Yorkshire Pasture Poultry

Join me this weekend for a talk I’ll be leading at the harvest festival…

Pasture Raised Chicken: A Journey From Farm to Fork. Detailing every stage of the process, what it’s like running a small farming enterprise and the successes and challenges it comes with. There will also be time for questions at the end.

Saturday 31st August 12pm at

Read my latest blog post ‘My Woeful Experience with Poultry Slaughter’ which is a follow on from my last post about the troubles with off farm slaughter and how the system isn’t set up for small regenerative farmers.

The full story is now out and I’m sure it will be an interesting read for both customers and fellow farmers that have similar experiences.

https://www.yorkshirepasturepoultry.co.uk/post/my-woeful-experience-with-poultry-slaughter

My Woeful Experience with Poultry Slaughter If you've heard that the UK has a serious lack of slaughter facilities you heard right, in 2022 there were only 161 red meat slaughterhouses and only 50 for poultry. Not all of these however cater to small livestock keepers such as myself. Before I started rearing chickens for meat I spent a good fe...

Real talk. The system is f***ed. I’ve had birds condemned at slaughter twice in a row, thrown away, lives wasted. A different vet might attend slaughter each time. Some won’t even be in the room, others will condemn a whole batch of birds because just one has a fault.

I did manage to get some birds back, half of them with the skin ripped open and damaged from being inspected. I pride myself on having happy birds, they are higher welfare than any industrially reared chicken out there by miles but the powers that be are against new ways of rearing. More unique farming techniques, because they fear the unknown. According to their rules thousands of birds reared in a barn crammed together, with no space to range or no pasture to peck around on is the right way to rear meat.

We’ve all seen the horrific pictures of industrial chicken farming, some of the worst welfare standards in the industry.

Little farmers like me can’t take on the powers that be. They are too big and hold too much power. All I can do is keep doing what I do and stand together with my fellow pasture raised farmers and hope for a slow change in the future.

Heat stress for chickens is no joke, especially chickens raised for meat. Did you know that chickens can’t sweat? To cool down they pant and put their wings in the air a little to get some air underneath their feathers. Pasture raising like this I still loose 1 or 2 to chickens to heat stress every year. Today I’ve lost my first one of the year. For meat chickens raised in barns the number of fatalities in hot weather can be much much higher.

Attention chicken fans, everything is now fully back in stock on the website.

I’ve got whole chickens, little and large, chicken breast, leg, thigh, drumsticks and wings, plus new for this year chicken necks and feet 🐓

2024 summer season chicken is here. It’s what you’ve all being waiting for, this seasons chicken is now in stock!

Making a return this year chicken breast with the skin on so you can act out all your fancy, pan seared chef dreams in your own kitchen.

To order link is in my bio 🙂

I still won’t have any chicken with me this month but I’ll be at Food Circle this Thursday 6-7:30pm.

Me and ._ will be hosting a Food Circle table where we’ll be talking about what Food Circle is, how we’re trying to promote a better food system and asking you what you’d like it to look like.

Although the chickens are being a little slower than anticipated you can still buy our eggs from the Hillcrest stall who will be there representing eggs for both of us.

Looking forward to seeing you all 🙂

🥚 Eggs are back in stock 🥚 How egggciting!

Order before Tuesday 5pm for same week delivery or collection 📦

We have pasture raised eggs both normal size and pullet available.

Only in its 5th month I’ve been blown away by the amount of support we’ve had from the local community for the Food Circle Producers Market. Thanks to everyone for getting involved.

I’ll be there tomorrow with a handful of chickens we’ve got left now until this seasons first batch are ready.

If you haven’t already made it down and you’re into knowing where your food comes from, supporting your local farmers and producers or even just fancy a bit of an out I very much recommend it as an excellent way to spend a Thursday evening.

See you there 🙂

Life is full of chicken related presents these days and I can’t wait to read it 🤓

The laying hens have moved to their new home and are settling in nicely. They are guests for the next few weeks with the Hillcrest resident flock then they will be moving into Egg Mobile No 2. A bit of a drizzly start to their new adventure but they are loving finally being out and about. Let’s hope for some more ☀️

Eggs are now available on subscription 🥚 Never miss out on your share of our fast selling pasture raised eggs again.. you can once again secure your egg purchases with a subscription and not have to miss out.

You can choose weekly or monthly and with new delivery options too we’ve got more of you covered than ever before.

Head to the website to subscribe and checkout the new delivery options. Plus get £0.20 back for every dry clean box returned.

We're moving.. from one beautiful part of Yorkshire to another. Soon me, the chickens and Mogg will be moving up to Hillcrest Farm in Acklam, North Yorkshire.

Read all about why and where we're moving to on my most recent blog post: https://www.yorkshirepasturepoultry.co.uk/post/we-re-moving

To keep yourself in the know about new collection points and delivery areas that will coming soon, stay tuned or get yourself signed up to the mailing list.

More whole chickens going in the freezer..

On a farm over in Leeds there’s a lovely farmer who lets me store an ample amount of chicken in his walk in freezer. It’s the same farm where the chickens go for slaughter.

I brought another 30 home today and tomorrow I’ll be weighing, labelling and adding them all to the online shop.

