Chicken raised the slow way, off a quiet dirt road
Grove Farmstead runs pastured birds on open paddocks two hours from Sydney. No sheds, no shortcuts. Just grass, air and time. We sell whole chicken, cuts and eggs direct from the farm, and at the Saturday market in town.
Every bird here spends its life on pasture, moved to fresh grass each week, which is the whole reason the meat tastes like something worth cooking slowly.
What we sell
Whole birds, butchered cuts, eggs and stock, all from the same paddocks.
Whole pastured chicken
$24 / bird, avg 1.8kgOur most-ordered item, sold whole with the neck and giblets set aside separately.
Farmhouse egg dozen
$9 / dozenLaid by hens on the same rotation as the meat birds, collected daily.
Roast-ready thigh pack
$18 / 6 piecesBone-in, skin-on thighs packed six to a tray, our answer to a weeknight roast.
A quick tour.
Started with twelve hens and a borrowed trailer
Grove Farmstead began on a strip of family land at the end of a gravel road, the kind you slow down for even in a ute. My grandfather kept a dozen hens for eggs; my father turned that into a proper flock and started selling birds off the tailgate.
These days we run several hundred chickens at a time across rotating paddocks, moving the shelters most mornings so the grass has time to recover. The road in is still unpaved, still a bit rough after rain, and we like that people have to want to come.
What hasn't changed is the pace. Nine weeks on pasture, no rushing it, no pretending a chicken raised in six weeks tastes the same as one that's had time outside.
You can taste the difference a slow chicken makes.
How an order works
Choose your cut
Order online or ring the farmhouse; whole birds, breast, thigh and stock bones are usually all in stock.
Pick a day
Collect from the farm gate Thursday to Sunday, or find us at the Saturday market.
Cook it soon
Nothing is frozen unless you ask; most people cook within two or three days.
Wondering about something?
Do I need to order ahead, or can I just turn up?
We keep some stock on hand most days, but whole birds sell out by early afternoon on weekends, so ordering online a day ahead is safest.
Where exactly is the farm and is there parking?
We're 20 minutes off the highway on Grove Lane; there's open gravel parking at the farm gate, no booking needed to park.
What are your pickup hours?
The farm gate stand is open Thursday to Sunday, 9am to 3pm, and we run a stall at the Saturday town market from 7am to noon.
Is the farm accessible for prams or wheelchairs?
The gate stand and parking area are flat gravel, manageable for prams and wheelchairs, though the paddock viewing track is uneven grass.
What makes your chicken different from supermarket chicken?
Ours live nine weeks on open pasture rather than five to six weeks in a shed, which changes both the texture and the flavour of the meat.
Come and see for yourself.
Come out to the farm
The gate stand is self-serve most mornings, honesty box included, but we're usually around if you want to see the paddocks.
- Find us
- 121 Stanley Street, New South Wales 2150
- Opening times
- Wed–Sun · 12:00pm – 11:00pm
- Telephone
- +61 487 571 178
- [email protected]
