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NVPG offers two types of Pastured Chickens: the standard Cornish Cross or the Label Rouge method broiler.
Dressed weight is between 4 and 6 pounds (the average is around 5 pounds) and will include the neck and giblets.
Cornish Cross = $3.25 per pound.
Label Rouge = $3.75 per pound.
Please select which type of bird you would prefer when you order.
Pick-up locations:
- Notting Hill (Label Rouge ) – Front Royal
- Second Wind (Label Rouge) – Sperryville
- Beatrix Farm (Cornish Cross) – White Post
The process is simple:
- Tell us who you are (we will never sell your contact information).
- Select how many fresh chickens you would like over the summer.
- Select when during the summer you will pick them up.
- NVPG will collect a deposit of $2 per bird.
- NVPG will notify you via email of the pick-up date 2 weeks in advance.
- NVPG will notify you of the location in Front Royal where to get them.
- The balance will be collected according to weight at pick-up.
- Enjoy!
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Cornish Cross
The Cornish Cross is the standard meat production bird; it boasts excellent growth rates and an efficient conversion of feed to lower costs.
Raised on Pasture in specially designed “Chicken Tractors” these birds provide a healthy, cost-effective alternative to industrial chickens.
The Cornish Cross is also bred to provide the most breast meat of any bird – so if that is the favorite part of your meal… these are the birds for you!
Beatrix Farm provides these stellar birds for your enjoyment.
“Label Rouge”
method Pastured Chickens
Label Rouge is the Traditional Artisan label for France
established in 1965 as a direct response to the industrialization of poultry
farming. The standard has the following requirements:
Breed
- Hardy breeds, selected for the quality of their meat and their
slow growth (golden or black feathers).
- NVPG
uses Red Rangers, bred from birds imported from Brittany and Burgundy.
Farming methods
- As soon as their feathers are fully developed, the fowl are let outside
and allowed to roam free on large grassy and/or shady areas comprising:
- Unlimited range for traditional chicken reared “in
total freedom”.
- NVPG birds are in open coops with 100% Free access to
pasture and woods… they are not caged in any way.
Feed
- Their feed must contain at least 75% cereals and cereal products
during the fattening period.
- NVPG uses Certified Organic grains (No
Soy).
Age
- Label Rouge traditional chickens are not slaughtered until they
reach an age ranging between 81 and 110 days - this is at least twice as old as a standard chicken.
- NVPG will begin processing at 81 days.
Since the birds are slower
growing and bred to forage actively, they yield a particularly rich and
flavorful product, but they require additional feed, longer
growing times and increased pasture management (owing to their 100% open
ranging and higher predator losses).
NVPG Guild farms Notting Hill
and Second Wind currently offer this traditional approach, we invite you to
taste the difference.
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