Sappington Farmers’ Market — Pastured Poultry
The fresh natural, no hormone, no antibiotic — free range chickens are here. The whole chickens are frozen and are $4.59 per pound. They are available in our meat department. Ask for Colleen or James.
Missouri Raised Heritage Breed Chickens
In Phelps County, MO., Cord Jenkins and his wife Dana raise Colored Broilers, a heritage breed chicken on their grass-based farm. Cord and Dana are both teachers, with a strong commitment to sustainability. They raise their chickens completely naturally, using predator netting over open pasture. The chickens range free under the netting, supplementing their natural grain diet with juicy grasshoppers and other bugs for added protein.
Cord and his friend Tom Strain teach at Rolla Technical Institute. They also devote time to working on sustainable FFA projects with local high school students.
The fresh natural, no hormone, no antibiotic—free range chickens are here. The whole chickens are frozen and are $4.59 per pound. They are available in our meat department. Ask for Colleen or James. The chickens won’t last long!
Chickens are processed young, so these whole chickens can be stewed, baked, cut in half and broiled, or cut up and used in any recipe.
About the Breed
The Colored Range chicks are hatched in the heart of the Pennsylvania Dutch Country. The breeding stock is imported from the regions of Burgundy and Brittany (France). The genetic stock is derived from the American and European old heritage breed of chicken and was developed to meet the highest standards of the French Label Rouge Free Range Program. Currently, the Colored Range genetic stock is used by most non-factory farm production models (alternative) all across Europe and also by small pastured poultry producers in search of a traditionally raised farm chicken-just like Grandma used to raise-healthy and with a succulent flavor and texture.
Colored Range Broilers are a slower growing breed, and are naturally better suited to the higher welfare and all true natural rearing systems. Natural instinct and behavior is preserved in the selection and growing methods of the Colored Range breeding stock. It goes without saying that the birds love foraging in pastures, free ranging outside, enjoying natural sunlight and fresh air, as well as ground scratching and dust bathing.
