Every chicken starts on the farm.
Learn how it ends up on your dinner table.
1. Breeding.
Chicken companies purchase day-old female breeder chicks, called “Pullets.” At 20 weeks old, they join fellow breeder hens and roosters on the farm to produce fertilized eggs (not table eggs).
2. Hatching.
Eggs are collected and delivered to hatcheries where they are incubated and hatched into broiler chickens that are raised for meat. Providing a great start in those first days are crucial to ensure they have the best finish when they reach your kitchen tables.
3. Growing Freely.
The chicks are moved to local farms where they live in grow out poultry houses equipped with advanced ventilation and heating systems and are able to freely roam and eat and drink in comfort, under the care of farm manager and our highly qualified veterinarians. Just like any other animal, chickens’ dietary needs change as they grow. Working with expert poultry nutritionists, we specially blend feed that changes with the chickens as they grow, ensuring they’re getting the proper mix of nutrients for each stage of their life.
4. Processing.
When the chickens grow to the ideal weight to be sold for meat (usually 4-5 weeks), trained workers arrive to catch – by hand – all chickens scheduled for processing, which will then head off to the processing plant. At the plant, they are processed quickly and humanely, and then thoroughly washed and cleaned, chilled, and inspected by the NMIS.
5. Packaging and Delivery.
Our in house distribution system keep the chicken chilled during transit from processing plant to market, to make sure the meat you purchase arrives safely. Quality takes time so to give you freshest chicken we consolidate orders for processing and delivery based on location, making sure you always have the newest batch.