Cornish Cross Chicks Are Here!

Look!!

Awwwww....Aren't they cuuuuute?!

50 of these little guys arrived at our place yesterday. We're expecting 50 more in a few weeks, and 50 more a little later, along with some turkeys! Surprisingly, in only 8-10 weeks, these guys will be ready for the freezer. (These only get 4 to 6 pounds. Think Cornish Game Hens like you find in the store.)

So, just like the pigs, we are offering fresh, pastured, natural chickens (and turkeys!) to our friends and family. They are available on a first come-first served basis. If you're interested, email me!

We will be free-ranging these guys in our pasture. And of course, we will only be using organic, non-medicated hormone-free feed.

Be prepared to arrive late afternoon/early evening at our house with an ice chest (with ice) on butcher day. We're estimating butchering in early August, again in mid-August, and again in early October. For the turkeys, we're butchering on November 22nd (the Sunday before Thanksgiving.) We're expecting 13 white turkeys with an estimated weight of 20-30 lbs. They can be held in an ice bath just above freezing until Thanksgiving.

You would need to be prepared to package and freeze them at your house. Seems crazy but it is a state requirement. We will have them chilled to about 38 degrees in an ice bath, butchered, plucked, clean, and ready for transport. Because of the rising cost of feed, we are charging for the cost of raising them. We don’t yet know what that will be. We're not interested in making money, just in recovering our costs.

Interested? Lemme knoooooow!