Supplier's of the Brown Grazer egg layers and free-ranger meat birds free-ranging Pasture feed solutions chickens housing and more
Pure pasture nz for sustainability when it comes to chickens
About Us We are a long term established distribution & rearing operation based in the beautiful MacKenzie Basin of the South Island.
We offer a unique service, delivering quality chicks throughout New Zealand our Brown grazer Layer ,free -range reared stock to most South and North Island destinations.
The Brown Grazer Layer is one of the best egg layers available, and we welcome orders from both backyard owners to larger free range egg producers.
All Pure Pastures stock are fully vaccinated, non-debeaked and free-ranged.
Our controlled pullet rearing operation ensures birds are guaranteed disease and parasite free when sold at Point of Lay.
We are proudly supplied by and associated with:
Pacificvet Limited Heslips Hatcheries
Day old sales of egg layers and meat birds, delivery nationwide through Air new Zealand cargo.Also sales of layers from 10 weeks old up to 18 weeks of age.
Products You’ll Love
Wholesome Products Straight from the Farm
Pasture raising solutions for egg production and meat
Pure pasture build custom made Good2Go hen houses, and have been in immersed heavily in the free range poultry industry for the last 10 years. Our sheds, are designed, built and used by us with a focus on flexibility, portability and hen welfare.
They have been utilised in an array of landscapes and the colour-steel finish, allows them to be as complementary as possible.
The inclusion of metal skids mean they are easily moved by a tractor or vehicle – as part of a stock rotation programme, during an adverse weather event or to a different vantage point on the property.
Stock can also be contained and moved if necessary for the above relocation.
The Good2Go Sheds also have many features – unique to our design.
Some handy tips for first-time chicken farmers
Getting older hens 10 - 18 weeks
If you are intending to free range your new hens, keep the hens in the henhouse/coop for at least 3 to 4 days with their food and water, to ensure they come back to eat, drink, sleep and lay in the henhouse.
Discourage hens from sleeping in nest boxes as they do 90% of their pooping when asleep.
At 18 - 20 weeks, hens eat 120grams of layers feed per hen, per day. Feed with pellets or mash (our recommended choice). If using pellets it is best to introduce it gradually with mash.
Feed scraps (vegies - they prefer cooked, rather than raw) are fine on top of the above layers feed.
Introduce a bowl of oyster grit (pudding bowl size) for hens to help themselves to as it improves shell quality.
Remove eggs as quickly as possible, you don’t want the hens eating the eggs – hard habit to break.
Check the nest boxes a few times a day, once they start laying (about 20 weeks), and you should be able to work out when most are laying – morning, noon or evening.
As your hens come into lay they will take 3 or 4 weeks to get the egg production right - big eggs, small eggs, double yolkers, strange shapes and no shells are all perfectly normal to expect when your hen starts to lay.
Rearing from Day Old
Day old chicks will need a direct source of heat from above for the first 3 weeks.
Allow an area around the edge of the rearing area for chicks to move from the heat.
The area under the heat source should be warm to the touch.
Birds will show you if they are too hot (moving away from the heat source) or too cold (all piling underneath), so adjust high of heat source if necessary.
100x day olds can be started off in an area of about 1mx1m.
Double this area after 3 weeks, or split into 2x lots of 50.
Again, double this area after 6 weeks or split into lots of 25.
Start the day olds off on newspaper (first 4 or 5 days), and as well as a feed container, sprinkle feed on the paper, it moves when they walk and encourages them to eat!
Dip all beaks into the water container at day old - encourages them to drink!
Gradually wean from heat source at about 6 weeks.
They can be gradually introduced to free ranging from 3 weeks, providing the weather allows (should the temp. drop young birds will get chilled very quickly)
Vaccinations
Heathly & happy hens
Vaccination is essential to ensure the health of any free range bird, whether you are a backyard owner or a free range egg producer. We are happy to offer advice and support to all our customers regarding the maintaining of healthy, disease free hens.
How we get chicken's to you
Pickup from the Hatchery
Collection from our hatchery is welcome
Bulk DeliveryBrown Layer chicks and point of lay birds are available every 6 weeks and we offer extensive delivery throughout New Zealand, via Air NZ Airfreight.
For the older stock, there are deliveries to Christchurch every 6 weeks, and for other South Island options-approximately every 3 months for collection from a central point.
Future Availibility
DAY OLDS
Brown layer 23rd June 2022
Deliveries to Nelson*, BLENHEIM*, Invercargill*, Dunedin*, Hokitika*, Whangarei**, Kerikeri**AUCKLAND** , CHRISTCHURCH & Ashburton !!
*AIRFREIGHT - min order of 30 day olds applies.
Airfreight of older birds min 6 birds applies.
POINT OF LAY HENS (18 week olds) Available on 20th June if wanted at a younger age we do sell them from 10 weeks old .Now we offer Air freight all over New Zealand for our 16week and 18week old stock.
Next point of lay stock available for other collection from Fairlie & to other South Island Areas (demand dependant)...
Central Otago Delivery @18 weeks- TBC Now offer air freight
Otago Delivery @18 weeks - TBC Now offer air freight
Price list and stock
Day Old Chicks Brown grazer layer Chicks $6.50ea Brown grazer layer Chicks (100+) $6.00ea. Meat Chicks $5.50 (100+) $5 ea Discounts available bulk orders 1000+, please enquire.
Day Old Chick Deliveries South Island Airfreight and bulk delivery Delivery charge (20+ Chicks - CHC and south Canterbury) $50
Delivery charge (up to 100x chicks- Airfreight South Island)
$59.00 Bulk delivery charges as above (demand dependant), we do
offer a discount for chick orders of 100 or more - please enquire.
10 Week Old Brown grazzer Layer Hens Pickup from Pure pasture $22.50 Bulk delivery to a central South Island and North Island pickup point $27.50 ea (minimum order of 6)
16/18 Week Old Brown grazzer ,Layer Hens
Air Freight North island & South Island
(Minimum order of 6 birds)
Pickup from Pure Pasture 16/18 weeks $28.50/$30.50 ea Delivery to a central South Island & central North Island pickup point @16 weeks*Airfreight inc $33.00ea Delivery to a central South Island & central North Island pickup point @18 weeks*Airfreight inc $35.00ea Discounts available for orders 100+ (Please enquire)
*Delivery charges may vary listed below is the desternations we can offer airfrieght near you.
Auckland Gisborne Tauranga Queenstown
Blenheim Hamilton Taupo
Dunedin Kerikeri Wellington
Hokitika New Plymouth Nelson
Invercargill Rotorua Palmerston North
Day Old Chicks
Sexed & Vaccinated
Boxed up for collection or delivery on day of hatch
Meat Birds
Specially reared meat bird
(out of stock)
Ideal for free range rearing
Around 8 - 10 weeks from day old to average processed weight of 2.2 (size 22) – 2.4kg (free ranged).
We are happy to offer support & advice to those considering first time rearing from Day Old - prior to ordering.