Hominy Valley Farms - Land and Cattle produces natural beef. That means we do not implant our cattle with growth hormones to make them grow faster, nor do we give them any antibiotics in their feed.  They are fed an all-vegetable diet with no animal by-products and they spend their days on pasture.  Our cows keep their calves at side until weaning at about 7-8 months old, then the calves move to their own pastures.  Eventually the yearlings chosen to finish as Hominy Valley Farms beef are given supplemental grain for several weeks to add the flavor our customers prefer.  They are still free in our pastures, enjoying grass and hay and putting their final layer of finish on. When ready, they are processed at a USDA inspected facility,which is recoginized for its animal welfare standards.  The beef is cut to our or the customers specifications. That beef is then available to our customers, vacuum sealed to protect its quality.

We also raise chickens from day-old chicks until ready to be processed on the farm as "broilers".  Our chicks are never given any artificial medications and we feed them only an all-vegetable diet.   (Truthfully, the beauty of the chicken tractors allows them to dine on whatever would delight a chicken in the grass of our fields - and they don't always confess if they ate a few insects that day :) These chickens are usually limited to warmer months, since they are outdoors. 

Our laying hens rise early and have the freedom to go outside immediately to their section of our pastures or garden. They are vigorous heritage breed hens and they are anxious to get moving each day.  We feed and water early, and collect eggs during the morning hours.  They get themselves back to their roosts before dark and call it a day.  We use electric netting powered by a solar charger to keep them safe from the coyotes who pass through the fields almost every night right now.  

Our newest livestock, pastured pigs/hogs, are settled in nicely in a pen which is working its way through the garden this winter.  In the spring, they will have helped get a head start on some tilling and weed removal.  Our pigs are given feed with no animal byproducts and lots of produce or weeds (which they LOVE!).  These hogs will go to our favorite processing facility to provide our customers with delicious pork cuts and sausage beginning in the spring of 2012.