Canfield Farms Poultry
Magpie Ducks and Duck Eggs
We raise crossbred Magpie ducks. They are excellent browsers and layers, and have very calm dispositions. Ducks are great for yards and gardens, not only do they fertilize with fast-dissolving manure, they keep weeds and grass trimmed short, and they are superb slug eaters! Duck eggs are larger sized than chicken eggs, they have a bigger yolk, and much richer tasting. They are wonderful for baking! 
We sell duck eggs in bulk (load your own recycled cartons) at $5 per dozen. There is a fifty-cent charge for each carton we provide, because law requires that we provide you with a clean, new one with special labeling, and that's how much they cost!
Rhode Island Red Chickens and Eggs
We run a nice flock of purebred RIR chickens, and sell chicks, adult birds and eggs! Our Reds are aggressive foragers, calm and easy to handle, and bold- they do not put up with any abuse from dogs or cats! Chicken eggs in bulk are $4 per dozen (load your own recycled cartons). As with duck eggs, there is a fifty-cent charge for each new carton we provide to you.
True Pastured Poultry and Eggs
We
pasture our adult poultry on the farm. We believe this is the best life for birds, to be able to
follow their natural instincts to forage for worms, insects and vegetation
to supplement their grain diet; and to benefit from sunshine. Chickens prefer the ability to take "dust baths" in the dirt; and ducks like to bathe in deep water where they can swim- so being outside helps them stay clean, naturally.
Our birds are pastured inside large electrified netting enclosures on grass. They have houses where they roost, on their own, at night. This keeps the birds safe from nocturnal predators. Our poultry are all-weather creatures; and though they are able to take shelter in their houses any time of day, they always choose to be outside during daylight hours- even in blistering heat, rain storms and snow!
Unfortunately the term "free-range" is an area where USDA regulation and industry allow for what could be somewhat misleading labeling claims. "Free range" legally just means that the birds were given some access to outdoors. It does not mean that they could make it to the door amidst thousands of birds in a building, that they actually went outdoors, that they had an adequate-sized pen outdoors, were out there during most of the daylight hours, or had access to any green plants or living things to eat while they were there. Likely in many cases, the more expensive "free range" chicken and eggs in the store are no different than regular ones, produced by birds housed en masse, indoors under artificial light, eating an unchanging grain diet 24/7. Thus, many people choose to use the term "pastured" to describe their poultry, meaning birds that are outdoors during all daylight hours and on grass.
In our opinion, true free-range/pastured poultry eggs are more flavorful than store-bought eggs, and have a much more deeply colored orange yolk (see picture to the left for a comparison of one of our eggs to a store-bought egg). Many people theorize that true free-range eggs are more nutritious, because the birds enjoy a more varied diet; but so far, nobody has funded a study to prove this!