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Rosebank Farms' Mistrel Gris chickens
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Mistral Gris - made for pasturing
We are planning to produce two batches of Mistral Gris chickens this year. After trialling many batches of chickens with French genetics over the last 7 years, the Mistral Gris chicks that we bought from True North hatchery (www.truenorthfarm.ca) were the healthiest, tastiest birds AND had the nicest disposition of the ones that we have had on trial.
The reason that we have been trialling birds with French genetics is that the French poultry industry has been commercially raising birds on pasture since the 1960's and has developed a variety of commercially available genetic lineages suitable for outdoor production, with stronger legs, and healthier cardiovascular systems (less susceptible to heart attacks) than the North American white birds.
Disposition is important to us because flighty birds or overly docile birds present contrasting management problems. Flighty birds are prone to excessive stress which can be caused by a number of factors eg. someone entering the brooder too quickly, sneezing or coughing. This causes them to panic, crash around and injure themselves or each other. We are always trying hard to keep them happy and safe, avoiding any stress hormones such as adrenaline.
In contrast, overly docile birds (the white ones) are easy pickings either in their brooder pens or out on pasture because they are generally very intent on eating and are slow moving, making them easy targets for aerial predators including crows, hawks and owls.
If you bought Mistral's from us last year, please let us know if you liked them and would like to order more. If you didn't like them, we would very much like to know why! We can improve based on what we hear from our customers. We can't address problems that we don't know exist!
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A limited number of whole frozen turkeys and whole smoked turkeys (heat & eat) are available for Easter - please book as soon as possible. Last day for delivery/pick-up is March 26. We still have a good inventory of whole chickens in a variety of sizes from 4.5 - 7.5 lbs. and can make Vernon deliveries for orders received by March 25. Prices are on a per lb. basis and birds are available whole in sizes from 4–8 lbs.
We also sell chicken livers and hearts by request, cut-up chickens in batches of 5 birds or by the piece. Smoked chicken is available as whole birds or halves. Ground chicken and ground turkey is available in 1 lb. packages. Sicilian chicken sausages and Sicilian turkey sausages are available in packages of 4. Price List
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Fresh Chickens: Fresh whole chickens are available Wednesdays until the end of October.
Frozen Products: Frozen inventory of whole chickens, chicken pieces, sausages, ground and smoked chicken.
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Turkeys: We still have a few turkeys for Easter. Last day for delivery is March 26th.
We also sell chicken livers, hearts, necks and feet by request. Price List
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