OUR HENS:

 

• Are stocked LESS THAN 1,500 hens per hectare

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• Have daily access to clean freshwater and certified organic land which is free from synthetic fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides, and GMOs.

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• Are NOT given hormones or antibiotics.

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• Are fed supplemental organic feed, sourced from Australian Certified Organic Growers.

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• Have access to forested areas in which to freely roam and forage for live insects; an important aspect of protein supplementation.

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• Are free to climb trees, attempt flying, take dust baths, and scratch two steps forward and one step backward!

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• Are housed by night and sheltered by day in our specially built mobile chicken arks. The doors open and close by sunrise and sunset for their comfort and protection.

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• Are moved approximately regularly, depending on foraging conditions, to ensure a fresh supply of protein: grubs, white ants, worms and millipedes!

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• Are protected from predators by our Maremma guardian livestock dogs. 

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• Are NOT debeaked, NOT feather-clipped, or physically altered in any way!

AT TOFFC, WE ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE FOLLOWING LABELS:

 

Organic (not certified),

Certified free-range

and Free-range

 

BECAUSE...

 

• They can and do stock hens greater than 1,500 hens per hectare (some up to 10,000 hens per hectare.

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• They are NOT held accountable to use Certified Organic feed that excludes synthetic fertilisers, herbicides, pesticides, and GMOs.

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• They are NOT held accountable to use Certified Organic land free of the above chemicals

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• They are ALLOWED to use hormones and antibiotics!