Whole Chicken

The only pasture-raised chicken that's also corn-free, soy-free, vaccine-free and seed-oil-free. Roast it whole, spatchcock it, or break it down for multiple meals.

$39.99
Corn-Free
Soy-Free
Raised on Pasture
Vaccine-Free
Organic Feed
Size
Quantity

This is the bird we built the farm around. Our whole chicken is raised outside on real pasture - always. They forage for bugs, worms, and grasses, eat certified-organic corn-free, soy-free feed, and are never given vaccines, antibiotics, or any pharmaceutical intervention. Clean air, real sunlight, open land. The result is dense, deeply flavorful meat with a fat profile that looks completely different from conventional poultry. Roast it whole, spatchcock it on the grill, or break it down for the week.

All orders ship frozen with dry ice and insulated packaging to arrive in perfect condition. We ship Monday–Wednesday to avoid weekend delays. Orders placed after Wednesday will ship the following week.

Our chicken meets a standard that less than 0.001% of US poultry can claim. 100% pasture-raised on rotating fresh ground. Corn-free, soy-free, certified organic feed. Completely vaccine-free and antibiotic-free. Processed with no chlorine or bleach. We've held this standard since 2012 and we're not changing it.

As a PA, I started Primal Pastures because I couldn't find meat I trusted for my own family. This is it, raised the way I was looking for all those years ago

— Farmer Rob, PA-C & Founder

🧊 Ships frozen, packed with dry ice

Whole Chicken

Whole Chicken

$39.99

Buy your meat, honey, chicken, bone broth and more from Primal Pastures and have it shipped directly to your door! This meat is SO GOOD. - Dr. Casey Means

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Why It's Different

Most "pasture-raised" chicken still eats corn and soy. Ours doesn't.

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Pasture + Certified Organic Feed

Our birds scratch for bugs, worms, and grasses on open pasture in addition to a certified organic corn, soy and seed oil free feed. That varied diet shows up in the fat profile — and on the plate.

Primal: bugs, worms, grasses, corn-free, soy-free, seed-oil-free.
Conventional: corn, soy, seed oils, no pasture.
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No Vaccines or Antibiotics

We believe healthy birds don't need pharmaceutical interventions. Our birds are raised outdoors, under sunlight, which is nature's natural disinfectant. Their environment is optimized for health, not illness.

Primal: no pharmaceuticals, steroids or antibiotics
Crammed into growhouses, vaccinated and treated with antibiotics
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No Chemicals on Pasture

Our chickens are raised on pastures that are not poisoned by chemical fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides or fungicides. We believe less inputs = better outputs.

Primal: sunlight, rainfall, nature.
No chemical inputs: herbicides, fungicides, pesticides
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the primal standard

"Clean" labels are everywhere.
Ours mean something.

Our chickens live on pasture every day — not in barns with a small door to the outside, but on real, rotating, open pasture with fully mobile coops that move to fresh ground constantly. They forage for bugs, worms, and grasses the way chickens are built to, and they're supplemented with a certified organic, corn-free, soy-free feed.

The Primal Difference

How We Compare

Features
Primal Pastures
Grocery Store
Seed Oil Free
Daily rotation to fresh pasture
Vaccine Free
Corn and Soy Free
No Chlorine or Bleach Baths

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Our birds forage on pasture eating bugs, worms, grasses, seeds and are supplemented with a certified organic, corn-free, soy-free, non-GMO feed made from organic milo, barley, peas, fishmeal, and olive oil.

    We've even replaced inflammatory seed oils in the feed with olive oil. It's what we believe is the cleanest chicken feed available anywhere.

  • Corn and soy represent over 99.9% of American chicken feed by volume. The feed is what gets into the fat. Corn and soy-fed chickens carry a very different fatty acid profile than birds raised on pasture and clean feed — higher in inflammatory omega-6s, lower in the nutrients your body actually wants. Our feed standard represents less than 0.001% of chickens available in the US.

  • Yes. Our chicken is completely unvaccinated. While conventional and even most organic poultry operations routinely vaccinate against Marek's, Newcastle, Infectious Bronchitis, Infectious Bursal, and Fowl Pox, we've chosen a different path. Raising chickens on fresh pasture with a clean diet, sunshine, and clean well water eliminates the conditions that make those interventions necessary in the first place.

  • All orders are vacuum-sealed and flash-frozen immediately after processing to lock in flavor and quality. They ship frozen with dry ice and insulated packaging. We ship Monday-Wednesday nationwide. Orders placed after Wednesday ship the following week.

