What's so different about Empire Kosher

How Empire poultry grow
Empire Kosher's poultry is raised by local contracted growers on family farms located within an hour from Empire's processing plant. Selected, experienced growers monitor the health and well being of all chicks/poults several times each day, with specially trained service personnel making house calls at the farms as well.

Empire's poultry is free-roaming. What does that mean? Because these are kosher chickens/turkeys, Empire's farmers closely monitor what the birds ingest. Any injury or damage to the bird's intestinal tract and vital organs during this stage automatically renders it non-kosher, and unfit for processing under Empire's strict standards of healthfulness.

Consequently, growing chicks/poults cannot be exposed to litter, garbage, metals, or other substances found on ground outside the housing. Instead, all housing is completely sanitized between each flock, with birds free to roam inside the airy, spacious climate controlled housing. No hormones or steroids are used as growth promotants. Instead each bird matures slowly and naturally into the best-tasting chicken/turkey on the market.


What Empire Poultry Eat
All feed is custom formulated at Empire Kosher's own feed mill. Several different formulations are used during the growth cycle of the birds, to assure the healthiest, best quality feed for each stage of their development into genuine Empire Kosher chickens/turkeys. Oceans of golden plump corn, produced on fertile prime farm land in lush Pennsylvania Dutch country, is carefully mixed with top quality soy. The grains, which undergo testing on a random basis to assure that only the highest quality ingredients are used, are mixed with naturally occurring minerals and vitamins. All pellets are heated to destroy mold and microorganisms. All feed is custom delivered to the farms from Empire's mill, which also houses a complete nutrition and testing lab facility.

On the farm, pellets are released on demand into sanitary feeders. Constantly replenished spring or well water is pumped into the watering system, assuring a continuous supply of the freshest, cleanest water for the birds. Page Two