Junee Pastured Eggs
Our free ranging hens enjoy fresh pasture, bugs and worms. Junee Pastured Eggs are delivered within days of being laid. They are guaranteed to be fresh, tasty and nutritious.
Our free ranging hens belong to a biodiverse, regenerating farmland ecosystem that includes cattle, guardian dogs, wild animals, soil microorganisms, honey bees, pastures, woodlands, reedbeds, and the people who enjoy our eggs. After short periods of grazing by beef cattle and hens, pastures rest for months, allowing the regrowth of leaves and roots and the capture of carbon as organic matter in soil.
Verified by the international Land to Market program, our farmland is proven by independent testing to be regenerating. Biodiversity, ecological connectivity and soil health is consistently improving.
Our free ranging hens move weekly onto fresh pastures. They lay eggs, and roost each night, inside specially designed caravans. Hen droppings stimulate soil biology and fertilise the farm’s biodiverse pastures. Scratching around, turning and aerating the soil, burying leaves and other organic matter, the hens build soil that captures and holds more rainfall. Atmospheric carbon is buried within healthy pastures and biologically vibrant soils, helping to counter global heating and climate change, and make farmland more resilient to weather extremes.
By grazing fresh pastures, eating bugs and worms, and basking in sunshine, our hens produce eggs that are rich in nutrients and vitamins. Junee Pastured Eggs are particularly high in vitamins A, D and E, and in Omega 3 fatty acids.
To build and strengthen ecological relationships, we integrate the grazing management of hens and beef cattle. Owned by George’s brother Chris and his partner Lucy, the cattle graze pastures down to a level that hens prefer. For short periods, the cattle herd is contained within small areas by portable, solar powered electric fencing. After the cattle move to their next section, the hens arrive to graze the shortened pastures and scratch around. After the hens move on, the intensively grazed pastures are rested for months.
This pattern of swift disturbance followed by long rest periods builds carbon rich, biologically active soils and promotes the growth of a diverse range of pasture species and other plants. Trees and shrubs are germinating and growing in the paddocks, bolstering the ecological integrity of the farmland and its capacity to withstand extreme weather events, and sequestering even more atmospheric carbon.
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