When I tell people I raise beyond organic chickens on grass on my small farm just outside of Memphis, TN I get a lot of questions. Some of these are really simple, some are very deep. Today I would like to take a moment to address some of those questions you might have and ask for more questions. I would love to keep doing these every couple of months.
Question 1: How do the chickens come? Are the feathers still on?
No the feathers are not still on, nor are the chickens alive or still have the guts inside of them. The chicken we produce are packaged in vacuum sealed bags and look every bit as professional as something you would purchase in a store. The birds are sold frozen, all you have to do is thaw them out, season however you like, and cook them.
Question 2: Are they always frozen? Can I buy them fresh?
The answer is yes and yes. If you just purchase them from us at a market, at our farm, or delivered to your house they will be frozen. The one exception to this is when we bring birds home from the processor, we always offer fresh birds that weekend for delivery or pickup at the farm.
Question 3: Are you certified organic?
No, we are not USDA certified organic. We are better than that though. An organic chicken can live it’s days in a confinement chicken house as long as there is “access” to outdoors (a hole every 75 feet). Our birds are hormone, antibiotic, and GMO free just like an organic chicken. The difference is our’s are raised on pasture. Learn more here about misleading labeling.
Question 4: What is pastured poultry and why should I care?
Pastured poultry is simply chicken (or other poultry) raised on grass, moved daily in a way that both benefits the animal and the land. The benefits of this are numerous, too long to list here but I’ll name a few. Pastured chickens get fresh grass, bugs, sunshine, and nutrients from being outdoors. They live a happy and humane life. When a chicken lives in a factory chicken house, it is crammed in there with thousands of other chickens. The air is unsanitary, fecal matter is everywhere, and the chickens are constantly stressed. When a chicken is stressed there is adrenaline and stress hormones pumping through the chicken. How hormone free can that chicken really be? It cant. More on this to come in a future article.
Question 5: How do I cook a whole chicken? I’ve never done that before.
Check out our recipe page. We have a few ideas on there and will continue to add to it.
Question 6: Is there any way to get a discount? Is there a bulk program?
Once again, yes and yes. We offer 10% off your next purchase when you leave us a review on Facebook, Google business, or wherever else you think would help us get exposure. We also offer 10% off for referrals. Refer somebody and you will receive a discount on your next purchase and the person you referred will receive that same discount on their purchase. As far as the bulk program and bulk discount goes, we will have more news about that next week. To make sure you know all about it, sign up for our email list.