Our day-old chicks are shipped to us from a hatchery located in Pennsylvania. Upon arrival, the chicks are immediately given food and water and warm up under the brooder to take a well-deserved nap after their long trip to our farm. Over the next two weeks, the brooder is slowly removed to “harden them off” and the transition to pasture occurs. Electric poultry netting allows the chickens to have free choice access to abundant pasture and insects, while keeping most chicken stealing varmints out. Although the impact on our pasture is greater free-ranging, the chickens thrive in their natural element, unlike “pastured chicken” where the animals spend their lives confined in outdoor pens or “chicken tractors,” our chickens have the freedom to roam.