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Richardson Farms prides itself in producing PASTURED poultry (broiler chickens, eggs, and turkeys)!!!
All of our chickens are "Pastured", meaning, they are out on the grass/fields and are able to scratch the earth and eat as many bugs and/or grass that they can find!
NO hormones or Antibiotics are given to our poultry!
Pastured chickens (both broilers and layers) provides a much more superior flavor than mass-produced chickens (see graphic below regarding egg quality)!
EGG PRODUCTION
Here are a few pictures of our laying hens. Our current flock of has approximately 300 Production Reds and Barred Rock laying hens (and a few roosters).
This "Egg Mobile" (middle and right pictures) is a mobile egg laying coop!
It houses tons of nesting boxes for the layers and is moved to a new area every week to allow the layers fresh grass to eat and scratch in and more bugs to devour!
Here is a load of Richardson Farms eggs!
Ever wonder what the difference between Pastured Eggs and Factory Eggs are? Check out the following graphic for some amazing information!
BROILER CHICKENS
Here are a few pictures of our broiler chickens.
These chickens are approximately 2 weeks old! When they first arrive at Richardson Farms they are kept in our barn on a "brooder table" until they are old enough to be moved out to pasture!
These "Chicken Tractors" are a new design developed this year (2009). Each mobile "tractor" contains 90 broiler chickens and they are moved each day to fresh grass!
By moving them daily it: 1) provides fresh grass and bugs for the chickens to eat, and 2) helps spread out the chicken litter to naturally fertilize our pastures!
You can't beat chicken litter as a natural fertilizer!!
Nothing is more important to Richardson Farms than happy and healthy animals!!
