Pastured Eggs

Our laying hens are a mix of about 6 different varieties, but all typically produce a large or extra large egg. We presently have a flock of about 1000 layers and will soon be introducing 350 new chicks that should be ready to start laying in early November 2026.

The layers are allowed to roam within an electrified poultry net (about 1/2 acre) and graze on grass, bugs, worms, etc.  Their portable coop “The Chicken Palace” and their electrified fence is moved approximately twice per week to make sure there is plenty of fresh clean forage to eat and so that their manure and urine is not concentrated in one area of the pasture for soil health.  These same pasture areas are also rotationally grazed by our sheep & our cattle. The layers are also given garden and kitchen scraps and have access to the same feed that the broilers eat which comes from a local Arklatex Feed mill.  The hens “go to roost” each night beneath the open air roof of the Chicken Palace with no physical confinement other than the electric netting. Being a laying hen on our farm is a pretty good gig.

If you ever had a bad day and it seems like nothing is going right, isn’t it nice when your dog greets you at the door when you come home? Our chickens are the same way. When they see us coming with food or especially a treat of kitchen or garden scraps, they’ll see us coming from a 1/4 mile away and they get so excited they can hardly stand it. Simple pleasures!