https://www.yellowdooracres.ca/blog daily 0.75 2023-08-29 https://www.yellowdooracres.ca/blog/restocked-with-the-summers-harvest monthly 0.5 2023-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/163610a4-f6f7-4937-8b7b-ecccb92d7da9/fresh+chickens.jpg Blog - Restocked with the summer’s harvest! - Welp, it’s been another busy summer… This year we increased production slightly, which meant a few new builds and, of course, more birds. With the season winding down and the thick of it behind us, I’m grateful for full freezers and quality chickens. A huge thanks to everyone on our waitlist who placed orders and has picked up chickens already this summer! If you haven’t yet, we’re restocked with the summer’s harvest and our prices are the same this year, at $5/lb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/c27b0bb8-0553-4674-87cd-cbf27a8f3a67/brooder.jpg Blog - Restocked with the summer’s harvest! - New builds The builds this summer included a new brooder and a new chicken tractor. For the brooder, we followed the same old tried and true model that’s proven successful for us the last few years. Building a brooder isn’t rocket science, but there are a few critical pieces to have in order: heat, shelter, space, bedding and access to food and water. Our brooder seems to tick all those boxes nicely, with multiple heat sources, a full enclosure, just enough space for the chicks to roam without getting too carried away and enough fresh bedding, food and water to keep them happy as they grow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/0cd26314-525f-4291-b562-ce28c7f52108/chickday+in+brooder+2.jpg Blog - Restocked with the summer’s harvest! - And, new chicks Our last flock of broiler chicks for the year arrived earlier this month and are also off to a strong start. They’re feathering up nicely in the brooder and are almost ready to go out on pasture. More fresh chickens will be ready for pick-up the weekend of September 30! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/526b681b-094f-452c-a763-cae41769960a/chicken+tractors.jpg Blog - Restocked with the summer’s harvest! After last year’s success with the Salatin style chicken tractor, we’re keeping to that model and expanded the fleet with another of the same. This summer also saw its fair share of weird weather—lots of rain, moisture, stormy winds and even some hail. At twice the size and at a lower, more substantial profile, the Salatin tractor continues to weather it all and seems a better fit for our farm. All that to say, I’m still happy with the upgrades and can rest a little easier this year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/0f03a5b9-84f9-4ded-8f90-2084881e8bab/kuma+2.jpg Blog - Restocked with the summer’s harvest! - A new farmhand This season we also got a new farmhand: Kuma. We picked up this mixed Great Pyr Pup from Whitby Animal Services back in January and could ask for a better dog. He’s really taken to the farm, always wanting to be outside and up for choring. His guard dog instincts are already starting to show, as he patrols areas of the farm keeping an eye on us and the livestock. He’s the supervisor we didn’t know we needed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/adca90e7-5f3e-4e74-9bdc-f36a6c8cb27a/chickshaw.jpg Blog - Restocked with the summer’s harvest! In other building news… we’ve also got more eggs on the way! Last year we got a lot of requests for eggs and we’ve listened. Following the same kind of principles as our meat birds, maximizing time on grass and fresh air, I’ve finished building a fully mobile layer coop that will let me move our layers as needed onto fresh grass while meeting all their other needs—more to come on that soon in another blog. With that, we’ve just welcomed more layers onto the farm and they’ve been enjoying their new home so far, but I’d imagine they’re still another week or two from full egg production. https://www.yellowdooracres.ca/blog/merry-christmas monthly 0.5 2022-12-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/abfdf692-f89c-4b62-a910-d9f24bf7f3e9/Yellow+Door+Acres_Ryan+%26+Jaimie.jpg Blog - Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! - That’s a wrap. With the farming season at a close and winter in full swing, we’re all hunkered down for the holidays. Feeling all kinds of grateful this holiday season. Our whole chickens are all sold out and we just got approved for 2023. Can’t thank y’all enough for the support! Winter prep will pick-up soon and we’re