Whole pasture chicken
$16/kgA full bird, bone-in, grown slow enough to actually taste like something.
Chicken raised the way it used to be
Ridge & Meadow sits on forty acres off a quiet dirt road in the Southern Tablelands. Our birds move across open pasture every day, fed on grain we grow ourselves. No sheds, no shortcuts, just slower growth and better flavour.
Forty acres, one flock at a time, and a simple bet: chicken tastes better when it's allowed to actually be a chicken.
Started on my grandfather's block
My grandfather kept chickens here for eggs and Sunday dinner, nothing more. When I took over the block, the sheds were empty and the fences were gone, but the paddocks still remembered what they were for.
We rebuilt slowly. Mobile shelters instead of fixed sheds, smaller flocks instead of one big one. Every bird here still walks the same stretch of road my grandfather used to drive down with eggs in the back seat.
Some things changed. The feed is tested now, the processing room is licensed, the orders come in online instead of by phone. But the pace of raising a chicken hasn't moved much at all.
A chicken that's had a life tastes different, you can't fake that.
The place, in pictures.
What we raise
Everything here comes off our own pasture, in small weekly batches.
Thighs and drumsticks
$18/kgThe cuts our regulars ask for first, packed skin-on for roasting.
Free-range eggs
$9/dozenLaid by hens that free-range the same paddocks as the meat birds.
Farm gate bundle
$65One whole bird, a dozen eggs and a pack of thighs, our most-ordered box.
Road-side roast pack
$42A spatchcocked bird seasoned and ready to go straight on the fire.
I drive forty minutes out for this chicken and I'd drive further, the difference is that obvious once you've had it.Regular customer, Southern Tablelands
Everything you might want to ask.
Good to know
Do I need to order before I come out?
Yes, we process to order so stock is limited on the day. Get your order in by Thursday for weekend pickup.
Where exactly is the farm gate?
We're on a signposted dirt turn-off, details and a map link are sent with your order confirmation.
Is the meat frozen or fresh?
Fresh, always. Birds are dressed the morning of pickup and kept chilled, not frozen, unless you ask us to freeze for travel.
Can I visit without ordering, just to see the farm?
Yes, we welcome drop-in visits during pickup hours, though the shop itself is order-only.
What makes your chicken different from supermarket chicken?
Slower growth, real pasture time and small batch numbers, the birds simply live longer and move more before they reach you.
Find us
Where we are
Pickup runs Friday and Saturday, 9am to 1pm, at the farm gate. Follow the signage off the main road, gravel parking is right by the cool room.
- Find us
- 226 Oxford Street, New South Wales 2250
- Opening times
- Mon–Sat · 9:00am – 6:00pm
- Telephone
- +61 2 9774 7213
- [email protected]