And yes that is my somewhat large gin on the side.

Farm collection, it’s nothing fancy, you might need your wellies and parking, can be challenging. However this little spot every other Sunday is on an important mission. It is, as far as I know the only place in the whole of West Yorkshire you can buy pasture raised high welfare chicken from a farm that holds regeneration at its heart. This is what human scale, first generation farming on a shoe string budget looks like. Challenging the food system one chicken at a time.

Super proud to be standing alongside some stunning local producers at the first ever event this Thursday. Real food, produced by real people dedicated to bettering the health of people and planet through their work. We are very lucky to have these people on our doorstep in Huddersfield.

Mogg inspecting my attempts at stock fencing.

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I'd like to introduce you to something very special a few of us local farmers and producers have been working on lately.

Food circle is a social enterprise determined to build a better food system with our community of farmers, producers, growers and customers. We believe it's simple changes to how we grow, buy and consume our food that can transform our food system for the better.

Join us for our first producer market on 21st December 5 - 6:30pm. There will be lots of fantastic local farmers to meet and buy from and Zapato tap will be open.

First of the Christmas 🎄 (holiday) cockerels went out today, so called because they went to feed 16 people for thanksgiving dinner! A well deserved alternative to turkey. Look at those herb bunches from too 👌

It’s our regular on farm collection day this Sunday and as always Mogg is excited to see everyone.

Shop at https://ypp.localline.ca/onlinestore to put in your order in.

SOLD: pending collection. The time has come to replace my laying flock so these hens are looking for new homes where their free ranging lifestyle can continue. Each of the hens have their own character and would make beautiful back yard egg layers and pets. They lay the most delicious creamy golden eggs. I’ll be sad to see them go.

I have 12x light Sussex, 4x copper black Maran crosses and 1x light Sussex cross.

If you would like to welcome any of these lovely birds into your coop, send me a message 🐓

🎄Christmas is coming… 🎄 The Yorkshire Pasture Poultry Christmas Cockerels are now available for pre orders. As always, raised on pasture, to high welfare standards using regenerative principles for a minimum of 100 days!

The Christmas Cockerel is a deliciously juicy larger chicken fit for the centrepiece of any festive celebration.

There are many collection and delivery options to choose from. Collect from me in Huddersfield or at the Food Circle York Christmas Market or have delivered anywhere in mainland UK. And as usual I’ll be doing a delivery to the Leeds area on the 4th Saturday of each month including December!

Order through website, link in bio

Last minute addition to the shop for collection tomorrow. Pots of fresh Greek Basil from order today from the shop or bring some pennies with you £1.50 per pot.

Shop here: https://ypp.localline.ca/onlinestore

Egg breakfasts are the best breakfasts 😋

I had two eggs left after fulfilling orders this weekend. These little golden gems regularly sell out and are in high demand. That maybe because my hens are so well looked after and live happy stress free pasture raised lives. But did you know pasture raised eggs are proven to be higher in vitamin A, E and omega 3’s, as well as being lower in saturated fat and cholesterol. Going back to basics and working with nature creates beautiful outcomes ☘️

Shout out to the best bagels in Yorkshire.

We’ve been invaded by flying ants! They have a nasty little bite. At least someone is making the most of it, I saw one land on a chickens back and the hen next to it gobbled it up .

Apparently they only stick around for a few days. Until then i’ll be wishing I had a bee keepers suit to do daily jobs.

Everybody is out doing a spot of evening grazing now the rain has finally let up. No better chicken or eggs than pasture raised chicken or eggs ☘️

Groundswell!! I’ve been somewhere in Hertfordshire for the past 2 days learning all sorts about soil health., regenerative farming, pasture poultry and so much more. It’s been really great to step off the farm, gain some perspective and talk to exciting people trying achieve similar things. You didn’t think I was going an actual holiday did you…

Look who’s out and about getting to work on grass duty… The first batch of 2023, enjoying the sunshine this week and the fresh green stuff 🌱

Yorkshire Pasture Poultry has an egg box!!! 🥳Neighbours and locals have been asking me since the farm moved up to Holmfirth, Rebecca when can we buy your eggs?!! It was one of those little jobs I never got around to but thanks to .ar repurposing an old box I now have an honesty box which will have eggs in as and when I have some spare.

🥚 £2 for a half dozen
• Fresh every week
• You can see the chickens that have laid them out in the field
• All heritage breeds that don’t lay intensively.
• Access to pasture and free range 24/7
• No herbicides, pesticides used on the pasture
• An all natural yellow yolk 🟡
• And last but not least certified high welfare livestock practices.

What more could you want from an egg!!

Yesterday morning I was in Farnley Tyas visiting the very talented Jon from , we were given a tour around his farm and shown how he grows rainbow trout and veg using an aquaponics system. We even got to try some of his fantastic smoked trout which is produced in-house.

It was a very enjoyable morning and I can’t recommend his smoked trout enough. Not only for its flavour and quality but for the amount of thought and care that has gone into making it a high welfare eco conscious product. His passion for what he produces is emmense and a joy to see as a fellow producer.

Jon is still waiting for the green light to be able to sell his trout 🤞it will be coming to a shop near you very soon.