Availability:
In order to maintain the quality of poultry we believe in providing our customers, we must
remain a small operation. Consequently, availability fluctuates through out the year. All
live birds must be ordered in advance to ensure you get what you want. Spontaneous orders
will be accepted, but you must select from what is available at that time.
Eggs are generally available from the spring through the fall. Young
birds are generally only available through early summer. Full grown adult birds are
generally available in the late summer and early fall. Chickens are available most times
of the year, but the largest selection is during the summer.
Butchered, processed poultry for the table:
Please see our Co-op
page for information on prices for processed birds.
Pick-up and delivery:
All our live birds, butchered birds and eggs can be picked up at our ranch, or the
purchaser must make delivery arrangements. We will deliver within reasonable driving
distance from our ranch. Please contact us for
information concerning delivery of purchases or directions to our location.
Shipping philosophy:
Shipping day old birds requires having a minimum number of birds in each shipping carton
in order to have enough body mass to keep the young birds warm. We are a small operation
and do not have a large enough breeding stock to have enough chicks hatch out together to
obtain the minimum quantities required for shipping. Consequently, we DO NOT SHIP live
young birds.
Adult birds are feathered out and so don't have heat problems, but the cost involved in
shipping are prohibitive. Consequently, we DO NOT SHIP live adult birds.
Butchered birds must be remain completely frozen until they reach their final destination.
This requires packaging to keep the meat insolated during shipment and priority shipping.
We don't do this, but please visit Eastern
Plains Natural Foods for information on the shipping of processed poultry direct to
your location.
[ back to main poultry page]