PGCF Free Range Chickens, Poultry

We raise chickens for eggs, meat, and a few ornamentals. All of our chickens have plenty of space to grow and live and we do not give them any hormones. We also have ducks and a few turkeys and plans to raise quail in the future.

Eggs-
Our egg birds range from a variety of different plymouth rocks, rhode island reds, americanas, etc. We collect various tints of brown, green, and white eggs. The chickens get to free range during the day and are also provided feed and scratch. Eggs are hand picked, hand cleaned, fresh eggs. (There's a huge difference between these and store bought). We have a handful of local, regular customers.

Meat-
We are working on developing our own strain of meat bird which includes input primarily from the cornish and rock breads. Modern meat chickens have been bred to grow huge and fast. Of course this is good for the commercial industry getting quick, tender meat. We want to go backwards a little bit for a few reasons. These birds grow so fast, so big, and are so domesticated that they can suffer a higher probability of health problems. They can have leg problems, they are less sanitary & often scrape their breast on the ground, and they can even die of heart attack! These birds also don't forage very well, they lay few eggs (which is not good for breading purposes), and they are not as resistant to our central Texas heat. Our goal is to find some middle ground by creating a good, meaty bird that still reserves it's natural abilities to propagate and live a healthy life.