EGGS-Our eggs come from chickens that have the freedom to live like chickens are supposed to live, ranging free to scratch in the dirt for food, to kick up some dust during one of their dust baths and to exercise. Rousedale Farm chickens enjoy a completely natural diet of feed that is free of animal proteins and by-products. You’ll find our eggs to be tastier, more pleasing to the eye and literally healthier then store-bought eggs from factory farms. Many of our customers say they can’t go back to store-bought eggs once they have tasted our farm-fresh eggs….. and that’s fine with us. We sell our eggs for $3.50 per dozen at the farm and $4 delivered.

CHICKEN-Three times a year we process our meat chickens. These chickens, like our layers, have a free-range life. Once they’re old enough to cope with the elements, they go out to roam around, get some exercise and breathe fresh air. Along with what they scratch up around the barnyard, they are fed a completely natural diet. Rousedale Farm chickens can stand on their own two feet. So, you won’t find any hormones, steroids or antibiotics in any of our birds. We have chickens available year round from the freezer. If you prefer a fresh bird, we usually process birds in June, August and October and keep them fresh in the coolers for two days after processing before they have to hit the freezer. Contact us to find out what exact dates the fresh birds will be available. You can special order your chicken cut up and packaged any way you want. Our chicken is currently running around $3.99 per pound for a whole chicken.

HONEY-We are up to 6 hives now on the farm. We extract honey in early July and some in the fall if we feel there is any surplus. Our honey remains quite steady when it comes to look and taste. It's primarily clover honey and I think the bees also work hard on all the tulip poplar trees and locust trees here to make a nice mild combination. One customer commented on the taste by asking us if we do some sort of citrus infusion. Of course we don't, but that apparently was what she was getting from the taste. What you get is the raw honey right out of the hives. I've also really noticed the number of honey bees on our vegetable crops. The squash, cucumber and cantaloupe blossoms have been loaded with our bees. We sell our honey for $8 per pint (1&1/3 pound) and $15 per quart (3 pounds).
 

PRODUCE-Here's a list of what we are expecting to plant in 2012.
All grown organically.

Asparagus, strawberries, blueberries, tomatoes (many varieties) and sweet corn. Herbs will include basil, chives, rosemary, thyme, oregano, and marjoram.