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By growing our 81 Day slow grown Fosse Chicken that little bit longet (two weeks longer than organic standards) there’s a definite link between the quality and length of life of the chickens and the resulting excellent quality of taste and succulence.
1. Happy birds
Kept in small flocks outside in the meadows promotes natural behaviours and enabling a little more individual attention. Our birds are not in fenced paddocks and can explore across 30 acres!
2. Total Freedom - Free range
Our chickens get more space and live 4 weeks longer than other free range & 2 weeks longer than organic chicken with pesticide free grassy pastures to graze, scratch out insects in the bottom of the hedge and take a bath.
3. Transparent “slow grown” farming
81 days slow grown is to maturity naturally to develop the birds flavoursome and textured meat. It’s delicious! We tell you exactly how many days we “slow grow” for, otherwise the term slow grown becomes marketing nonsense.
4. Well fed
You are what you eat and the same can be said for our birds, which eat sustainably sourced cereals and pulses free from routine antibiotics, any additives and growth hormones.
5. Preparation
All our birds are prepared with consideration and care in our small FSA processing plant & butchery allowing us to process 1.6kg birds and 3kg birds all at 81 days.
We pride ourselves on the welfare we deliver for our birds. The length of time we give our birds to reach maturity and develop flavour and the people we work with to achieve a delicious chicken that has a loyal following.
Created from a love of food, animals and farming, Our farm rears traditional free-range chicken for the table. We are using three strains of a french breed and growing them to a minimum of 81 days. By giving the bird some age (two weeks longer than Organic standards) we get darker, more textured meat with real flavour.
The chickens are reared underneath heat lamps from day one, at three weeks the birds are kept in mobile sheds with free-access to 30 acres of fields ranging on clover-rich pastures free from any pesticides pasture basking in the sun, shade in the hedgerows. Being slow-grown in small flocks means that our birds live their lives naturally and really do roam all over the fields, unlike mass production systems.
By growing our 81 Day slow grown Fosse Chicken that little bit longer(two weeks longer than organic standards) there’s a definite link between the quality and length of life of the chickens. This true slow growing of our birds is where we gain on flavour over other producers, the food costs are higher per bird but we feel that for the quality of bird you get its worth the extra time.
Our turkeys come as day olds from Farmgate Hatcheries and are the same chicks that go on to become Kelly Bronze birds. Like chickens they are reared under heat lamps until 4 weeks.
After which they are given a large grassy paddock to roam in, full of logs and pallets for them to perch on. They have a large straw bedded barn and we construct perches so they can roost as if in a tree. They are fed a TFF approved additive-free slow growing feed from a local mill and we supplement it with Oats from the farm next door. In total the birds take 6 months to reach maturity and develop the mature flavour we want our customers to enjoy. This length of time gives the bird that rich flavour and allows for marbelling of the meat and for them to put a nice fat layer down – no more dry turkey!
They are presented boxed with a pop up timer and recipe information for your celebration feast.
Fosse Meadows Ltd
Stud Farm
Station Road
North Kilworth, Lutterworth
Leicestershire
LE17 6JD
