Our laying hens are raised entirely on pasture. Here, the hens forage for bugs, grass, clover, and anything else they can lay a beak on. They are fed a non-GMO layer feed, which is fermented. We use apple cider vinegar, whey, or even pear juice or another fermented juice in their feed. We believe, and some research suggests, that fermented feed may increase egg production, and may also save in feed costs (though we have not determined that definitively in our case).

Our Cornish Cross meat birds are raised exclusively on pasture. Our birds are moved in their mobile hoop house – the hoop house is moved 1-2 times a day within a larger day range paddock enclosed in 100’ long Premier 1 electric netting. The paddock is moved every few days to a week or so, the older and larger the birds get, the more mess they make and the more often they need to be moved. They get constant access to grass and bugs and fresh air during the day, and stay inside the hoop house safe from predators at night with the double protection offered by the electric netting and the tractor.

As is the case with many of our farm products, our homemade soap sprang from a desire to use clean, natural ingredients to boost our own health, and control the content of what we put on our skin. We wanted a chemical-free option for the bar soaps in the shower, and the liquid soap at the sink.