It all started with a family business - the labour of an Ottawa-based family, two enterprising sons who took up the mantle of rearing chickens for the traditional grocery supply chain.

 

They were a fixture at one of Canada’s most prominent food purveyors, when the corporate tides shifted to larger-scale, diminishing productions and they were essentially downshifted to search for another way to stay afloat. This put the family at a difficult fork in the road; which led to the decision to continue operating but in a business-to-consumer model.

 

With the further uncertainty brought on with the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the family again grappled with how to ensure their tradition of producing the highest quality poultry would continue. 

 

• Our chickens are free to roam the barn, in optimal living conditions with a clean barn, fresh air, controlled temperature

 

• The feed consists of a grain mix of corn and soybeans, and we provide fresh water supply at all times

 

• The resulting meat, from farm to table in 24 hours, is hormone and steroid-free

 

• The farm is regularly audited to ensure the farmers adhere to strict mandatory quality assurance programs

 

• Our facility and animals are strictly designed to meet all national and Ontario on-farm food safety and biosecurity standards, the only local certified facility

 

• We follow stringent animal care regulations and farm worker safety programs 

 

The Chicken Run is part locally-owned ingenuity project, part keeping the family legacy intact, part startup. We raise the fittest chickens, feed them top quality corn and soybeans, prohibit hormone or steroid treatments, and our chickens run free with plenty of space. This optimal living environment is made to delight each chicken with access to fresh air, controlled suitable temperatures throughout the year, and the entire process has oversight from the food safety and biosecurity standards, some of the world’s most stringent.  

 

We wouldn’t serve you anything we wouldn’t bring to our own dinner table, and it’s with this confidence and accountability that we extend our gratitude for valuing quality as much as we do - our chicken is delivered within 24 hours from farm to table, vacuum packed, either fresh or frozen. Because we produce the best chicken out there, we’re optimistic you’ll feel just the same way. We take orders every day, 24/7 here on our website, or by email. We’d be delighted to receive your order, and treasure our most precious family relationships that make these efforts all worthwhile.  

 

From our family to yours, 

 

The Glaudes