Whole STEWING HEN (Special, Limited Quantity)

$10 deposit per whole chicken; balance due upon pick-up or delivery. See below for details.

Whole Stewing Hens are $4.25 per pound. When you check out, you will pay a $10 deposit for each chicken you order, and the balance will be due at pick-up, depending on weight.

The average stewing hen weighs around 3 pounds, ranging from 2-4 pounds. You will have your choice at pick-up. First come, first serve, of course.

IMPORTANT NOTE: These are STEWING hens; in other words, “spent hens.” These are primarily older hens who are past the prime of their laying, so they are giving us one last gift in the stew pot. As I always say about these gals, “You won’t fry these chickens unless you have iron teeth.”😂

Rather than frying or roasting them, you’ll cook them low and slow - think Coq au Vin, Chicken Soup, Chicken Pot Pie, Chicken Stew.

The flavor AND nutritional profile are incredible. The meat will be darker than the broilers you’re used to eating. They’re even shaped differently! Instead of being round and plump, these birds are typically long and slender. “Skinny,” even, but most of them will have a GORGEOUS “fat pack,” and don’t you dare throw it away! Chop it finely and render it slowly in a saucepan. Store it in the refrigerator for a lovely cooking fat! Hens are just like most of us ladies: as they age, and especially as winter draws near, they put on a bit of fat around the abdomen nourish them for the winter and for the hard work they have to do!

After ordering, you will receive instructions for how to get your chickens. You will have two options:

1) Come out to the farm

2) Pick up at a drop-site in Utica at 1 p.m. on Sundays