With Thanksgiving behind us, the Turkeys are not only in the freezer, but most have been enjoyed this past week. Thanks to all who purchased these delicious birds. The broilers are down to the last little bunch of about 50, and by the end of this week they should all be in the cooler. Not to say they don't already think they're in the cooler, with temps. near zero each night.
It's been a good year for us. We purchased 950 broiler chicks during the season, and 50 turkey poults. Though the demand keeps growing, we think we have probably hit our wall. If we keep getting bigger we will burn out, so we will try to keep as many of the good folks fed as we can, but will have to leave it to others to help feed the ever increasing demand. The growing of our poultry is the easy part, it's the processing that takes so much time and effort. But the rewards are enjoyable.
It is certainly heartening to hear so many folks express their appreciation for the whole some all natural poultry. I'm not sure that most of our customers even know what the terminology means. Though they know what the clean delicious flavor means. As the picture shows, our birds are truly free ranging pastured poultry. They are fed an all natural barley based diet that we mix, to ensure that the ingredients are not adulterated with drugs, hormones, or animal by-products. We then process them in as humane and gentle a manner as is possible. We use no chemical washes just clean water. The birds are never washed in chlorine or like chemicals which the big boys do. The birds are then refrigerated for 24 hrs. before packaging and delivery. Most are then frozen for later pickup.