looking forward to catching up with all of you in the new year. Till then, wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the farm! PS-There are some half chickens left if anyone’s still trying to fill their freezer. https://www.yellowdooracres.ca/blog/chicken-tractors-20 monthly 0.5 2022-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/45570397-4833-4a3d-a8e5-6d720aa8cbf8/salatin+tractor_4.jpg Blog - Chicken Tractors 2.0 - How big are we talking? Before getting into pastured farming I’d recommend not only doing your research, but also considering exactly how far you plan to take it. If you’re raising small flocks to feed you and yours, as I did starting out, then a smaller chicken tractor is all you need. But, if you have the itch and think there’s potential you might go the extra mile towards selling, then I recommend starting with a more scalable model early. After some time of family-friendly flocking, I stubbornly stuck with the Suscovich because I was already invested in it. I had five Suscovich tractors built and ready to go when I decided to get my licence and scale up, and I was not about to spend more money and time rebuilding other tractors—of course with my luck, mother nature had other plans and forced my hand nevertheless. If you’re looking to scale up, the Salatin has way more bang for its buck. Again it can hold twice as many birds as the Suscovich, roughly 75 birds to the Suscovich’s 30 birds per tractor. At first blush and a very small scale that doesn’t seem like much, but if you’re scaling up the difference matters quickly, both in time and money. It could potentially be the difference between doing just a few thousand birds and tens of thousands of birds with roughly the same amount of effort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/59f62dd8-80d0-4527-8038-9b3e576b4f16/salatin+tractor_3.jpg Blog - Chicken Tractors 2.0 - Durability and protection It’s unfair to judge a structure, let alone a small structure like a chicken tractor, against an anomalous storm like a generational derecho that hits roughly once every 50 years, but by all measures the Salatin is more durable than the Suscovich. For one it has a lower profile and as a result fights less drag. For another, instead of a tarp (ahem, a sail), the Salatin features a metal roof. Now Salatin rightly recommends aluminum for the top due to its lightweight, but if you’ve been metal shopping recently you know how hard/costly it is to get your hands on aluminum sheets these days and I’m happy to say that light gauge galvanized steel will get the job done just fine. I do sleep more peacefully with a low, metal top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/a668947e-634d-4507-b119-bd338b023338/salatin+tractor_2.jpg Blog - Chicken Tractors 2.0 - The bigger the better At 120 square feet, the Salatin is twice the size of the Suscovich, meaning you can fit twice as many birds in the tractor. This is important for a couple of reasons: the more obvious being it means more space for the birds and the second reason is its scalability (more on this shortly). It’s also important to keep in mind it’s not only about the birds, regenerative agriculture is also about the land—leaving the soil better than you found it. With larger land coverage, the Salatin tractor lets you spread all of that good nitrogen-filled chicken manure further across your field. If you’ve got acres to cover, this is of huge benefit to your soil. To give a sense of its size, here’s its 10’x12’ frame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/b4f8f6c8-8d44-4b16-9a15-154ae0069194/salatin_dolly.jpg Blog - Chicken Tractors 2.0 - Movement and convenience Unlike the Suscovich or other smaller chicken tractors, you ain’t pulling this bad boy on your own. You’ll need some other tool to move the chicken tractor, whether that be a dolly or a sled. If you know your way around a welder a little bit and want to take the more effective method, tack yourself up a custom dolly like you see here. There are a variety of ways of making the dolly, but I’d recommend going at least no less than 4’ wide to stabilize the weight/width of the tractor and as roughly as tall as your shoulder-height for leverage. Slide that dolly underneath the backside of the tractor and lay it flat to break the tractor’s contact with the ground, while giving it wheels, and pull it from the front side with some rope or tensile wire you’ve strung up. You’ll be surprised how easily it moves. If you don’t have the resources or can’t weld a custom dolly, an alternative is to create a wooden or plastic sled that slides under the back that you can then drag from the front. The key to moving these tractors is to break contact with the ground and reduce friction, but wheels work best. