Pastured Poultry

[Hilly]

Are you sitting down?

Whole chicken oven ready

Whole chicken that's free range and ready to go straight into the oven for your Sunday roast. Buy now to experience unrivalled flavour and join the craft meat revolution.

ethicalbutcher.co.uk

London is a different country though, different planet really.

Apologies and compliments to the farmer! Top chicken.

Good I like to see food expensive , boils my pee cheap meat when an animal had to die then treat like cheap sh!t commodity so all good from me !

 

[Poorbuthappy]

Good I like to see food expensive , boils my pee cheap meat when an animal had to die then treat like cheap sh!t commodity so all good from me !

One of the guys from Ethical butcher says we shouldn't be asking why its so dear, rather, why is supermarket chicken so cheap?
Not wishing to cast aspersions on any producers, but cheap chicken is very much a commodity, and not a system I'd want to be part of, from a financial or ethical perspective.

 

[Hilly]

One of the guys from Ethical butcher says we shouldn't be asking why its so dear, rather, why is supermarket chicken so cheap?
Not wishing to cast aspersions on any producers, but cheap chicken is very much a commodity, and not a system I'd want to be part of, from a financial or ethical perspective.

I agree with your butcher ,

 

[Humble Village Farmer]

Are you sitting down?

Whole chicken oven ready

Whole chicken that's free range and ready to go straight into the oven for your Sunday roast. Buy now to experience unrivalled flavour and join the craft meat revolution.

ethicalbutcher.co.uk

London is a different country though, different planet really.

Apologies and compliments to the farmer! Top chicken.

It's only expensive because food has become so "cheap". In affordability terms, £20 for a chicken actually sounds fine. An hour's wages?

 

[hollister]

It's only expensive because food has become so "cheap". In affordability terms, £20 for a chicken actually sounds fine. An hour's wages?

For a multiple of meals too! But how many people on the street can cook a whole chicken and use the leftovers for multiple meals in the days following.

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

Are you sitting down?

Whole chicken oven ready

Whole chicken that's free range and ready to go straight into the oven for your Sunday roast. Buy now to experience unrivalled flavour and join the craft meat revolution.

ethicalbutcher.co.uk

London is a different country though, different planet really.

Apologies and compliments to the farmer! Top chicken.

Around £20 for a quality chicken seems ok to me.

We usually get 8 to 10 meal servings from one chicken that size.

 

[Chasingmytail]

I always boil up the bones and fat after. I made a brilliant glutenous stock full of flavour and minerals.

We raise about 100 organic in one go. My friend has the system with the boiler and the plucker he brings it up I set up tables and old curtains around on heras fencing. Water system. All calm, bless every chicken. I put the chicken in bins with ice until ready to gut and sort. stacked in slated boxes to dry. I bag and freeze. Having chicken here has been brilliant. Only downside is there is not portioned chicken its all whole so more time needs to be set aside to perhaps cut up in future. Blood collected in sawdust. He takes a lot of the offal for his dogs. I freeze a load of necks and livers. Jet wash the area down after. Do this over 2 days over 2 weeks.

 

[Humble Village Farmer]

For a multiple of meals too! But how many people on the street can cook a whole chicken and use the leftovers for multiple meals in the days following.

Can or can be bothered?

 

[beefandsleep]

Chicken always used to be an expensive meat before we learned to grow them in a factory. I’d love to see huge colony’s banned, hens aren’t supposed to live in huge flocks, 500 is more than enough. Then we would see a massive increase in small producers, new starters, poultry could become a great route for new starters in farming without having to borrow massive amounts of cash.
Smaller more local and resilient supply chains would develop. Basically we would have to rip the industry down to the ground and build it up again but the human and animal welfare gains would be worth it in my opinion.

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

I always boil up the bones and fat after. I made a brilliant glutenous stock full of flavour and minerals.

We raise about 100 organic in one go. My friend has the system with the boiler and the plucker he brings it up I set up tables and old curtains around on heras fencing. Water system. All calm, bless every chicken. I put the chicken in bins with ice until ready to gut and sort. stacked in slated boxes to dry. I bag and freeze. Having chicken here has been brilliant. Only downside is there is not portioned chicken its all whole so more time needs to be set aside to perhaps cut up in future. Blood collected in sawdust. He takes a lot of the offal for his dogs. I freeze a load of necks and livers. Jet wash the area down after. Do this over 2 days over 2 weeks.

Ideally we would be allowed to compost the offal and feathers for fertiliser value.....

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

Chicken always used to be an expensive meat before we learned to grow them in a factory. I’d love to see huge colony’s banned, hens aren’t supposed to live in huge flocks, 500 is more than enough. Then we would see a massive increase in small producers, new starters, poultry could become a great route for new starters in farming without having to borrow massive amounts of cash.
Smaller more local and resilient supply chains would develop. Basically we would have to rip the industry down to the ground and build it up again but the human and animal welfare gains would be worth it in my opinion.

When dad started in 1966 he spent his savings on 500 point-of-lay pullets to get quick income and sold the eggs at the door to passing trade.

Exactly the point you are making.

 

[onesiedale]

It's only expensive because food has become so "cheap". In affordability terms, £20 for a chicken actually sounds fine. An hour's wages?

Well, I've got one on the way, although I must admit some good old fashioned bartering made it taste great already -
fair swap, a chicken for ½ dozen packs of our grass-fed butter.

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

Well, I've got one on the way, although I must admit some good old fashioned bartering made it taste great already -
fair swap, a chicken for ½ dozen packs of our grass-fed butter.

I'm sure you'll both declare the transaction on your tax returns like the good citizens you are......

 

[onesiedale]

I'm sure you'll both declare the transaction on your tax returns like the good citizens you are......

This is where real value counts, not some made up currency printed on paper that's cheap as chips!
If the world truly valued things by what they are worth then there would be a lot less hunger and poverty about

 

[Woolless]

One of the guys from Ethical butcher says we shouldn't be asking why its so dear, rather, why is supermarket chicken so cheap?
Not wishing to cast aspersions on any producers, but cheap chicken is very much a commodity, and not a system I'd want to be part of, from a financial or ethical perspective.

I had an interview for a job as a specialist poultry production vet a couple of years ago. Concerns about the ethics of the whole mainstream poultry job was a significant factor in not taking things any further. Apparently a lot of the farmers are under significant pressure and sometimes vet visits were almost for a chat as much as anything else.

 

[Poorbuthappy]

I had an interview for a job as a specialist poultry production vet a couple of years ago. Concerns about the ethics of the whole mainstream poultry job was a significant factor in not taking things any further. Apparently a lot of the farmers are under significant pressure and sometimes vet visits were almost for a chat as much as anything else.

PMs and health planning is about exciting as it gets for poultry vets i understand?
Good pay though.

 

[Woolless]

PMs and health planning is about exciting as it gets for poultry vets i understand?
Good pay though.

That part was fine by me. No egg-bound hens to go out and see at 3am!

 

[Jonny B88]

For a multiple of meals too! But how many people on the street can cook a whole chicken and use the leftovers for multiple meals in the days following.

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For a multiple of meals too! But how many people on the street can cook a whole chicken and use the leftovers for multiple meals in the days following.

this is pretty well the problem with our society currently. People need educated on things like this.

 

[futurefarming]

We're thinking of starting a pastured broiler enterprise, similar to Salatin-style, and I'm looking for supplier recommendations near Gloucestershire. Anyone have any leads? Preferably able to supply birds ready to go on pasture, as we'd rather not do the brooder bit if we can avoid it. Thanks in advance!

 

[Poorbuthappy]

Resurrected thread alert, but don't let anyone tell you chickens won't graze much.