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Local Pastured Poultry

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available at market : Chicken 3-6 pounds each
$4.50/lbs.

Most Saturdays we sell chicken at the Portage Farm Stands in the Near Northwest Neighborhood of South Bend from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. The market is across the street from The Local Cup. The last 2022 market for chicken is Nov. 19.

available for pre-order: large, medium, and small Turkeys $5/lbs.

SOLD OUT FOR SEASON! Customers that pre-ordered turkey should check their email for more information.

Caroline and Brendan are so excited to sell chickens for the 2022 season! We're happy to have partnered with Dan and Emily Trubey-Weller at Barn Swallow Farm to bring locally pasture-raised chickens to the South Bend area. A big thank you to the customers that bought us out last year. We're excited to do it again! Send us a message if you have any questions about our product.

Follow our journey online!

Turkeys are processed for 2022!

Turkeys are processed for 2022!

Last October Market! Happy Halloween!

Last October Market! Happy Halloween!

Turkeys on the Pasture

Turkeys on the Pasture

Market in October

Market in October

A-Frame Mobile Coop for Young Turkeys

A-Frame Mobile Coop for Young Turkeys

Daily Chicken Check

Daily Chicken Check

Portage Farm Stands Market 2022

Portage Farm Stands Market 2022

Brendan's chicken recipe now given out during purchase!

Brendan developed the recipe himself. We think it's so good, that we printed it on recipe cards.

Fried Chicken on a plate

Our chicken is so good fried!

Pumpkin Tree Farm at Market 2022

Our little helper at market!

First round of 2022 chicks!

Our son Henry looking at our new chicks!

Last market of the season!

We sold out!

We've really enjoyed the Saturday market!

Every Saturday we went to the Near Northwest Neighborhood in South Bend for their morning market.

Batch #2 turned out great!

We timed it just right, so the chickens were an ideal weight!

Processing batch #2

We processed chickens during the 2021 season ourselves.

Batch #2 chickens moved to pasture

Fresh greens everyday for our chickens!

Bath #2 getting big!

Almost time to put on the pasture.

Felix of Barn Swallow welcoming batch #2 chicks to the farm!

So cute!

Barn Swallow cooking Pumpkin Tree Farm chicken!

Thanks Dan and Emily for partnering with us in 2021!

Happy costumer using our chicken and recipe!

Big thank you to those that bought our 2021 season chickens!

Selling chicken at Barn Swallow CSA

Selling chicken at Barn Swallow CSA

Bagging our last chicken the flock!

Bagging our last chicken the flock!

The tractor is close to the barn!

The tractor is close to the barn!

Sampling our work

Sampling our work

Weighing chickens

Weighing chickens

Processing our first chickens together!

Processing our first chickens together!

Cleaning up from processing chickens

Cleaning up from processing chickens

Ready to process chickens!

Ready to process chickens!

Brendan feeding the chickens.

Brendan feeding the chickens.

Chicken sitting in clover.

Chicken sitting in clover.

We love taking care of the chickens!

We love taking care of the chickens!

Brendan giving the chickens water.

Brendan giving the chickens water.

How far the tractor has moved!

How far the tractor has moved!

Brendan pulling the chicken tractor.

Brendan pulling the chicken tractor.

Beautiful morning at the farm!

Beautiful morning at the farm!

First morning in the tractor for the chi

First morning in the tractor for the chickens.

Brendan putting the chickens in the trac

Brendan putting the chickens in the tractor.

Chick

Chickens when we first got them!

Baby Chick with Brendan

Brendan holding a baby chick.

Baby Chick

Caroline holding a baby chick.

Baby Chicks

Baby chicks in the new brooder.

Chicken Brooder

Brendan with the new chicks and brooder he built.

Brendan at Barn Swallow

Brendan and our son Henry on the field he cleared at Barn Swallow Farm.

Cleared Field

Brendan cleared land at Barn Swallow Farm for the chickens.

Chicken Tractor

Progress photo of the chicken tractor Brendan is building at Barn Swallow Farm.

Chicken Tractor Dolly

The chicken tractor dolly Brendan welded together.

Building the brooder

Brendan building a brooder for the chicks.

New Equipment

New scalder and plucker.

Brooder Supplies

Supplies for the brooder!

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