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/eed7600c-f753-4c58-9b87-ad1aaf612f22/salatin+tractor_5.jpg Blog - Chicken Tractors 2.0 - You’re gonna have to bend Now speaking as someone that’s 6.1’, the 5.5’ tall Suscovich Tractor felt better in theory than it did in reality, especially with the arched top that gets as low as 3’ at some ends. To me, the Salatin actually is much more comfortable to move around. Once you pop the lid off it you can walk around freely to attend to the chickens as you need, albeit while bending over—but dealing with small birds you’re fooling yourself if you think you’re not bending over at some point. In my experience, for someone of my size, the Suscovich was actually more annoying and painful to move in, constantly having to crunch over with my back getting caught up or cut on the chicken wire that was strung across the top of the roof. Pick your fit depending on your size, but if you’re raising chickens you’re going to have to bend over continuously either way, don’t kid yourself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/7855e331-7e0e-490a-8445-f3efca74add8/salatin+tractor_1.jpg Blog - Chicken Tractors 2.0 - We’ve got a full pasture. In hindsight, losing everything during the derecho at the end of May was a blessing. A clean slate. The chicken tractors I had originally were a great place to start, but if you’ve been following along you’ll know I’ve always had my eye on another style too: the Joel Salatin Chicken Tractor. Considered one of the forefathers of pastured poultry and the grass farming movement, Joel is likely a familiar name for some of you and his method is tried and true. While I never doubted the effectiveness of his methods, there were a few things that appealed to me more about the Suscovich Tractor, mainly its smaller footprint for accommodating smaller flocks and its greater height for accommodating people. Admittedly, the appeal of its height was selfish—the birds couldn’t care less the Suscovich Tractor stands at 5.5’ (if chickens could ever grow that tall we’d have much bigger problems on our hands)—but I liked the idea of being able to walk right into the tractor. I’ve realized at the end of the day though, it all depends on your farming style and your goals. Both are effective chicken tractors, depending on what you want to do. The Salatin tractor has started to win me over after a month of running it though, and here’s why… Do what works best for you and your farm. https://www.yellowdooracres.ca/blog/getting-back-on-track monthly 0.5 2022-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/285b4d40-7423-4749-acda-204e0351e76a/yda_thumbnail_blog+6.jpg Blog - Getting back on track. First and foremost, I can’t thank everyone enough for the support throughout June and for buying up all the chickens! Currently we’re sold out of whole chickens, but I do still have some half chickens available if anyone’s interested. Fresh stock is coming the end of August. It was a real pleasure catching up with many of you this past month and even meeting a bunch of new faces. Seriously, thank you! https://www.yellowdooracres.ca/blog/goodbye-chicken-tractors monthly 0.5 2022-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/e7c4c387-d2fa-4149-a7f1-90332187a11e/art+installation.jpg Blog - Goodbye chicken tractors. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/1654658143348-UU5LYOXYFTUTGMADAFB5/whole+chicken.JPG Blog - Goodbye chicken tractors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/1654658147553-WEEZGBWPY69OZZ9IB165/half+chicken.JPG Blog - Goodbye chicken tractors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/e12fd821-da43-46a4-8ca3-1b7d4ebe15f3/back+in+the+barn.jpg Blog - Goodbye chicken tractors. My parents and I crated up the chickens and brought them back into the barn, just in time for supper. The chickens would spend their last week in the second best option to the pasture, inside the barn with fresh bedding, eating quality non-gmo feed, grass, and vegetable scraps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/9bf1d92f-00ba-4fe5-ba3d-64a45c9632ee/goodbye+chicken+tractors.jpg Blog - Goodbye chicken tractors. - Things took a turn for the worse. What was shaping up to be a great chicken season went sideways real quick during the storm on May 21. After spending the Saturday morning working in the barn and prepping for the second flock, I got the Emergency Storm Alert and headed inside for what I figured would be a quick and much needed rain delay. Sadly, I was wrong and the delay would turn out to be a lot longer than expected. