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The livestock at Evergreen Alley are fed a combination of feeds depending on the stage of growth. Chickens are fed special feed for chicks and electrolytes until they are 3 weeks old, then they move outdoors and feed a grain and supplement mix. 

The pigs are on grains and supplement. And All the kitchen scraps they can handle! (Their favourite part)

The cattle are forage fed until their last 6-10 weeks. We add a bit of grain to their diet to help them adjust to people and reduce any stress before butchering time.

We would LOVE to be able to have the chickens on pasture, and this is something that we will try to develop in the future.

There are a couple factors we need to figure out for pastured chickens and pigs.

• Our pastures are currently too far from home to easily monitor water systems in the very hot summer days and to move the chicken tractors easily.
• Our guardian dogs are accustomed the the home yard, the nearest pasture would be across the highway and we are concerned if the dogs tried to come home there would be a very sad accident.
• Our chickens live in large runs in the evergreen shelterbelts of the main yard. They have done a great job of cleaning up the undergrowth and knocking down some wild hedging. We have quite a bit more shelterbelt they could tackle while in the shade of the large trees.

As farmers, we are always monitoring our animal's health. We adjust feed, locations, etc to prevent illness. Sometimes medications are used as we don't want the animals to suffer in any way.

The baby chicks are all given electrolytes when they arrive from the hatchery to ensure they drink as much as possible. Other than that they are not medicated. Any chicken that is sick or injured is removed from the group into a brooder box to rest and recover.

Pigs are given a bit of medication to prevent infection when they are castrated and weaned. Cause mud and open wounds are a bad combination as we all know.

Any cattle that are medicated are removed from the direct sales part of the farm and allocated elsewhere.

We use a Cornish Cross Giant. It is a breed developed for rapid growth and large muscles. We don't feed the commercial feed so we do give them time to grow a bit slower so they develop enough bones and leg strength to carry their heavy bodies around.

We want you to be completely satisfied with your purchase. Unfortunately due to the perishable nature meat and eggs we are unable to offer a refund. We try our best to package everything in a way that ensures a safe arrival. If for some reason you are not satisfied, please reach out to us. We make every effort to rectify the situation to your satisfaction.