Rosebank Farms on Our Okanagan:

We have been raising chickens outdoors on pasture since 1993.  We start with day old unvaccinated chicks and raise them inside a brooder for the first 3 weeks.  We buy a custom mixed certified organic poultry feed of wheat, peas, soy, corn and trace elements.  We add a probiotic, and skim milk powder to their feed and apple cider vinegar  to their water while they are in the brooder.  In early spring, we supplement this with sprouted grains and oilseeds as well as insects and worms to acclimatise them to the food outside.  This mix keeps them active, curious and interested and makes their transition to foraging outside much smoother.  Once the weather is warm in late spring, baby chicks will go outside at only a few days old and readily adapt to foraging on the mix of grains, grasses, vegetables and oilseeds that we grow for them.

We use a mobile slaughter facility that comes to our farm, eliminating transportation stress.  In fact, we are so dedicated to avoid subjecting our birds to stress that we place them carefully in crates while they are sleeping the night before slaughter.   This greatly reduces the injury rate and is the most humane way we have found.

We feel good about the way we raise our birds.  We strive for constant improvement in our management practises attuned to respect and consideration for our farm’s ecological balance.  We think that the care and attention that we take results in a tender and flavourful, dense meat product that you can feel good about eating.

We raise a limited number of birds per year and give first priority to our longest standing customers.  Prices are on a per lb. basis and birds are available whole in sizes from 4–8 lbs., depending on time of year or in batches of 5 birds, cut up and the pieces individually frozen.   If you would like to be on our customer list, please contact us by telephone or email.  If you would like a tour at anytime, please phone ahead for an appointment.

Chicken Availability for 2012                         Turkey Availability for 2012

Week of May 14                                      Week before Thanksgiving

Week of June 11

Week of July 16

Week of August 20

Week of September 17

Week of October 22

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