EDUCATION & RESOURCES

Raising poultry for meat is almost as scary as raising kids. & if I’m being honest, at times it may be scarier. I like to compare raising birds to raising babies…it’s full panic for the first year, or in the case of chickens – eight weeks. Times seems to stretch out for weeks and weeks when, in reality, they only need us for such a short period of time. We coddle them, make sure that they’re at the right temperature, that they can snuggle into their bed of shavings & straw for a sweet slumber, keep them fed, dry and happy. We...

  If you follow us on Instagram @hiddencreekfarmnj, you may have seen the rant that I went on regarding the misinformation & irresponsible journalism that New Jersey Monthly printed and distributed to thousands of recipients. In their April issue ‘The Great Steaks of New Jersey,’ the claim, “we do not raise beef in our ocean-hugging state,’ was made in the cover story. As a young first generation female beef producer, I find this claim to be especially triggering. At a time when agriculture is being made into a hot topic across media channels, misinformation being presented to those who are...

More days than not, we have a customer step into our farm store looking for boneless chicken breast, whole chickens or ground chicken. It kills me each and every time that I have to tell them that we are out until May - knowing darn well that I could have made a sale. Typically when I say that we are out, I get a blank stare, sometimes a mouth hanging half open, and usually some follow up questions. If you are someone stepping into our store unknowing of how and why we raise our animals the way that we do,...

When Jesse & I began raising poultry, we had a lot of skepticism about whether or not the way that we raised our birds truly made a big difference & whether or not that difference was worth the price. It wasn’t long after finishing our first batch of processing that the reviews started rolling in. It did. What makes Hidden Creek poultry so special? The way that we feed them.  There is no debate that a diet of an animal directly impacts not only the taste, but also the quality of nutrition that the animal provides to us as consumers....

The things we've done, the goals that we have set & the dreams that we work to make a reality. 2021, you were a long hard year. You taught us so much about the business owners that we are & all of the small things that truly matter most. Things don’t happen to you, they happen FOR you. Our farm had an amazing year & we have you all to thank. We opened our farm store. This one is still a doozy for me to even think about. I truly still can't find the words to explain what we went...