poultry
Local Chicken
Our 2023 experience with pasture-raised poultry was a success. We truly appreciate hearing your kind words after enjoying our chicken and turkey. This year we will be once again taking pre-orders so our old and new customers have a chance to try poultry the way it was meant to taste. Our birds are fed a non-medicated feed and we do not vaccinate our birds, both of which are unnecessary when raising small batches.
Our poultry is humanely raised and live a stress-free life. Our poultry is processed less than 15 miles from the farm in Connecticut’s only USDA Inspected Poultry Processing & Slaughter facility.
Our next batch of chicken will be available February 23 and will be processed as parts instead of whole: breasts, tenders, quarters, and wings. A second batch of chicken (and for the first time, duck!) is scheduled for May and will be ready for your Memorial Day cookouts. See below for the differences our farm-raised chicken versus industrial.
Chicken hearts, livers, necks, and feet, for stock or pet feed, are also available.
Yes, there is a difference between pasture-raised chicken (black text) versus industrial chicken (red text).
Non vaccinated
Vaccinated
Full beak (no cannibalism)
Debeaked (leads to problems with cannibalism)
No antibiotics
Given antibiotics
Composting litter in brooder (sanitization through decomposition)
Sterilized litter (toxic fumigants)
Practically no ammonia odor
Hyper ammonia toxicity
No meds, hormones, or synthetic vitamins given as supplements
Routine meds, hormones and synthetic vitamins given
Raised in small batches of 300 or less birds
Raised in batches of 10,000 or more birds
Conditions create a less stressed bird
Conditions create a highly stressed bird
Abundant clean, fresh air and sunshine
Limited sunshine and hazy air with fecal particles which can damage the birds liver
Short trip (less than 30 minutes) to the processing plant
Sometimes hundreds of miles to the processing plant, creating more stress on the bird
Unlimited exercise
Limited exercise
A diet of fresh, daily salad bar on pasture (except for winter months)
A diet consisting of nothing but grain
Manure falls directly on growing forage and active soil for efficient nutrient cycling converted to plants
Manure remains in barn until birds are removed, creating excessively high ammonia levels
About 9% loss of carcass weight during cooking
20% loss of carcass weight during cooking
Environmentally responsible
Well, mass farming is just not environmentally responsible
Rich, delicious taste
Flat, poor taste
* info gathered from PolyfaceFarms.com
Bulk Savings
While our chicken can be found in our retail freezer, you can also order in bulk.
We offer a discount on 25 lbs., 50 lbs., and 100 lbs. of chicken:
Buy 25 lbs., your choice of chicken cuts or whole, save 5%
Buy 50 lbs., your choice of chicken cuts or whole, save 10%
Buy 100 lbs., your choice of chicken cuts or whole, save 15%
| Cut | Price | Packaging |
|---|---|---|
| Whole Bird | $7.00/pound | Whole |
| Breasts | $12.00/pound | 2 per pack |
| Tenderloins | $12.50/pound | 1 pound per pack |
| Quarters | $9.50/pound | 2 per pack |
| Wings | $9.50/pound | 2 pounds per pack |
| Backs (soup bones) | $5.00/pound | 2 pounds per pack |
| Neck | $5.00/pound | 2 pounds per pack |
| Livers | $5.00/pound | 1 pound per pack |
| Hearts | $5.00/pound | 1 pound per pack |
| Feet | $5.50/pound | 2 pounds per pack |
| Gizzards | $2.00/pound | 1 +/- pounds per pack |
No deposit is necessary, simply email us with your orders and we will be in contact with you.
