[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” type=”vc_default” margin_top=”-6″ margin_bottom=”24″ css=”.vc_custom_1518990931610{padding-top: 50px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″ offset=”vc_col-lg-3 vc_col-md-3″ css=”.vc_custom_1495112557524{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}”][bsf-info-box icon=”icomoon-icomoonfree-16×16-flag” icon_size=”32″ icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_style=”circle” icon_color_bg=”” title=”Chantecler Breed” pos=”top” el_class=”accent-icon-bg” css_info_box=”.vc_custom_1517785039882{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}” title_font_size=”desktop:20px;” title_font_line_height=”desktop:30px;”]Only Canadian breed of chicken and endangered. We are preserving this hardy, reliable chicken.[/bsf-info-box][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″ offset=”vc_col-lg-3 vc_col-md-3″ css=”.vc_custom_1495112563645{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}”][bsf-info-box icon=”icomoon-icomoonfree-16×16-users” icon_size=”32″ icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_style=”circle” icon_color_bg=”” title=”Natural Hatching” pos=”top” el_class=”accent-icon-bg” css_info_box=”.vc_custom_1517785114595{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}” title_font_size=”desktop:20px;” title_font_line_height=”desktop:30px;”]Industrial agriculture has put their hands in the natural cycle of hatching. We select and manage the chickens to hatch their own chicks.[/bsf-info-box][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″ offset=”vc_col-lg-3 vc_col-md-3″ css=”.vc_custom_1495112570142{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}”][bsf-info-box icon=”icomoon-icomoonfree-16×16-clock” icon_size=”32″ icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_style=”circle” icon_color_bg=”” title=”Chickens are Great Workers” pos=”top” el_class=”accent-icon-bg” css_info_box=”.vc_custom_1517785205273{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}” title_font_size=”desktop:20px;” title_font_line_height=”desktop:30px;”]We manage the chickens so they can express there natural abilities to eat bugs, scratch around all day and leave fertilizer. Chickens are happy and we are happy because they worked for us.[/bsf-info-box][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″ offset=”vc_col-lg-3 vc_col-md-3″ css=”.vc_custom_1495112577073{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}”][bsf-info-box icon=”icomoon-icomoonfree-16×16-equalizer” icon_size=”32″ icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_style=”circle” icon_color_bg=”” title=”Chickens & Ducks are Fun” pos=”top” el_class=”accent-icon-bg” css_info_box=”.vc_custom_1517785328175{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}” title_font_size=”desktop:20px;” title_font_line_height=”desktop:30px;”]All the birds are a great addition to the farm. They add lots of life, fun to watch and they are very social, if you don’t chase them.[/bsf-info-box][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” bg_type=”bg_color” bg_override=”ex-full” type=”vc_default” bg_color_value=”#f5f5f5″ css=”.vc_custom_1496417868939{padding-top: 70px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1490364209546{padding-bottom: 80px !important;}”][ultimate_heading main_heading=”Chickens and Ducks on Cavaleiro Farm” spacer=”line_only” spacer_position=”middle” line_height=”5″ line_color=”” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:40px;” main_heading_line_height=”desktop:46px;” line_width=”200″ main_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:15px;” main_heading_style=”font-weight:bold;” el_class=”accent-border-color”][/ultimate_heading][/vc_column][vc_column offset=”vc_col-lg-4 vc_col-md-12″ css=”.vc_custom_1490689853022{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}”][dt_fancy_image image_id=”1236″ width=”1200″ height=”620″ css=”.vc_custom_1498138350594{padding-top: 5px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][ultimate_heading main_heading=”About this Project” alignment=”left” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:26px;” main_heading_line_height=”desktop:32px;” el_class=”accent-border-color” main_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:20px;” main_heading_style=”font-weight:bold;”][/ultimate_heading][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1519106420969{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”]We had a chicken and duck business incubate on Cavaleiro for almost 2 years. The business moved onto better pastures but we decided to continue with chickens and ducks.
Our goal with the Chantecler chicken is to breed them so they raise chicks naturally without us needing to incubate eggs. It’s an endangered Canadian breed, so we want to do our part to promote this breed. Why? They are tough, hardy chickens that have the most potential to be a low cost chicken for a farm. They provide meat and eggs, while also all the benefiting the farm ecosystem.
