Childhay Manor Organics actually covers three organic farms in Dorset and Wiltshire, our chickens come from
local farms just over the border into devon, our pigs live on the Rushall Farm near Salisbury and our beef and lamb live on Childhay Manor farm in Dorset.
The animals are nurtured for longer for a better, more intense flavour whether it's our delicious 26 month old grass reared Aberdeen Angus beef or our slow growing rustic breed of chickens which are renowned for their wonderful flavour, firm texture and taste.
We insist on very high welfare standards, so our animals live relaxed, natural lives for example, the pigs enjoy a free range lifestyle on the Salisbury Plains and can root and mess around to their heart's content. They live on grass paddocks in groups of 40 with cosy, straw filled kennels. In summer, they have access to water sprinklers which they use to create mud baths to keep themselves cool. Like all our animals, they eat only good quality GM free organic food.
Childhay Manor Organics' lambs come from our flock of 1500
free range Mule ewes and Charolais rams prized for their lean
meat and great flavour. Our flock is closed which means to
avoid bringing in new diseases, we don't buy in ewes from
other farms. The sheep spend their entire lives outside on
the Dorset meadowlands, where they produce the most delicious
lamb throughout the year. We even lamb them outside in the
warm weather to reduce any unnecessary stress on the sheep.
Childhay Farm is also home to our herd of Aberdeen Angus cross beef. They live outside almost all year round, except when it becomes very wet in midwinter, when they are moved into warm straw filled barns. In summer they are moved from field to field on a regular basis to give them fresh sweet grazing and prevent parasitic problems developing.
Our chickens are sourced from local farmer Dorset who are committed to the same organic standards and quality as us. The chickens live in spacious houses in small flocks where they have plenty of space and daylight access to green pastures They are slowly reared for twice the time of conventional birds for an intense flavour and good texture. |
