In the summer we raise Cornish-Cross broiler chickens. These are the same breed you buy in the store, but even plumper, much sweeter smelling, and more flavorful. We day-range them on pasture with trees and trailers for shade. Their shelters are moved each day so they can graze and rest inside on clean ground, and they are free to roam around inside the fencing. When the shelters have covered one fenced area, we move the fence and shelter to a new area with fresh bugs and plants to eat and ground to scratch up and fertilize. We prefer to raise the birds for nine weeks, when they dress out around 5 to 5 1/2 pounds. They are $4/lb whole. We will cut them up into skinless boneless breasts, wings, and legs for an additional $1/lb. We do sell boneless, skinless breast, legs, wings, and the rest for soup/stock separately. In the winter we also have stew/stock hens available.
