Pastured Chicken

Pastured Chicken

Let's get this straight from the get go. No one, here are anywhere else, has real 100% grass-fed chicken meat birds. If anyone claims their meat bird chickens are "grass-fed" they are not being upfront. At best, they can claim their chickens are "pastured." Pastured means raised on grass but supplemented with grain-based feeds. "Grass-fed" would mean chickens on pasture being fed nothing.

Even though they are supplemented, pastured chickens are still in a league all their own. "Free Range" birds are raised in huge chicken houses with doors that allow access to small outside pens that are nothing but dirt. All of the food and water is inside the building just like Tyson birds. Therefore "Free Range" birds are fed grain, lots of grain and virtually nothing but grain. Therefore in terms of nutrition, they are no different than any other bird sold in the super market.

The same can be said for organic chickens. Chickens that are not pastured but fed organic feeds are nutritionally exactly the same as mass produced Tyson chickens. Grain's nutritional drawbacks are identical whether the grain is organic, GMO, natural, whole grain, or milled. For more on that see The Atomic Bomb of the American Food System.

On the other hand, when we say "Pastured Poultry" or "Pastured Chickens" the birds were literally put on grass where they ate grass and bugs that ate grass. Either the birds are kept in very large, grass-covered paddocks where they roam at will, or they are in small pens and the pens are moved on a daily basis to fresh grass. Pastured birds will have grazed grass and eaten bugs (bugs that eat grass) while still being supplemented with grain. They are not 100% grass-fed, but they are nutritionally far better than any other poultry classification.

Product	Price/Lbs	Apx. Wgt. Lbs./Pack	Status
Pastured Whole Chicken Fryers	$4.18	3.75 - 4.0	In
Pastured Whole Chicken Roasters	$3.98	4.0 - 5.5	In
Pastured Cutup Fryers	$5.08	3.8 - 4.1	In
Boneless/Skinless Breasts	$11.98	0.8 - 1.1	In
Boneless Thighs	$7.98	1.3 - 1.4	In
Leg Quarters (Drums with Thighs)	$4.98	2.1 - 2.3	In
Drum Sticks	$4.58	2.5 - 3.0	In
Wings, Apx 24 wings per pack	$3.38	2.1 - 2.3	In
Ground Chicken	$7.78	1.0	In
Country Style Breakfast Sausage*	$7.78	1.0	In
Italian Sausage**	$7.78	1.0	In
Chicken Soup Bones	$0.98	3.0	In
Chicken Livers	$3.88	1.1 - 1.25	In

Fryers are younger birds weighing 3.75 to 4 pounds or so. They can be cooked in any fashion. Roasters are about 4.5 to 7 pounds and they should be roasted in a covered pan so they get more tender or they can be cooked in a pot.

* Sausage Ingredients: Pastured Chicken, Sea Salt, Sage, Thyme, White Pepper, Cayenne Pepper, Nutmeg, Ginger, and Red Pepper flakes. Contains no MSG, Nitrates, Artificial Colorings or Flavorings, or Artificial Preservatives. Minimally processed, no artificial ingredients.

** Sausage Ingredients: Pastured Chicken, Sea Salt, Fennel, Parsley, Black Pepper, Garlic Powder, Basel, Oregano, Marjoram, Rosemary, Red Pepper Flakes, and Cayenne Pepper. Contains no MSG, Nitrates, Artificial Colorings or Flavorings, or Artificial Preservatives. Minimally processed, no artificial ingredients.