<< Back to main

Chickens--First 2009 Harvest Ready

6/12/2009 9:47am by Judy Lessler

Harland's Creek Farm harvested its first set of pasture raised poultry this week. Our chickens are:

grown on pasture that they can munch, scratch in, and explore;
fed an all grain diet and vegetables from the farm;
antibiotic and hormone free, and;
are processed locally in Siler City NC at a USDA inspected meat processing plant

We are selling fresh whole chickent on June 13 2009 at the Durham Farmers Market. It is $4.00/lb.

A whole chicken is your best buy. When it is fresh, you can easily cut it into breasts, legs, thighs, and so on. Backs, backs, wing tips, and so on can be separated and used to make broth. Different parts can be frozen for later use. Of course, roasting a whole chicken is a fabulous way to eat it. Here are two links that show you how to cut up a chicken:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd8ZRMAHZyU&feature=related

http://www.cookingforengineers.com/article/97/Cutting-Up-Chicken

The chicks are put on pasture at an early age. Below are some pictures.

Chicks on Pasture at Two Weeks Old

Chicks on pasture

Grandchildren Helping Move Chicks

Grandchildren helping to move chicks to pasture

2 Comments »

Anna said,

8/31/2009 @ 1:38 pm

I like the view of your chicken tractor --- I'm always poking around to see how other folks do it. We have three tractors, and are planning a fourth since we have a broody hen at the moment and expect chicks any day.

The only major problem we've had with our tractors is that we started out using traditional waterers. One day, I wasn't paying attention and put the waterer down on uneven ground. It spilled and two of our hens died of heat exhaustion! I begged my husband to find a solution, and he came up with an automatic chicken waterer which never spills in tractors. I highly recommend nipple-based waterers now --- I wouldn't go back!!

Dedicated Hosting said,

11/21/2009 @ 7:43 pm

So sweetttttt !

Love the pics :)