Health Benefits of Pastured Chickens

Did you know that chickens raised on pasture are nutritionally superior to those raised in commercial factory settings? Pastured poultry are chickens (and other birds like ducks and geese) that are raised in bottomless cages on grass where they peck and scratch at the ground and hunt for bugs and seeds along with their grain. Their manure is spread over wide areas of pasture as they are moved. This is better for the birds and the soil.

Sometimes they are mistakenly called free range chickens. Free range chickens are still kept in confinement, they are just allowed to “free range”… Continue reading →