Chicken feet - pastured chickens moved daily on fresh pasture
Longview Farm pastured chicken. Non-GMO feed, moved daily to fresh pasture, none of that grocery store taste. Our hens spend most of the year in “chicken tractors” - bottomless pens that are moved once a day to fresh pasture, where they can hunt and peck for fresh insects and grass and worms. Even small snakes should beware as chickens are eager carnivores. Our hens eat a non-GMO corn / soy feed mixed with Fertrell’s natural vitamin mineral supplement. The chickens on pasture also have a role to play - fertilizing the fields and eating the parasites in the cow patties. They are not free range because there are red tail hawks, bald eagles, foxes and raccoons who would enjoy a chicken dinner. In the winter, when the weather freezes the water pipes, we move the chickens up near the house to a straw bale house with a sunny southern exposure, translucent roof and a large outdoor pen.
