Farming plus Education - All
in One at Barry’s Barnyard
By Karen Krivonak Davis
3/11/12 Local food choices, healthier
diet and educating people are the tenets of
Barry’s Barnyard owners
Barry and Tammy VanOrd. VanOrd Enterprises is at 625 Dobson Road
Sugar Grove, PA 16350 and is a farm which offers pastured poultry
including chickens and turkeys. Barry’s dad, Donald VanOrd, bought
the farmland in 1972 to raise dairy cattle and beef and Barry
purchased it from him, starting this business in 2010.
The seasonal aspect of this endeavor is obvious --
spring and summer pasture growth, warm days and plenty of insects
provide the perfect setting for success. Approximately 2,000 broiler
chickens will be raised for the third year of operation.
“Our first 2 years were a wonderful success thanks
to all of those who purchased our products and to our fabulous crew
that we have dubbed the ‘Chicken Pickers’,” states Barry on the
barrysbarnyard.com
website.
The United States Postal Service delivers each
shipment of chicks directly to the VanOrd farm. You may view a
brief 3-minute video showing the 12 foot square moveable apparatus
containing the chicken flock which Barry relocates every 24 hours.
The chickens are given a grain supplement and fresh water and you
will marvel at the result of one day’s insect picking by these
birds! In eight weeks the fowl are ready for processing having
lived in a healthier environment and with plenty of exercise and
naturally found food from the pasture grasses.
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