We are striving to bring you the highest quality meats available in this area. We have a small farm where we raise pastured pigs, chickens, and ducks. We have a USDA inspected meat processing plant on the farm. We distribute meat to the nicest white table cloth restaurants in the midwest. Our products are raised, processed and handled according to the highest standards. If you want food raised, processed and handled without all the chemicals then you have come to the right place.
The chickens at Gunthorp Farms keep us clucking! Whenever we need a new “how did the chicken cross the road?” joke to take to a party, all we have to do is watch them for a few minutes. They are always ready with fresh material for us. Seriously though, we raise Cornish Cross chickens (and a few Barred Rocks for those looking for a Heritage bird). Our chickens spend the first 3-4 weeks of their lives in the brooding barn under the care and management of our children. After that, they are moved out to pasture (the chickens, that is, not the kids.) While being allowed to “day range”, the chickens still receive a mixture of corn, soybeans, and Hubbard’s Homestead mineral mix.
About the Pigs
Our pigs get along pretty well with the comedic ways of the chickens. I guess they are just big HAMS when it comes down to it!
We raise purebred Durocs in virtually the same manner as the past 4 generations of Gunthorps. Our pigs are raised “farrow to finish” on pasture. No crates or A.I. here, we like to keep things natural and simple! While on pasture, the pigs also receive a vegetarian diet of corn, soybeans, and Hubbard’s Homestead vitamin & mineral mix. Because of the breed, diet, and production method, we are proudly able to say that we don’t bring you “Pork - the other white meat”. Pork should have some coloring, marbling, and flavor! (And ours does!)
About the Ducks
Our winged friends enjoy keeping guard for the rest of the animals, and are sure to give you an earful if you show up unannounced!
We raise Pekin ducks that are flown in from California at 1 day old from Metzer Farms. They spend about 3 weeks under heat before they are turned loose on the pastures. They receive the same feed as the chickens. Our ducks are older at slaughter than most duck available. This, and the fact that they are raised on pasture, makes them more like the duck available in Europe.
We are striving to bring you the highest quality meats available in this area. We have a small farm where we raise pastured pigs, chickens, and ducks. We have a USDA inspected meat processing plant on the farm. We distribute meat to the nicest white table cloth restaurants in the midwest. Our products are raised, processed and handled according to the highest standards. If you want food raised, processed and handled without all the chemicals then you have come to the right place.
