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(click pictures to view details and purchase)<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_shop type=”product_category” include_categories=”27″ columns_number=”1″ icon_hover_color=”rgba(175,195,130,0.57)” hover_overlay_color=”rgba(122,122,122,0.39)” hover_icon=”%%200%%” _builder_version=”4.4.1″ title_font=”Open Sans|700|||||||” title_font_size=”18px” price_font_size=”16px”][\/et_pb_shop][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.4.1″ custom_padding=”5%|10%|5%|10%|true|true”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.3″ custom_padding=”||4px|||” hover_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Chickens were not meant to be cooped up (oh, I made a pun…chicken coop).\u00a0 But really, a chicken should not spend its whole life in a building where it is never allowed to see the sun or breathe fresh air<\/span>.\u00a0 At Spring Creek Acres, we raise the same bird that you can buy at the supermarket – they have the characteristic double breast and pale skin.\u00a0 The difference – we get our birds outside as soon as they are feathered. They enjoy the fresh air, walking around, eating bugs, seeing the sun, and feeling the wind.\u00a0 You can taste the difference.<\/span><\/p>\n At Spring Creek Acres, we differentiate ourselves by only raising animals when they will be on GREEN pasture.\u00a0 Other growers may raise the animals year round. Here in North Idaho, the pasture is only green in the spring and early summer, so that’s when our chickens and turkeys are in the field.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n We process our own birds. The State of Idaho allows us to do this as long as we charge the same price alive or processed.\u00a0 You might wonder why we would go through this extra effort.\u00a0 We want to make sure that every step in this bird’s life is stress-free.\u00a0 Being moved to a processor\u00a0is a very stressful event for a bird, and the adrenaline permeates the meat and changes its flavor.<\/p>\n A mechanical processor\u00a0may also dip your inexpensive store-bought bird in bleach (more than once) to cover to mishandling of the animal.\u00a0 As a small batch processor, we take the time to ensure the process is clean and safe for you, the consumer.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.3″]<\/p>\n The chicken you buy at the store has never seen the light of day.\u00a0 It has lived in a large building where the lighting is timed to maximize food intake, the feed is medicated to overcome cramped and dirty living conditions, and the air is recirculated.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n We feel the bird, and you, deserve better treatment.\u00a0 Once your chicken is fully feathered (able to handle temperature changes) it goes outside and lives in a chicken tractor.\u00a0 The chicken tractor allows the birds to be safe from predators while still experiencing the sun, wind and rain.\u00a0 Not to mention the vitamins they get from eating grass and the unlucky bug.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/springcreekidaho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/0503191020a_HDR-Medium.jpg” _builder_version=”4.4.1″ width=”60%” module_alignment=”center”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.1″]<\/p>\n Chickens in a chicken tractor<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Poultry Products (click pictures to view details and purchase)Why is pasture raised poultry better? Chickens were not meant to be cooped up (oh, I made a pun…chicken coop).\u00a0 But really, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":229678,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/springcreekidaho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/229827"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/springcreekidaho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/springcreekidaho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/springcreekidaho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/springcreekidaho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229827"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/springcreekidaho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/229827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":230894,"href":"https:\/\/springcreekidaho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/229827\/revisions\/230894"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/springcreekidaho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/229678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/springcreekidaho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Why is pasture raised poultry better?<\/h2>\n
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Humane Treatment<\/h2>\n