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Pasture-Raised Chicken

Pasture-Raised Turkey

Grass-Fed Lamb

Grass-Fed Goat

Rabbit

Pork

Pasture-Raised Duck

Pasture-Raised Geese

Free Range Chicken Eggs

Stewing Hens

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*** FEEDS ***

Many of you have asked "What do you feed your animals?" We're happy to share that information with you.

Meat Chicken & Layers: On pasture, they eat grass, seeds and insects supplemented by locally produced feed ground from specific mixture (depending on the age of the bird) of shelled corn, roasted soybeans (extruded), oats, alfalfa meal, fish meal, aragonite (calcium) and Fertrell's Nutri-Balancer (original organic formula)

Turkey: On pasture, they eat grass, seeds and insects supplemented by all-natural feed ground from specific mixture (depending on the age of the bird) of shelled corn, roasted soybeans (extruded), oats, alfalfa meal, fish meal, aragonite (calcium) and Fertrell's Nutri-Balancer (original organic formula)

Lamb: pasture in warm months, hay from the same pasture in winter months

Goat: pasture in warm months, hay from the same pasture in winter months

Rabbit: pellet ration, some grass

Pork: ground corn (80%) locally purchased mixed with Hubbard Feed Inc farm mixer (20%) whose label lists the following: crude protein, lysine, crude fat, crude fiber, calcium, phosphorus, salt, selenium, zinc

Duck and Geese: On pasture, they eat grass, seeds and insects supplemented by all-natural feed ground from specific mixture (depending on the age of the bird) of shelled corn, roasted soybeans (extruded), oats, alfalfa meal, fish meal, aragonite (calcium) and Fertrell's Nutri-Balancer (original organic formula)

*** METHODS ***

View how we move our Portable Pasture Poultry Pens on our Facebook Page. Many still pictures too!

*** OUR SUPPLIERS ***

Fertrell   Supplier of Nutri-balancer - Natural animal care feed product, used in our poultry mix 

Munsell's Poultry Processing, LLC

6131 Mason, Fowlerville, MI

 

Where our poultry is processed (chicken, turkey, duck, geese)
Countryside Quality Meats 1184 Adolph Rd, Union City, MI One of our meat processors
Dunbar's

17175 Hickory Rd, Milan, MI

One of our meat processers
McCalla's Feed Service, Inc. Chelsea, MI Supplies our poultry and pig feed, mixes our recipe
Nagel Meat Processing 3265 22 Mile Rd, Homer, MI One of our meat processors

 

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