Tanglewood Farms Quality...

Care Continues with Feed and Water

Tanglewood Farms birds eat only premium feed, enriched with essential vitamins and minerals, scientifically formulated by a nutritionist to provide an adequate diet that maintains good health. The feed, made of all-natural ingredients, including premium-quality corn, soybean meal and canola meal, is free of coloring agents, assuring a healthy, natural skin tone. Genetically modified grains are not purchased for use in our chicken feed.

Extensive testing in the USDA-approved on-premises laboratory assures there are no industrial contaminants, pesticide residues, or bacteria present in the feed. If any component tests positive for any of these impurities, the feed never enters the grain silo. As an added precaution, the feed is heated to 215° Fahrenheit to kill any bacteria that could possibly remain undetected. The on-site lab - the only one of its kind in the industry and one of only five private labs certified by the USDA to test for pesticides - also keeps samples of each feed lot, labeled by grower and house, until the birds who ate it have been processed. This intensive testing is unique in the industry and is not required for organic feed that is used for certified organic chicken.

Clean, fresh well water supplied to the chickens is regularly tested for contaminants and heavy metals to assure purity.

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