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A peaceful and natural life
The proud owners of KCRidge, Kevin and Cara Jackson, are passionate about one thing – making sure their free-range pastured chickens and beautiful black and white pigs have a peaceful and natural life, roaming and digging on their property just south of Chinchilla over looking the fertile flood plains of the Condamine River. Producing quality eggs that are far superior compared to the mass-produced supermarket eggs whose ‘free-range’ claims are questionable.
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Why Pastured Eggs?
Taste & Nutrition
You will notice the difference both in how our pastured eggs look and how they taste, and your body will appreciate the true nutritional value of an egg from a hen having lived in her natural environment
Better than free-range
Our pasture-raised hens have 100 square meters EACH to forage grassy pastures all day, most free range birds have only 1 square meter each with access to outdoors but no guaranteed daily time outside. Pastured eggs are the most naturally raised eggs available.
Sustainable
Our regenerative approach to farming sees the animals regularly rotated through paddocks ensuring they have constant natural grass forage. Better for the animals and better for the land.
“Your body will thank you.”
You will notice the difference both in how our pastured eggs look and how they taste, and your body will appreciate the true nutritional value of an egg from a hen having lived in her natural environment.
Mack, protector of our flock
Our hens live happily together with our Mareema, Mack, the protector of our flock. Maremma Sheepdogs are a breed from Italy who guard poultry and fend off any attackers. They are an important part of our operation protecting our hens from any predators and keeping the hens happy.
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A little tenderness goes a long way!
How we farm
Regular Paddock Rotation
Our regenerative and sustainable approach to farming means that the animals are regularly rotated through paddocks ensuring they have constant natural grass forage. The animals play their role, tiling up the earth and adding manure back into the soil.
Let the Land Rest
This rotational grazing is simply better for the land and better for the health of the animals. Allowing the land to rest means that our soils are kept in optimal condition, and this gives our hens constant access to fresh, bio-diverse and nutrient rich-grasses.
A Natural Life
The animals have a peaceful and natural life, roaming and digging on the property. Free to roam outside enjoying the fresh air, exercise and sunshine. After a day roaming free in the paddocks our hens return to their mobile hen houses to roost safely.
Can you make sense of egg labels?
Pastured
Pastured is a type of free range production that emphasises lower stocking densities and rotational grazing so there is always grassy pastures to forage. At KC Ridge Farm our hens are free to roam with 100 hens to the hectare compared to free-range of 10,000 hens per hectare.
Free Range
Free range eggs come from hens that have access to the outdoors, but no guaranteed daily time outside. The maximum outdoor stocking density by law is 10,000 hens per hectare, and farmers must display their stocking density on the egg carton.
Organic
The main difference between organic and free-range is organic eggs are produced without the use of some chemicals. So organic follows lower stocking density than free range but most hens kept indoors with "access" to the outdoors.