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/1654657561275-S8QWHUC7YTZWQA9SBC4O/goodbye+chicken+tractor_1.jpg Blog - Goodbye chicken tractors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/1654657561157-5P4CW4678A96IADRO6FM/goodbye+chicken+tractor_2.jpg Blog - Goodbye chicken tractors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/1654657573653-UGQ39QBNY7LYDIP5OUDS/goodbye+chicken+tractor_3.jpg Blog - Goodbye chicken tractors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/1654657572639-AAOSXDHQQOIF7D7DU9KB/goodbye+chicken+tractor_4.jpg Blog - Goodbye chicken tractors. https://www.yellowdooracres.ca/blog/lets-talk-chicken-coops monthly 0.5 2022-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/d4fc8662-a1bb-4abb-b59f-f137f26fcc93/yda_chicken+tracter_1.jpg Blog - Let’s talk chicken tractors. - The Base: The tractor features a base of pressure-treated wood that’s 10 feet long and 6 feet wide, for an overall footprint of 60 square feet. That allows for up to 30 chickens in each tractor with 2 square feet per chicken, providing more than the recommended floor space per bird. They have no floor and sit directly on grass, so the chickens can forage, scratch, and eat grass 24/7. Half-lap joints are added to the frame for added stability and strength, as well as gusset angle plates in the corners. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/fbf851a6-7501-4777-87da-f94f744f2d77/yda_chicken+tractor_2.jpg Blog - Let’s talk chicken tractors. - The Top: Attached to the sides are four EMT conduits bent at 45 degree angles to create an A-frame. A fifth EMT conduit is then attached along the top of the A-frame for added stability. The coop is roughly 5.5’ tall and features a door at the front, so you might need to duck your head a little bit but otherwise can walk right into it comfortably. The entire coop is covered in wire mesh. The sides of the wood base are two feet tall and are covered with quarter-inch hardware cloth, as well as the door. The A-frame EMT conduit is then covered with chicken wire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/69e1498c-f762-44fd-9254-9435613000e8/yda_chicken+tracter_3.jpg Blog - Let’s talk chicken tractors. - The finishing touches: To protect the chickens from the rain, a heavy duty UV resistant tarp is then draped over the tractor from side-to-side. The front and back of the tractor is not covered, to allow for ventilation and sunlight. At the back of the tractor are two carriage bolts so wheels can be attached and at the front is a rope that can be used to lift and pull the tractor to a fresh patch of grass when the wheels are on. For further protection against predators, I also leave a 1 foot quarter inch hardware cloth skirt along all the sides of the coop that can be secured to the ground once it’s moved to help prevent anything from burrowing or trying to reach in through the bottom of the tractor. The tractor features a hanging waterer and feeding tray. The waterer is made out of a 5-gallon BPA-free food grade bucket with chicken water nipples. The feeder is a 5 foot tray made out of cut PVC pipe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/cbbe1ff6-5a31-4923-a303-355dc2b497bb/yda_suscovich+chicken+tractor_1.jpg Blog - Let’s talk chicken tractors. Let me start by saying I did not come up with the design of the chicken tractors I use. That credit goes to John Suscovich over at Farm Marketing Solutions. There are a variety of chicken tractors out there and the Suscovich Chicken Tractor wasn’t the first one I planned on going with—years back I originally had my eye on the also popular Joel Salatin style Chicken Tractor—but after many a late night weighing the pros and cons of all the tractors out there I eventually landed on the Suscovich. Depending on the scale of your chicken farming the Salatin or other style of tractors may make more sense for you, but the Suscovich tractor suits me well. The thing I like most is that I can actually walk into the tractor to feed, water, and check the birds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/39543023-e3de-442b-9dcc-0bf91891c749/coops+on+pasture.jpg Blog - Let’s talk chicken tractors. