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The Delaware Chicken is a dual purpose chicken that produces good meat and eggs.  In 1940, George Ellis originally produced this chicken calling it the Indian River Chicken.  This almost entirely white bird was once one of the most popular broiler chickens in its area.  Starting in the late 1950's, the Cornish Rock cross came to dominate the industry.  Delaware Chickens are noted for their rapid growth and fast feathering of the chicks.  The birds are calm, friendly and fast growing. Cocks grow to 8 pounds and hen to 6 po

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KG Acres Farm and Featherwerks (Lebanon, IN)   LocalHarvest Sponsor!
Available now: free-range heritage chickens, fed only organic, non-GMO feed processed 2/3/13. Limited quantities! We are a small farm specializing in the earth-friendly, small-scale production of culinary and medicinal herbs, produce (especially exotic and Heirloom varieties), honey, and free-range/pastured organic heritage poultry and poultry products. We tend to focus more on quality and diversity of product, rather than on intensive production of common varieties. (more...)
Just~Laid Eggs! (Sturgeon Bay, WI)
We are a small, organic heritage poultry operation, providing organic, free~range, pastured eggs. We are also an NWF Certified Wildlife Habitat and practice predator conservation. Please call for egg pick-up or to arrange for weekly delivery in the Southern Door area while the hens are in lay. Started heritage birds, chicks and organic, heritage breed meat birds coming soon! (more...)
JWMcDaniel Farm (Carmine, TX)
We produce heritage breed Delaware chickens. Our pastured poultry produce large eggs. Our birds live in the great outdoors without growth hormones or medicated feeds. Although we primarily sell eggs for hatching we always have plenty to go around. We currently have: Chickens: Delawares Hogs: American Guinea Hogs Honey: We also have a hive of honey bees. We plan on splitting the original hive into two hives this year as well as adding a new third hive. (more...)
Itzy Bitzy Farm (Halifax, MA)   LocalHarvest Sponsor!
Itzy Bitzy Farm is a Certified Naturally Grown, bountiful farm thriving on less than 1/4 of an acre. Our hope is to live as self sustaining as possible and share our experiences, successes, failures and knowledge with others who have a similar desire. To this end we offer our produce through a CSA program and also sell plants raised on our farm in our own greenhouse. We specialize in asparagus crowns and sell directly to home gardeners. We also have strawberry plants for sale. (more...)
IdleWild Farm (Bedford, VA)
Our family farm specializes in raising quality GMO-free meats, eggs and vegetables. We raise and breed Large Black, Berkshire, and Tamworth hogs on healthy pasture and mature oak forests. We rotate the hogs to different pastures where we grow feed crops such as rape, rye, and clover. IdleWild farm is also host to seasonal flocks of chickens. From March through November, we raise Freedom Ranger chickens for meat. These birds have access to fresh grass from 10 days old to processing. (more...)
Horton Hill Farm (Jefferson, NY)
Horton Hill Farm is a local family farm that raises delicious and healthy meats and eggs. We have selected heritage breed livestock for their superior quality and flavor. Stop by our farm for a selection of pastured raised chicken and Thanksgiving turkeys, free range eggs as well as USDA inspected heritage pork. Enjoy healthy and delicious food the way it was meant to be raised! (more...)

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