka Red Bro). The birds arrive at our farm as baby chicks and are moved to pasture within three weeks where they have total freedom to enjoy the lush pastures and fresh air. Our birds are also supplemented with a grain ration from Green Mountain Feeds - a certified organic feed company located in Vermont. For greater detail about our production practices click the sidebar. Eggs! We have a beautiful flock of hens which live on lush green pasture in the Spring, Summer and Fall and provide us with wonderful fresh and very tasty eggs. Our birds enjoy all the freedoms a chicken should have are free to roam as they please. In the cold dreary days of New England winters the birds live happily and freely in a large sun-lit greenhouse on the farm. Our birds are fed a grain ration from Green Mountain Feeds - a certified organic feed company located in Vermont. For greater detail about our production practices click the sidebar. Pasture Raised Heritage Pork! We love pigs! Our pigs are raised on a diverse diet of all-natural grain, roots, and lush green pasture. They graze and root, seek shade in the forest, and wallow in the mud. We raise forage crops on pastures for the pigs to "hog off" - enhancing flavor and quality of life. Our heritage breeds and crosses include: Tamworth, Berkshire, Gloucester Old Spot, and Large Blacks. Our pigs are treated humanely with adequate dry shelter, access to clean water, and are not fed any antibiotics or other synthetics. We continue to have great fun with these wonderful animals. For greater detail about our production practices click the sidebar. Rabbit! We have a vibrant and active rabbit herd which continues to grow and thrive! Jen is head rabbitress and really enjoys raising and breeding these wonderful creatures. We currently have a small herd of New Zealand, Californian, and Satin breeds consisting of two bucks (Willie and Norman) and fifteen does. Rabbits are harvested continuously and young rabbits will be "finished"on pasture in 2010 to enhance flavor and meat quality. For greater detail about our production practices click the sidebar. Lamb / Mutton! We were approved for a sustainable agriculture grant (SARE) in 2008 to trial running sheep in the same pasture as our chickens. We continued the research in 2009 and realized we love the sheep (and they save lots of energy mowing the fields ahead of the meat birds!). We will continue a handful of sheep and lambs each year which will graze in the same fields as our chickens. When we harvest the sheep/lamb in the fall, they sell out quickly, so be sure to sign up for our e-mail list and be the first to be notified when they become available! For greater detail about our production practices click the sidebar. | | | |
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