If you're looking for an affordable way to savor delicious and healthy meals, our whole chicken is just what you need! Purchasing a whole chicken not only saves you money compared to buying separate pieces, but it also allows you to experiment with a variety of flavors in your culinary creations.
Our pasture-raised whole chickens are ideal for roasting, grilling, or frying, with weights typically ranging from 4 to 6 pounds. We raise two breeds: Cornish Cross and Kosher King broilers. For those who love to cook the chicken whole, try using a tasty dry rub or a brine before placing it on a rotisserie for an incredibly flavorful dish.
✔️ Halal Zabiha: Not Stunned Horizontally Hand Slaughtered. ✔️ Regenerative: Free Range on pasture for 8-13 weeks. ✔️ Non-GMO USDA Certified Organic all-vegetarian feed from our local supplier. ✔️ Humanely Raised & Processed. ✔️ Raised without Antibiotics, Hormones, or Steroids *. ✔️ Processed without Additives or Preservatives, and vacuum-sealed in small batches ✔️ Has NO water or brine added... Just chicken!
How Do We Rise Our Meat Broilers?
We follow Joel Salatin's model for raising meat broilers which are specifically bred to have a high meat yield and grow at a faster rate compared to chickens raised for egg-laying purposes. To begin the process, we acquire chicks from an independent hatchery and provide them with a warm and protected environment in a brooder.
After 3 weeks, we transition them to pasture, where they are housed in portable shelters measuring 12 ft. X 10 ft. X 2 ft built following Joel Salatin's design. We move these shelters daily to fresh grass for the broilers to eat. Each shelter accommodates around 75 birds, allowing each bird to enjoy an average of 60 square feet of pasture over the course of 5-6 weeks for the Cornish Cross broilers, ad 10-11 weeks for the kosher king ones. While the chickens primarily consume 10-15 percent of their diet in forages, the green leaves they consume play a vital role in promoting their overall health and providing essential nutrients such as Omega 3 fatty acids.
Depending on their growth, we process these broilers at 8-13 weeks depending on the breed. It is important to note that these birds are fed a non-GMO ration sourced from a local Georgia feed mill, ensuring that they do not ingest any fecal particulate like factory-raised birds. Additionally, they benefit from fresh air, natural sunlight, and are kept in small groups to minimize stress.
Our broilers are seasonal. Our production season start in March and ends in October. To ensure a year-round supply, we rely on freezers to store the processed broilers. This seasonal approach is designed to accommodate the chickens during their most comfortable growing period, as they are not well-suited for very cold conditions.
In terms of availability, the growing season for broilers spans from March to November. To cater to the winter months, Halal-N-Tayyib stockpiles an adequate supply of broilers to last through March. This ensures that we can meet the demand for our products even during the colder months when the growing season is not feasible.