Our goal with the ducks is to breed a duck that gives us a nice big egg. There is a growing market for salted eggs, and aged eggs. We make a nice one and the ducks also benefit the farm ecosystem.[/vc_column_text][dt_default_button link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fcavaleiro.farm%2Flocal-food-business|||”]Start a Local Food Business[/dt_default_button][/vc_column][vc_column offset=”vc_col-lg-4 vc_col-md-6″ css=”.vc_custom_1490689857636{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner offset=”vc_col-lg-12 vc_col-md-12″][bsf-info-box icon=”icomoon-icomoonfree-16×16-leaf” icon_size=”16″ icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_style=”advanced” icon_color_bg=”” icon_border_spacing=”34″ title=”Learn From Nature” pos=”left” el_class=”accent-icon-bg” css_info_box=”.vc_custom_1517790744859{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}” title_font_size=”desktop:20px;” title_font_line_height=”desktop:26px;”]Learn from the animals, they tell us everything we need to know to manage them.[/bsf-info-box][bsf-info-box icon=”icomoon-icomoonfree-16×16-user-tie” icon_size=”16″ icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_style=”advanced” icon_color_bg=”” icon_border_spacing=”34″ title=”Fulfilling Lives” pos=”left” el_class=”accent-icon-bg” css_info_box=”.vc_custom_1517790848211{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}” title_font_size=”desktop:20px;” title_font_line_height=”desktop:26px;”]When animals get to live a life that allows them to express their natural behaviors and lifestyles, well, wouldn’t that be nicer?[/bsf-info-box][bsf-info-box icon=”icomoon-icomoonfree-16×16-stack” icon_size=”16″ icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_style=”advanced” icon_color_bg=”” icon_border_spacing=”34″ title=”What’s Everything?” pos=”left” el_class=”accent-icon-bg” css_info_box=”.vc_custom_1517791005034{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}” title_font_size=”desktop:20px;” title_font_line_height=”desktop:26px;”]In exchange for some grain and care, we get chickens, ducks, eggs, less pests, prepared beds for planting, fertilizer and other services.[/bsf-info-box][bsf-info-box icon=”icomoon-icomoonfree-16×16-spinner4″ icon_size=”16″ icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_style=”advanced” icon_color_bg=”” icon_border_spacing=”34″ title=”Responsibility” pos=”left” el_class=”accent-icon-bg” css_info_box=”.vc_custom_1517791057162{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}” title_font_size=”desktop:20px;” title_font_line_height=”desktop:26px;”]Domesticated animals depend on people. They are not bad, just how we manage them. They are part of our food systems.[/bsf-info-box][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1490689869709{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}” offset=”vc_col-lg-4 vc_col-md-6″][dt_carousel slides_on_desk=”1″ slides_on_lapt=”1″ slides_on_h_tabs=”1″ slides_on_v_tabs=”1″ item_space=”50″ arrow_bg_width=”22x” arrow_bg_height=”80px” arrow_border_radius=”0px” arrow_border_width=”0px” arrow_icon_color_hover=”#ffffff” arrow_bg_color_hover=”#f4a215″ r_arrow_icon_paddings=”0px 0px 0px 0px” r_arrow_v_offset=”0px” r_arrow_h_offset=”0px” l_arrow_icon_paddings=”0px 0px 0px 0px” l_arrow_v_offset=”0px” l_arrow_h_offset=”0px” arrow_responsiveness=”no-changes”][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1495183198252{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column_inner][dt_fancy_image image_id=”36943″ width=”150″ height=”150″ border_radius=”500px” css=”.vc_custom_1519106700033{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”][ultimate_heading main_heading=”Stan the Chicken” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” main_heading_line_height=”desktop:30px;” main_heading_style=”font-weight:bold;” sub_heading_font_family=”font_family:Open Sans Condensed|font_call:Open+Sans+Condensed” sub_heading_style=”font-weight:bold;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:16px;” sub_heading_line_height=”desktop:22px;” sub_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:15px;” el_class=”color-title”]Natural born, 3rd Generation Cavaleiro[/ultimate_heading][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1517791300411{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”]
I was born early one spring on the farm. Hatched under a duck that did not want to raise me, I was raised by the big warm hands. The hands taught me how to eat, what to drink and how to find worms. Today I spend my days living with my chicken and duck cousins. We work hard all day being ourselves.
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In the hunt for worms, bugs, seeds and anything else that interests me. We search and scratch just for fun.
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Different colors & sizes. Nature is refreshing. Can you tell which one is a chicken or a duck egg?
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Chickens & Ducks live in the same neighborhood as compost. Every day they scratch and work looking for bugs & insects. They end up turning the compost and adding great poop.
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