Pastured Chickens--non-GMO, corn-free, soy-free

Pastured chickens are happy chickens!! They are healthier and nutritionally superior to the commercial organic ones typically found in the grocery store.

Through all the research we did on the best breed of meat bird, nothing beats the Cornish Cross hybrid.  This is the same chicken you buy at the grocery store, all neatly packaged for you.  These chicks are babied for their entire life.  They spend the first 2-3 weeks in a temperature-controlled brooder.  Once they have feathered out, they are moved to their roomy new home in a mobile chicken tractor.  Every day, they are moved to a fresh patch of grass.  They are given fresh water daily, and are fed a non-GMO, corn-free, soy-free, non-medicated feed from a local source, in Muenster, TX. 

Some of the benefits of consuming pastured chicken meat include:
Rich in Essential Fatty Acids (especially the skin, pastured poultry has more Omega-3's and vitamin D than commercial chicken).
Higher levels of vitamins E, C and beta-carotene.
Never given hormones, antibiotics or drugs.

You have to taste it to believe it. My mom makes the best fried chicken. As an adult, I have tried sooooo many times to recreate her recipe, never with any luck. I couldn't figure out what taste was missing, for the life of me. When we started raising our own chickens, one of the first things I did was fry some up. Y'all. I found the missing ingredient!!! It was CHICKEN!

To learn more about pastured vs organic vs other labels, check out this blog post here: http://bootsandroots.blog/?p=392