Organic and Free-Range Chicken

Our Organic and free-range chicken is carefully sourced from a family run farm who both rears and slaughters on their own land.
The chickens are free to roam throughout the day and shut up in bedded pens with plenty of room at night to protect them from predators. They roam on fresh pasture and the arcs are regularly moved so the grassland does not get soured and there are plenty of invertebrates for the hens to feast on.
The organic hens have access to grain which soil association approved organic is feed which is sourced in the UK – no GM grains are used. The free-range hens are fed standard, non-organic grains.
Both the male and female chicks are used for rearing and their rate of growth is nearly twice as long as more commercial operations, this allows the animals to adjust to their increased body weight and keep mobile.
The slaughtering is undertaken in the Farm’s own abattoir where several measures are taken ‘above and beyond’ the requirements to ensure the hens remain calm and comfortable up to the point of slaughter and that the slaughter process itself is quick and fully successful. A vet is always present on slaughter days to oversee the operation.

Please note that our organic and free-range chicken is processed once a week – if you order by Monday 10am we should be able to get it to you by the end of that working week. If you order after that is will arrive the following week along with the rest of your order.