2011 Chicken Deliveries
Description: Organically raised, on pasture, these chickens are
raised without the routine antibiotics which are ingested with every bit of
food or water consumed by a typical conventionally raised chicken. They aren’t rushed to slaughter, but allowed
to mature to a reasonable weight—about 6 pounds. These are what used to be called “roasters”. You’ll find that you get far more meat per
pound than you are used to getting because it’s not all skin and bones. They are great roasted whole—stuffed if you
like—it’s like a mini-turkey but doesn’t take so long to cook.
How they are packed: They are
vacuum sealed and frozen whole. If you
want to cut them up into smaller pieces, you’ll have to unthaw yourself and
repackage.
Delivery: Birds are delivered in large picnic coolers while
still frozen. This ensures that there
is no danger of them not being cold enough for safety. There will be one or two
shopping bags tagged with your name.
Each bird is marked with a price.
Delivery Schedule: Chicken delivery will begin the second week of
July. Here’s the complete schedule: 7/5-8, 8/2-5, 9/6-9/9, 10/4-10/7, 11/8-11/11
Payment: Payments go directly to the grower,
Steve Misera. To reduce the number
of checks, and to keep ahead of the curve, he would like you to send an estimated
payment for 3 months of chickens by June 15.
Then a check for the remaining 2 months by September
1. Birds are estimated be about
6# each, thus we’ll figure $20 per bird.
He’ll send either a refund or a bill after the end of the season for the
discrepancies. Thus if you ordered 1
chickens per month, you’d send $60 by June 15 and another $40 by September 1.
If the total for the chickens was $105.50 for the 12 birds, you’d get a bill
for another $5.50 in early December.
Send
payments to Steve Misera, 135