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.yellowdooracres.ca/blog/gotta-love-chick-week monthly 0.5 2022-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/7829ee43-73e2-4afd-aeca-bbef26a3154c/chick+4.jpg Blog - Gotta love chick week. The chick phase never lasts long, a week in and they’re already starting to molt and feather up. As crazy as chick week can be, you do really need to enjoy it while it lasts. They don’t stay chicks for long and very quickly lose their cuteness. White Rock broilers have been bred for decades to do one thing: grow, and they’re damn good at it. Make no wonder in just 8 weeks they reach full maturity. After just a week puberty is already hitting these chicks like a brick wall and they’re entering their awkward teenage years, their fluffy complexion and down replaced with tiny feathers starting to sprout up all over their bodies. Like teenagers they’re also starting to come into their own, more and more their personalities starting to come through. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/08618bb4-5e1c-447f-8a98-c7074aa09ce1/chick+1.jpg Blog - Gotta love chick week. - Well, this week was a rodeo. The first week of raising chickens is always the craziest, they’re at their most vulnerable and need the most attention. Heat and maintaining brooder temperature is key, as chicks can’t thermoregulate until several days after they’re born. You can catch your breathe and start to relax a little after the first week or so, but until then being mother hen is nonstop. Thermoregulation is a process mammals have to maintain body temperature—when your internal temperature changes, sensors in your Central Nervous System (CNS) send signals to organs and systems in your body. Chicks do not have the ability to thermoregulate until they’re about 4-6 days old. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/f3dea78a-d4b8-42d5-b8c6-87e7002f2945/chicks+3.jpg Blog - Gotta love chick week. In came the rodeo—the inclement weather this April did not do us any favours. We got off to a great start, couldn’t have asked for better weather on chick day, but all that sunshine was quickly replaced with cold, wet, and even snow in the days that followed. That meant even more regular chick checks to make sure everyone was comfortable and warm. Our brooders are inside of an old barn, which does offer great shelter, space, lighting, and ventilation for our chicks, but this time of year it can tend to be cold. Fortunately, the extra insulation we added to the brooder walls this winter in anticipation of a cold spring and the multiple heat sources between our lamps and heat plates did the trick. Despite the cold wind and snow outside, our chicks had warm bedding and each other to huddle up in under the heat plates. https://www.yellowdooracres.ca/blog/were-ready-to-be-mother-hen monthly 0.5 2022-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/21fc6cd2-1602-49bb-bc43-ebcf705560c7/brooder+2021.jpg Blog - Ready to be mother hen. - Our Brooder. Last year at Yellow Door Acres, we built a large brooder inside of our barn with two heat lamps, two heat plates, a wire mesh lid, and several feeders and waterers to give our chicks all the essentials they need for a happy and healthy start. Following last year’s success, we’ve built a second brooder of a similar style to accommodate even more chicks this year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/701a9bd8-b164-487a-a9a2-1b36ca21a309/brooder+2.jpg Blog - Ready to be mother hen. - Finishing touches. The brooders are built, but we’re still not quite ready yet. With the recent cooler temperatures, we’re adding insulation to the walls of the brooders to help keep all the heat in and any drafts out. The barn and brooders are also getting a thorough cleaning before the chicks arrive, to clear out all of the dust, disinfect everything, and get set-up to maintain biosecurity. https://www.yellowdooracres.ca/blog/whyyellowdooracres monthly 0.5 2022-03-29 https://www.yellowdooracres.ca/home daily 1.0 2023-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/5e734bc7-f89d-42f9-b929-53a8411d7a08/mid-size+chickens+on+grass+4.jpg Home - Chicken raised right. We offer a more nutrient dense and flavourful meat by raising happy, healthy birds on grass, free of GMOs and chemicals. Chicken, the way nature intended. