Fresh Free Range Chicken, County Down

Fresh Free Range Chicken, County Down

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Reared in small groups of no more than 200 on a simple grain diet, free from all artificial additives. Grown to maturity for a full, rich flavour. Hung for 10 days to develop tenderness and a full, old fashioned depth of flavour.
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These free range chickens are reared in small outdoor flocks in County Down enjoying access to 160 acres of lush pasture. They are proper free range chickens - kept in a flock of about 200 birds on pasture - compare this to the 5000 bird flock size which is normal for supermarket organic chickens. These chickens are slowly reared and kept for 16 weeks (compare this to the six week life of an average supermarket bird). The chickens are locked in at night in wooden houses to protect them from foxes. Foliage accounts for a large part of their diet with the rest made up of pellets, corn and wheat grown on the farm, intensifying the flavour of the meat. They are given no routine drugs or antibiotics. After killing they are dry plucked and hung for five days to develop their flavour.