Whole Chicken (5-5.5lbs)

Pastured. Sustainable. Non-GMO Feed.

Each weighs approx. 5-5.5lbs

Our chickens are raised on pasture, free to roam during the day and roost in the evenings. In addition to foraging for grubs and insects, we feed our birds 100% non-GMO, non-medicated feed.

More about our chicken:

Artisanal: Normally to raise more than 300 chickens you need quota (the 'license' to farm chicken). Last year, Chicken Farmers of Ontario introduced a new program called the Artisanal Chicken Program so that farmers could raise up to 3,000 to a higher standard (ex. free-range & organic). We are proud to be one of the first farms in this program!!

Variety: White-rock chickens are known for their meat. We raised ours until they were nice and big (about 5lbs dressed)...these are the little immature chickens you see at the deli counter in the grocery store.

Feed: Raised on a diet of what they forage on pasture and non-genetically modified grains.

Environment: At 3-4 weeks, when they have their adult feathers, they move out of the brooder building and on to a grassy pasture that we've fenced in and covered with netting (to protect them from hawks). In Ontario, to call something free-range you would be allowed 54,500 birds per acre (give or take a thousand...but at that point, who is counting??). In Europe it's 400 birds per acre and in Australia it's 600. We were working with some existing pastures, and so ours are 650 this year.

Slaughter: We hand-catch every bird and bring them to a provincially inspected, family-owned and operated small processor in Omemee.

Cooling: Our birds are air-chilled. Chicken you buy in the grocery store has been water-chilled, soaking up an 'acceptable amount of water' in the process. Yes, we've all been buying chicken water. The only ingredient in our chicken is chicken.

Kendal Hills Game Farm is situated on 70 acres of rolling woodland in the ecologically sensitive Oak Ridges Moraine. Emily has called Kendal Hills home since she was a child and now she and Dave, as well as their two kids and her parents, are working with the land to farm pasture-raised fowl & other livestock and to cultivate and wild-harvest gourmet mushrooms. Emily & Dave are committed to the principles of regenerative agriculture.

Regenerative agriculture is a system of farming principles and practices that increases biodiversity, enriches soils, improves watersheds, and enhances ecosystem services. By capturing carbon in soil and aboveground biomass, regenerative agriculture aims to reverse global climate change. At the same time, it offers increased yields, resilience to climate instability, and higher health and vitality for farming communities. The system draws on decades of scientific and applied research by the global communities of organic farming, agroecology, holistic grazing, and agroforestry.

In addition to the farm, Emily works as an academic librarian and Dave draws upon his 15 years working on community food security and social innovation as Executive Director of the Rhizome Institute for the Future of Food, a national nonprofit dedicated to developing and testing new ideas that contribute to a regenerative food system.