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/7db44862-534d-44dd-9575-a5a51e00f8d0/profile+photo.jpg Home - No nonsense food. Taking a regenerative approach to farming and agriculture on Scugog Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/7b1d6572-14a5-4ec0-afa2-277302b261e2/AdobeStock_339203678.jpeg Home - Guess what? Check out our blog and subscribe for regular updates. https://www.yellowdooracres.ca/about daily 0.75 2024-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/7cec4adb-7104-40ed-96b9-8d6e4a01454a/Logo_Yellow+Door+Acres_February+2022_final-01.png About - Honest farming. Honest food. Here on Scugog Island, our family takes a small-scale regenerative approach to farming to leave the land better than we found it and bring you food you can actually feel good about. We respect and work with the environment to let plants and animals do what comes naturally. Nothing artificial, nothing shortcut. Currently we’re raising chickens on grass with non-GMO grains for a better tasting and better quality meat. With our artisanal chicken farming practices, taste and see the difference. Join us on our regenerative journey. We keep an open door policy, focused on transparency and building relationships with our customers. Get in touch and follow along as Yellow Door Acres grows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/9deefba7-0b35-4b8c-8379-0f2b7644d88b/photo_cowieson+family+farm.jpg About - The family farm. Together, my parents Bob and Barb Cowieson, my brother Scott and I (Ryan), have spent the last 10 years bringing new life to an old traditional farm that was on the brink of being condemned. After living and working in Toronto most of their adult lives, my parents returned to country life and retired to their dream on Scugog Island. My father, born and raised in Port Perry, spends his days tending to our horses and farming our fields. My mother, from the coast of Cape Breton, is our lighthouse in the storm keeping everything and everyone in line. After undoing years of neglect, our small family farm is finally seeing the benefits of our labour and is here to stay with a more sustainable future for generations to come. To complement the farm, I’ve expanded with pastured poultry and a spin-off business—Yellow Door Acres. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/fd1c94c6-1a27-4397-9095-eaaee49ab569/yellow+door+acres_ryan.jpg About - The chicken tender. In 2019, I quit my corporate job in Toronto and moved into the old farmhouse we’d fixed up and renovated next door. While working in Communications in Toronto for 10 years, I spent most weekends helping around the farm and learning all I could to eventually start my own small farming business. Prepping in 2020 and launching Yellow Door Acres in 2021, I received a licence from Chicken Farmers of Ontario through their Artisanal Chicken Program in 2022 and expanded my production. Nowadays, while continuing work in Communications and Marketing in Caledon, I busy myself tending to and chasing around chickens on grass, offering my local community a high quality meat. It’s chicken today, but my ambitions for tomorrow are much greater. No matter what though, one thing will always remain constant: small-scale, ethically raised and sustainable food the farmer and customer can feel good about. https://www.yellowdooracres.ca/shop daily 0.75 2023-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/2a175b9c-74f9-4aba-88b5-df10149b37f6/Half+Chicken.JPG Shop Open - Half Chicken $5/lb + $0.75 processing fee Half chickens range from 2 to 3 lbs Average weight: 2.5 lbs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/2f7474e5-acff-4b0d-a0bc-467ddb4e7385/chickens+in+coop.jpg Shop Open - Why pasture raised? Pasturing improves the welfare of farm animals, yielding meat that’s tastier and more nutritious. Our chicken graze outdoors in fresh air 24/7, eating grass, plants, and bugs in an environment natural to them. The result is happier, healthier birds and a better meat for you. Pastured poultry has lower calories and total fat, a higher level of vitamins and antioxidants, and a healthier balance of omega-3 and omega-6 fats. Buying pastured meat helps safeguard your health, improves animal welfare, and protects the environment. Not to mention, the added flavour helps you shine in the kitchen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6191b91a29278b09c3c62396/103cefeb-3067-437d-b731-36d7e307a8c1/DC154ED7-AFA8-41D9-98AE-2807252B9285.JPG Shop Open - Chicken Necks $5/dozen. 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