Animal Welfare
Animal welfare is very important to us. We believe that all animals raised for human consumption should be raised, transported and slaughtered in a manner that ensures a high standard of welfare.
The 5 freedoms of Animal Welfare include:
1) Freedom from hunger and thirst
2) Freedom from discomfort
3) Freedom from pain, injury and disease
4) Freedom to behave normally
5) Freedom from fear and distress
We believe that all farm animals, pigs, chickens, goats, cows, etc. should be able to breathe fresh air, eat seasonally available forage, explore the natural environment and interact with other animals. We do our best to ensure that pigs are able to express normal pig behaviour - rooting in the leaf litter of the forest, rolling in mud / wallows, making beds / nests in straw. We want our chickens to be able to explore and forage for insects and seeds, make themselves dust baths, interact with other birds with lots of room to stretch their wings, scratch the ground and relax in the shade. We want our goats to be able to express their natural behaviour, playing and bouncing around with one another, eating a variety of their favourite grasses and especially browsing. We try to ensure our animals have as much access to the outside world as possible. Given our harsh winters in Manitoba, some of our animals, particularly the dairy goats and chickens, prefer to spend more time inside than outside during the winter.
If our animals get sick, which doesn't happen very often, we do treat them with appropriate medications (parasiticides, antibiotics, anti-inflammatories) to ensure their comfort and best interest. We do this while following appropriate guidelines for meat and milk withdrawal times and we choose medications which are licensed for use in food producing species. Alternatively we ensure our animals are humanely euthanized if treatment is not suitable.
When our animals need to have routine procedures, such as castration performed, we ensure it is performed at as young an age as is suitable for the species and we provide appropriate local anesthetics and anti-inflammatories (pain killers).
For more information please read:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_freedoms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withdrawal_time
Animal welfare is very important to us. We believe that all animals raised for human consumption should be raised, transported and slaughtered in a manner that ensures a high standard of welfare.
The 5 freedoms of Animal Welfare include:
1) Freedom from hunger and thirst
2) Freedom from discomfort
3) Freedom from pain, injury and disease
4) Freedom to behave normally
5) Freedom from fear and distress
We believe that all farm animals, pigs, chickens, goats, cows, etc. should be able to breathe fresh air, eat seasonally available forage, explore the natural environment and interact with other animals. We do our best to ensure that pigs are able to express normal pig behaviour - rooting in the leaf litter of the forest, rolling in mud / wallows, making beds / nests in straw. We want our chickens to be able to explore and forage for insects and seeds, make themselves dust baths, interact with other birds with lots of room to stretch their wings, scratch the ground and relax in the shade. We want our goats to be able to express their natural behaviour, playing and bouncing around with one another, eating a variety of their favourite grasses and especially browsing. We try to ensure our animals have as much access to the outside world as possible. Given our harsh winters in Manitoba, some of our animals, particularly the dairy goats and chickens, prefer to spend more time inside than outside during the winter.
If our animals get sick, which doesn't happen very often, we do treat them with appropriate medications (parasiticides, antibiotics, anti-inflammatories) to ensure their comfort and best interest. We do this while following appropriate guidelines for meat and milk withdrawal times and we choose medications which are licensed for use in food producing species. Alternatively we ensure our animals are humanely euthanized if treatment is not suitable.
When our animals need to have routine procedures, such as castration performed, we ensure it is performed at as young an age as is suitable for the species and we provide appropriate local anesthetics and anti-inflammatories (pain killers).
For more information please read:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_freedoms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withdrawal_time