Rainbow Meadow Farms

About Our Animals:Chicken◊Turkeys◊Laying Hens◊Lamb◊Pork◊Beef◊Rabbits Chicken:We raise two breeds of broilers for meat, the Contentnea Red and the Cornish Cross. The heritage bloodlines that went into the creation of the Contentnea Red makes it an ideal �rotisserie� bird. The Contentnea Red bird serves equally as well for frying or barbeque. The breast size of the Cornish Cross makes it the ideal choice for individual cuts. The method of production that we use produces chicken with a firmer texture while maintaining an incredible tenderness and without the fat found in most chicken. The superior taste of Rainbow Meadow Farms Chicken comes from the diet of the chickens which consists of approximately 30% grass/herbs and insects. Once the chickens are feathered out, they are moved into pasture where they rotate paddocks after the sheep and cattle have grazed. We not only offer whole birds and cuts, but Gourmet Chicken Sausages and Ground Chicken as well. The USDA doesn�t allow the use of synthetic hormones in poultry, so you will not find any in what we produce. We mix probiotics, herbs and natural plant extracts into our feeds to aid in the immune system development of our poultry so that we do not have to use pharmaceuticals. Turkeys:We raise both Mammoth Bronzeturkeys as well as heritage breeds such as Blue Slateand Bourbon Red. Our turkeys are raised following the same production and health protocol as our broilers. We produce both whole birds (seasonally) as well as Ground Turkey and Sage Turkey Sausage. Laying Hens:We have a laying flock of 900 hens spread out over the different farms. The breeds consist of Production Reds,Dominque,Americaunaand Barred Rocks. The laying hens move throughout the pastures on our 3 farms, consuming a diet rich in plants and bugs and supplemented with grains and oyster shell for calcium. Some of the hens use portable sheds or eggmobiles to roost in at night. Some of those hens come inside at night to roost in our Raken (Rabbit/Hen house) where they help to create compost from the rich rabbit manure. Lamb:A mild, tender and delicate flavor is the hallmark of Rainbow Meadow Farms Dorper Lamb. We chose the Dorper breed as it is especially well suited to the pasture-based rotational system of sustainable farming employed by Rainbow Meadow Farms. The delicate flavor of our lamb is embued with subtle variations based upon the seasonality of the grasses, legumes and wild herbs in our pastures. All the lambs are born and raised right here on our farm from a flock that we have spent the last 14 years developing through importations of the best genetics that we could find from around the world. We have selected our breeding stock for their hardy foraging ability, maternal characteristics and the ability to provide a year-round supply of lamb. Once processed, the carcasses are dry-aged for one week before being processed into labeled kitchen-ready cuts, vacuum-sealed and frozen. We also offer value-added products such as our Gourmet Lamb Sausages. Pork:Rainbow Meadow Farms Berkshire Porkcan be described in two words, "lush and incredible". It was our desire to produce pork that tasted the way pork used to taste. No more "hard as a brick" pork chops. We knew that producing tender pork would require different genetics than the lines commercially available. It would require genetics from pigs maintained on pasture for generations. It would require genetic lines that produced a pork product richer and deeper in color with good marbling. Pork is NOT "The Other White Meat". Berkshire pork is known throughout the world for exceptional juiciness, flavor and tenderness. Thus, Berkshire-sired pork was the obvious choice for our farm. We maintain a farrow/finish operation wi