our chickens behave

Like chickens, that is. There are five main behaviors that chickens engage in to stay as healthy as they can be, and we make sure they’ve got everything they need to do that.

Chicken life

PERCHING

Chickens love their downtime, and free-living hens will roost on perches all night long. Perching chickens have stronger bones, and a more robust immune system.

Dust chicken

DUST BATHING

There’s nothing as luxurious to a chicken as a dust bath. Flapping around in the dust helps chickens clean their feathers and rid themselves of parasites.

Chicken run

SCRATCHING

When you see a chicken scratching at the ground with her feet, you know you’re looking at a healthy bird. Chickens scratch the ground in a backwards motion to explore their surroundings. Scratching the ground also keeps their claws at a natural length.

Chicken

Pasturing

Pasturing has been a natural part of chicken life for thousands of years, and we’re not going to stop them now. Pasturing provides fresh air, vitamin D, and builds the immune system.

Two-chicken

SOCIALIZING

In the wild, there’s strength in numbers for a chicken, so they are inherently social animals. Socializing gives them others of their kind to count on and to mimic.

Happy Hens, Healthy Eggs

Free Range

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Pasture Raised


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