THE HUMBLE CHICKEN HAS BECOME AN INTENSIVE MEAT AND EGG PRODUCER IN OUR SOCIETY. SO MUCH SO THAT THEIR BASIC NEEDS ARE OFTEN NEGLECTED DUE TO ECONOMIC PRESSURES. AT STAG HILL FARM WE RECOGNIZE SUSTAINABLE AND ETHICAL PRODUCTION DEPENDS ON ANIMAL WELFARE. 

OUR MIXED FLOCK OF EASTER EGGERS, RHODE
ISLAND REDS, BARRED ROCKS, SUSSEX
AND GOLDEN COMET CHICKENS LIVE
IN MOBILE COOPS. EACH MORNING
WE ROLL THE COOP FORWARD ONTO
FRESH PASTURE, WHERE THE CHICKENS
ARE ABLE TO SCRATCH AND SEARCH FOR
LIVING FOODS OR STRETCH THEIR FEATHERS
OUT FOR A SUNBATH. WE FEED THEM ORGANIC
GRAIN AND LIVING FOODS IN ADDITION
TO FRESH WATER, APPLE CIDER
VINEGAR AND GARLIC.

WE HERBIFIED THE FLOCK FROM THE START - OREGANO AND MINT TEAS CAN BE HELPFUL TO PREVENT COCCIDIOSIS AND COOL THE BRIDS ON A HOT DAY. WE PUT ROSE PETALS, FRESH LAVENDAR, MINT AND YARROW IN THE NESTING BOXES FOR RESPIRATORY HEALTH AND AROMATHERAPY.