Jones Family Farm Pastured Raised Chicken |
Here at Jones Family Farm, we raise our meat chickens very much like our laying hens (see info above). We provide them with a house/shelter, feed, and fresh water. During the day, we open the door allowing them to roam outside at their will and at night we close the door for their safety from predators. |
Broiler chicks remain in brooder house from day 1 to 3 to 4 weeks of age. Depending on weather conditions we move them out to range houses/shelters where the begin their rotation. We make this decision based on when it is the correct timing or safe enough weather conditions to relocate the young chicks. |
Jones Family Farm broilers are free to roam in the grass or dirt to forage for what they want. Plenty of fresh air, sunshine, and even some rain they have the ability to "do what chickens do". Here we rotate them every week or two weeks depending completely on when they need to be moved. Very simply, if they are running out of forage, then it is time to move. They stay in this routine until they are processed. We process our broilers for small fryers (around 2-2.5#) at 5 weeks and larger broilers or cutups (boneless breast or parts) around 7-9 weeks. We do hold a USDA label for "Free Range", however we now process on the farm under NC Dept. of Agriculture "Small Farm Exemption." Our chickens are processed as quickly and humanly as possible. We only chill our birds in clean ice water, never bleach or other chemicals. Under NC Dept of Agriculture, we are licensed meat handlers and legal to process and sell our poultry to retail customers, restaurants, or stores. |
From start to finish, rest assured that we have taken care of your poultry to provide your family with safe, clean, and healthy food. Jones Family Farm |
If you are a restaurant owner/chef or retail outlet store and would like more information on our wholesale Free Range Broilers, please email us at info@jonesfamilyfarmnc.com. Please include: restaurant or store name location estimated quantity Thank you! |
For many years now we have been raising Free Range Broilers, however this 2012 season we will be transition over to Pastured Raised. This decision came only due to the overwhelming losses we have experienced due to predators. Our 74 acre farm sits 2 miles back completely surrounded by woods and our losses are rising with each season. Our hens are now raised in “open air, open floor” safe houses that we move to new grass daily. With this change we are now experiencing safe and stress free hens and we can now utilize and calculate the exact amount of fertilizer we receive from our chickens. In our case, we are now seeing truly happy and safe hens! |