Four Maples Farm provides organically raised pastured poultry in Medina, Ohio. We operate in conjunction with Schmidt Family Farms who provide local honey, certified organic eggs, and certified organic vegetables. Chickens are raised on certified organic pasture, and fed certified organic feed (No GMOs). Our 2011 organic certification through the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA) has been submitted, and we are awaiting inspection.

All of our chickens are raised on a constantly rotated pasture to promote the health of the animals and the soil. We use the "day-range" method which means that the chickens are safe in a coop during the night and free to roam their ample paddock space during the day. Constant access to fresh grass gives the birds a taste that's beyond compare. The chickens are processed on-farm, humanely, and without the unnecessary use of chemicals.

Friday, March 11, 2011

Spring is in the air!

I was just over at the farm earlier this week, and I snapped a couple of shots of the pasture that I will be raising the chickens on this year.  It's nice to see things thawing out, and I can already picture how beautiful things are going to look in just a couple of weeks when things start to blossom.  I got a picture of the new laying hens too. The light colored ones are golden comets.  They lay the brown eggs.  And if you spot the couple of darker ones, those are the araucana.  They lay green eggs.  I will be getting the first batch of meat birds on April 5th,  and I have set the first processing day for May 28th.  Just in time for a memorial day BBQ!  There is a link to this year's order form on the right hand side of the blog.
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