Free Range Herb Fed Chicken - Herb Fed Poultry

Herb Fed Poultry

GBP Monday through Friday ££ Shires Farm, York Road Easingwold, North Yorkshire YO61 3EH 01347 823 155 info@herbfed.co.uk

01347 823 155

Multi-Award winning poultry
Unique fresh herb diet
As seen on the BBC
4.9/5* reviews

Our Chicken

Our four-week-old birds arrive in small flocks - when feathered and able to venture outdoors they follow their instinct to roam and forage freely in fifty acres of Yorkshire countryside.

The Birds

Our commitment to both time-honoured and regenerative farming makes for a pleasant environment allowing them to grow, nice and slowly.

We take a considered approach to farming and demonstrate this through housing our birds in smaller flocks reducing pressure on the land.

The meadows are sensitively mown leaving patches unmown, to house beehives encouraging the grown of wildflower and clover, helping to reduce our carbon footprint.

The birds grow and live off the land - bathing in dust,grazing the land and soaking up the sunshine (or rain) - allowing for the highest possible welfare standards and making for a bird with a distinctive depth of flavour and a beautiful texture.

The Herbs

We collect our bundles of ten or so seasonal varieties of herbs twice weekly from Edward's aunt and cousins farm in the nearby village of Sand Hutton.

This is a unique and sustainable approach as the herbs are waste product and can range from chillis, to salad and herbs. We choose this distinctive feeding method not just for the additional nutritional value it offers, but also to encourage and stimulate our birds environment as they enjoy pecking through the different herbs.

Alongside their herb diet the birds also received a balanced and additive-free cereal, sourced from a local mill. the combination of this, the herbs and the fruits of the land (grass and insects) makes for happy and healthy poultry.

The Taste

Whilst our birds don't actually taste of herbs, we believe that their unmatched herb-based diet enhances the natural flavour of the meat and adds an extra dimension to the taste; this coupled with the highest possible animal welfare standards, results in a flavour that is hard to beat.

This hasn't gone unnoticed as our distinctive birds now boast their very own hall of fame, ten awards and counting!

The Farm to Fork Journey

We are proud to take our birds from just 4-week-old chicks to award winning birds of outstanding quality and it is through our firm commitment to traceable and traditional farming this is achieved. Once at the farm, we place our small flocks of birds in mobile arcs, bedding them up by hand with fresh straw. Our chickens are a Ross breed - known for their excellent body confirmation and plump breasts. From there, our birds are grow slowly to reach maturity naturally thereby allowing them time to develop the texture of the meat and depth of flavour.

Herb Fed Poultry are advocates of excellent animal husbandry resulting in happy and healthy birds. This combined with a unique and nutritious diet and the right to follow their natural instincts to roam – dust bathing, grazing and foraging all day - makes this possible. We don’t administer antibiotics as a pre-emptive or routine flock management practice as some producers do. The only instance where antibiotics would be given is when veterinary intervention is specifically required for the welfare of the bird.

Our birds are sent to the abattoir at 8-9 weeks of age (compared with their supermarket counterparts who are on the shelf within 4 weeks of hatching), our chickens are allowed to reach maturity, naturally, making for a better taste and texture. All of our birds are sent to a local abattoir, before returning to our SALSA and FSA approved processing unit, to be hand finished and packed by our skilled team of butchers.

Whilst we have grown in size over the years, our commitment to hand rearing our small flock of birds in the same way remains, allowing the very best care and attention to their welfare. By maintaining the highest possible animal welfare standards and enhancing their diet with a variety of fresh herbs, our birds have a flavour that is difficult to beat.

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