Broiler Orders being taken for September 28 now!

Published: Wed, 08/07/13

Hello Farm Friends,

  Saturday's chicken processing went very well. We ended up with some very nice birds averaging around 4 1/2 pounds each (dressed). Thank you farm friends for making the trip out to the farm to purchase chicken from us. Anna cooked one for us last night using the recipe that she has on our website and it turned out really nice. Below you'll find the links to all her chicken recipes on our website.








  Here is our typical protocol for cooking a chicken.  We bake a chicken in the oven whole for about 3 hours and carve off what we want for dinner. Then, after dinner we drop the whole carcass and the drippings into the crockpot, add some water and salt and pepper and let it cook overnight. The next morning we start drinking broth from it. We also pick the rest of the meat and then we have two or three choices. We can either make sandwiches, make a chicken pot pie or clear all the bones out of the broth and turn it into soup by adding a few onions and carrots etc. and let it cook for a few more hours and then enjoy a delicious vegetable soup for dinner. Nothing ever has to be returned to the refrigerator we just keep the crockpot going on high the whole time. It is a great way to get two or more meals out of one chicken and we get the tremendous health benefits of bone broth.

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  September 7th chicken processing is sold out and so we are now taking orders for September 28th. Keep in mind this is our 6th processing date out of a total of eight for the year so it is time to start stocking up for the winter. Please do not wait till the last minute or there will not be enough to go around! You can email us your orders and mail your deposit or come by and fill out a broiler order form and leave your deposit. 


  I just wanted to say a word to all of our farm friends about recycling. We have had a great surge in the amount of recycling being done by our customers and it is REALLY helping to keep the expenses down! Keep in mind we recycle egg cartons, the pint and quart glass jars that we sell honey and granola in and the blueberry and blackberry containers. One of the most difficult checks we write as farmers is $450 for egg cartons but since so many more are recycling now our cartons are lasting much longer. THANK YOU FOR RECYCLING!


   See you at the farm soon,

Daniel, Susan, and Anna

David, Tina, Willie, and Baby Bump