PASTURE GRAZED CHICKEN EGGS
- $6.50/ dozen Fresh and nutritious Schedule “A” UNGRADED EGGS
- Available fresh at our Vendor booth at the New Glasgow Farmers’ Market only on every second Saturday
- At Farmstead by appointment… just call ahead to make sure we are home * not refrigerated available on request
- Non-GMO / non-medicated pelleted feed 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 * only our chicken manure compost (not for sale!)
- Safely pastured in solar-powered electric fencing and guarded by our Great Pyrenees / Maremma dog
- Hens are outside ranging every day which makes the egg yolks a deep orange colour!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastured_poultry
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/pastured-vs-omega-3-vs-conventional-eggs
CFNS Certified FREE RANGE CHICKEN
- Chicken Farmers of NS (CFNS) ‘Specialty Licensed – Free Range’ chicken producer since 2016
- RESERVE ORDERS NOW for fresh and customer freezer supply in September
- ‘Meat King’ variety production beginning in 2021…price/lb for 2023 dependant on increasing feed prices
- Traditionally growing the ‘Nova Free Ranger’ variety… bred in N.S. for free-ranging capability and exceptional flavour (NOTE***the breeding stock of this variety was sold to Ontario by the retiring developer in 2019 and is no longer available locally)
- Non-GMO / non-medicated pelleted feed 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 frozen by request
- Also available frozen at the New Glasgow Farmers’ Market only on every second Saturday…check the Market page listings for schedule https://ngfarmmarket.com/