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Let’s Get Fresh At Polecat
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9016 Lonnie Harris Road Oxford NC, 27565
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Poultry and Eggs
Whatever
your concerns are when it comes to buying chicken, turkey, and eggs our poultry
is far superior to conventional poultry and even most certified organic
poultry. Our birds and eggs are better
for you, better tasting, live happier lives, improve the environment, do not
encourage antibiotic resistant germs or parasites, and support the local
economy as well as family farms. This
all has to do with how we raise them.
You are welcome to come out and see it for yourself first hand. (Try asking Tyson or Purdue for a tour and
see how far you get. There is a
reason.) All of our poultry are raised
in portable pens outside in the fresh air and sunshine. These pens get moved once to three times a
day onto fresh grass depending on the size of the birds and weather. Our birds are protected from the weather and
predators (we tried a free range system at one point and lost over 45% of our
first batch of layers to a predator in one night) while still getting fresh air
and room to move. They also get to
express their instincts - they get to scratch and peck and act like
animals.
This
is how our system works. Our birds are moved into our mobile pens called “Chicken
Tractors” as soon as they are old enough to handle the temperature swings
outside. We do not cut off their beaks, clip their wings or physically modify
them in any way. The pens are moved
often enough that they have constant access to fresh grass and bugs, making up
twenty percent of their diet. It also
keeps them in a clean environment.
There is no fecal dust, the manure is put right on the ground where is
immediately available for the grass and you should see how the grass grows
after the chickens have been there. Our birds never receive any kind of
antibiotics, hormones or drugs of any kind.
Our birds are healthy and we don’t need those things to cover up a
flawed system.
The
best part is when you have poultry that is that healthy you can taste the
difference. This goes for eggs as well
as meat. It is a wonderful feeling to
know that you are doing something right for yourself, the animals, the
environment, and it tastes so much better to boot. What a win / win situation!
Another thing to consider about how we are doing things is that we deal directly with you, the customer. You can see what we do, every step of the way, there are no secrets. We are building relationships and trust between the consumer and the producer. We truly care about what we are doing and how we raise our animals.