PASTURE-GRAZED CHICKEN EGGS

  • THE HEN COOP IS NOW CLOSED – after suffering losses to a predator from the sky in Spring 2025, the remaining four hens were given away. Not sure if we will ever keep chickens again, but check back here for any updates in the future. 
  • Fresh and nutritious Schedule “A” UNGRADED EGGS
  • Available fresh at our Vendor booth at the New Glasgow Farmers’ Market only on the last Saturday each month, and Old School Markets every Friday – July through September.
  • At Farmstead gate by appointment… just call ahead to make sure we are home
  • Not refrigerated eggs are available at the farm gate only on the customer’s request
  • Non-GMO / non-medicated pellets (milled in N.S.) supplement to whole grains & natural pasture grazing
  • Re-establishing old fields with nutritional perennial crops and using rotational grazing methods
  • Deep bedding method of locally sourced straw and wood shavings provides nutrient-rich mulch and compost
  • No synthetic pesticides or fertilizers are applied to our fields or gardens * we use only our own flocks manure and compost (nope…not for sale!)
  • Safely pastured in wire and electric fencing and guarded by Rocky the Rooster and our Great Pyrenees / Maremma mix dog, Caspar
  • Outside ranging every day which helps to make the yolks a beautiful deep orange colour!

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastured_poultry

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/pastured-vs-omega-3-vs-conventional-eggs

FREE RANGE MEAT KINGS

UPDATE: Commercial meat production ended in 2023

 

  • Chicken Farmers of NS (CFNS) ‘Specialty Licensed – Free Range’ chicken meat producer since 2016
  • RESERVE ORDERS early for fresh and customer freezer supply available in the fall. We have very limited freezer space.
  • Traditionally growing the ‘Nova Free Ranger’ variety… bred in N.S. for free-ranging capability and exceptional flavour (NOTE***in 2019, the breeding stock of this variety was sold to Ontario by the retiring developer, and chicks are no longer available locally)
  • ‘Meat King’ variety production began in 2021
  • No-GMO / non-medicated pellets (milled in N.S.) supplement to whole grains and natural pasture grazing
  • Provincially inspected processing and shrink wrap packaged at abattoir plant #9
  • Pick up fresh at our Farmstead gate on the day of approved processing or held frozen by request
  • Update: ALL SOLD!