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We are going to raise a limited quantity of pasture-raised, natural, meat birds for on farm sales this year.  In order to do so we’d like to approximate interest through tentative pre-orders.  There are a lot of unknowns at this point, including final weights, ratio of “Fryers” to “Roasters”, etc.

Our meat birds are treated the same as our laying hens.  They will spend a maximum of 4 weeks in a brooding environment (heated and protected) and then spend their remaining time ranging and receiving supplemental growing feed.  They are not medicated or treated with antibiotics.

These are not your store bought factory chicken.  We’ve raised that breed and we have pledged never to do it again (You can read our experience starting here).  This year we are going with the Jumbo Cornish-X’s little brother the Cornish Roaster.  They take longer to mature and are in between a standard breed and the Jumbo in size and growth.

Once you’ve read all the details, there is information for pre-ordering at the bottom of this post.

We are targeting slaughter/pick-up dates of:

“Fryers”

1. Saturday and Sunday, April 17^h and 18^th
2. Saturday and Sunday, April 24^th and 25^th

 “Roasters”

1. Saturday and Sunday, May 8^th and 9^th
2. Saturday and Sunday, May 15^th and 16^th
3. Saturday and Sunday, May 22^nd and 23^rd

“Fryers” – Fryers will weigh an estimated 3-4lbs, but size is not guaranteed.  They are priced per lb. to account for variances.  Fryers will reach slaughtering weights in approximately 8 weeks.  Fryer chickens should be more suitable for quicker cooking applications (i.e. pan frying).

 “Roasters” –Roasters will weigh an estimated 7-9lbs, but size is not guaranteed.  They are priced per lb. to account for variances.  Roasters will reach slaughtering weights in approximately 12 weeks.  Roaster chickens are more suitable for longer cooking applications (i.e. oven roasting).

Details

Bird(s) will be picked up on farm on designated slaughter day and time.  Your bird(s) will be humanely slaughtered by hand, plucked, and eviscerated.  They will be ready to go immediately in to your freezer or oven.  They will only be available whole (no parts).  Final bird weights will vary and are determined after processing.  If you are interested in all or part of the offal/giblets* from your bird please let us know.

Price $4.25 per lb. (dressed weight).

* Offal/giblets includes: head, neck, feet, heart, liver, and gizzard.  Please understand that eviscerating poultry is a delicate task and we do our best to ensure that the offal is as complete as possible.

If you are interested in purchasing a LIVE bird ready for slaughter, please let us know.  Price $2.50 per lb. (live weight).

Pick-up Dates/Times: Processing dates and times are predetermined, but will be finalized a few weeks prior to slaughter.  We will contact you in the few weeks prior to each slaughter to arrange a pick-up date/time.  Tentative pre-orders will be contacted first come, first served.

Regulations require that the birds are picked up within 4 hours of slaughter, or cooling/refrigeration standards apply.  We kindly ask that you be on-time for your pick-up date and time to ensure that we remain in compliance.  Changes to dates/times must be made 24 hours in advance.

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If you are interested in pre-ordering please send email to farmers@miscfarm.com with the following information.  We will contact you a few weeks prior to slaughter dates to confirm your interest and pick-up dates/times.

How many FRYERS are you interested in (# of birds)?

How many ROASTERS are you interested in (# of birds)?

How many of EITHER are you interested in (lbs. or # of birds)? [Please specify if lbs. or # of birds]

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