Farm report SA: Freedom and good feed ensure healthy birds

06-04-2020 | | | |
There are around 56,000 breeding hens at Elgin Free Range Chickens at any one time. Photo: Chris McCullough
There are around 56,000 breeding hens at Elgin Free Range Chickens at any one time. Photo: Chris McCullough
Producing a free-range chicken under the best conditions with plenty of food and freedom ensures a healthy bird for one of South Africa’s largest poultry companies, Elgin Free Range Chickens. Based in the Overberg region of the Western Cape, Elgin Free Range Chickens produces around 6.6 million broilers a year on its own farm and from a number of contract growers. The success of this company can be attributed to the dedication of the staff but more so to the passion of its founder Jeanne Gro


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Chris Mccullough Freelance multi-media journalist