How we raise our poultry.
Date: July 20, 2019
Re: Pasture Raised Poultry and Egg Claims
To whom it may concern:
Please find below our justification for using the terms, “Humane Raised and Handled,” “Pasture-Raised Poultry,” “Pasture-Raised Chicken,” and “Pasture-Raised Eggs.”
Our non-broiler birds (laying hens and roosters) are allowed free access to our pasture during daylight hours every day. They are confined to a fixed housing unit(s) at night and during times of very inclement weather, but never for more than two weeks per year.
Our broiler population, after a brooding period of two to three weeks, are placed into mobile ‘chicken tractors’ on our pasture.
The population within an individual tractor is dependent on the age of the bird and the overall square footage of the tractor.
We currently have two sizes of tractors:
6’ x 10’ – 60 square feet
13’ x 10’ – 130 square feet
By the end of the raising cycle, each bird is allowed approximately 1.5 – 2 square feet per day per bird.
The chicken tractors are moved to a fresh area of the pasture daily.
No area of pasture is used more than twice per year with at least 90 days between ‘passes.’
Our pasture-raised broiler season is approximately April to October each year, depending on weather conditions.
We do not raise, slaughter, process, or package any non-Pasture-Raised Poultry products.
All slaughtering of our poultry is done humanely and at a state inspected and approved small-batch processing plant in Lawrence County.
Sincerely,
Jana Lynn Bricker Paul H. Bricker
Farmer/Owner Farmer/Own