01/08/2026
FREE RANGE CHICKENS: A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT 🐔
One of the most common questions I get is:
“Are your chickens free range?”
And I have to physically stop myself from launching into a full-blown TED Talk every single time.
Here’s the behind-the-scenes truth no one sees:
Free-range chickens are not living their best, majestic pioneer lives.
They have the survival skills of a pebble. A confident pebble—but a pebble nonetheless.
Everything wants to eat them.
Hawks. Dogs. Coyotes. Snakes. Raccoons. Possums. The occasional chicken with bad intentions.
And did you know a single laying hen costs around $60 nowadays?
So when someone says they want Henrietta roaming the pasture, laying eggs directly out of a pile of cow turds for the authentic farm experience… what they’re really asking is for me to keep buying replacement chickens.
Honestly, I should charge three times more for free-range eggs than coop-kept eggs—hazard pay included.
So yes, our chickens are well cared for, protected, fed quality feed, and allowed to do chicken things without immediately volunteering as a snack.
Farm fresh doesn’t mean farm foolish.
And trust me—your eggs still taste amazing. 🥚😅