  • Our chickens are processed with a hydrogen peroxide and vinegar rinse, not the chlorine bleach baths standard in conventional processing. They're then immediately frozen to lock in freshness and quality. It's a cleaner method that achieves the same food safety goals without the chemical residue.

  • Yes, meaningfully so. Because of their life on pasture, our chickens are higher in Vitamins A, B, D, and E, three times higher in omega-3 fatty acids, and lower in saturated fat compared to conventionally raised chicken. The pasture and the clean feed both contribute to that nutritional difference.

  • "Pasture-raised" on most labels means minimal outdoor access, often a small door to a concrete pad. Ours means constant rotation to fresh pasture, every day. All of our coops are fully mobile, so our birds always have access to fresh grasses, bugs, worms, flowers, and weeds. That continuous movement is what genuine pasture-raised looks like.

  • 5 stars: 89 (88%)
  • 4 stars: 8 (8%)
  • 3 stars: 1 (1%)
  • 2 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 1 star: 3 (3%)
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ron
Clean meat

We enjoyed the chicken. It was a simple roast with salt, pepper and garlic. We wanted to taste the pure meat. There was just good solid meat. It wasn’t watery or “plump” lile store bought. Just pure meat. It wasn’t watery good warmed up as leftovers too.

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Deanna

I roasted the chicken I bought yesterday. My husband could not stop raving about how tender and juicy it was. He was bragging about the quality meat choices we have found to our friends.

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Elaine S.

Juicy. tender, and full of flavor.

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Karen T.
Nothing goes to waste!

I start by roasting my chicken in my counter-top oven. We have leftovers for a couple of days (chicken tortillas with beans and cheese are good). Then I make chicken broth with the bones, sometimes adding pork and/or lamb bones as well. The soup I make with the broth is good too. I like knowing how healthy this chicken is compared to others on the market.

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Kevin R.
Great quality.

Very happy with our purchase.

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Trichelle G.
Definitely taste the difference

We order whole chickens from Primal Pastures and we use them for all our recipes. They are moist and very tender with great flavor.

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Jason V.
Like old times

One of the best tasting Chickens 🐓 i can remember, Taste just like Food from the 1970’s Thank you

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Julie K.
Chicken

I bought two whole chickens. Came in a timely manner. It’s 100+ degrees here and the box was melted but my chickens were still frozen. Baked one that night with rice. Everyone loved it. I will buy again.

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Fadwa E.G.
Whole Chicken

Marinated and roasted and superior flavor

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Charlotte
Chickens taste like when I was on the farm.

These chickens taste like chickens should. Firm meat vs. the soft or rubbery that you will find in almost every chicken you buy from the store including (sadly) the organic chickens. Maybe I'm a complete chicken meat snob but I'd like to think I can differentiate in texture and flavor because I grew up on a farm and our chickens had rich flavor like Primal Pastures do.

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jim b.
whole chicken

Outstanding! Chicken at a new level

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Susan J.P.
Option for small only

I was perplexed why my chicken was so small for the price.. I bought it anyway to see if there was significant flavor?
In the end, it’s too expensive, I’d have to order two and pay quite a premium..no appreciate your farm but ordering is cost prohibitive..

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William B.J.
This is the best chicken ever!

Tender, moist, and delicious.

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Janet K.
Best Whole Chicken on the Market!

My husband and I LOVE Primal Pastures Whole Chickens. We have one a week. I pressure cook it for 50 minutes, and the chicken meat just falls off the bones. After we eat the chicken meat, I take the bones (being sure to break them open to get the collagen) and make delicious chicken broth that is like jello when cooled it has so much collagen!

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Richard S.
Don't Pass Up On These

These birds are obviously raised in the best manner possible. The meat is tender and juicy and they taste like chicken is supposed to taste. Yes, you might spend a little more but your health and well-being, as well as the health and well-being of these birds, are important.

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Victoria v.
Oh YUM!

I roasted the whole chix, and the flavor was delicious!

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Cynthia M.
Loved it

My daughter said she and her family loved it.

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Laurence A.C.
Tasty

Mouth watering, delicious, and plenty to go around!

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Jason V.L.

Great!

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Ajna O.
Delicious healthy chicken

So wonderful to have delicious chicken that I know is free from any medical and other toxins. I could taste the difference. I followed the slow cooking method for roasting my chicken and it was tender and juicy - absolutely wonderful. Thank you so much!!

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Katiria J.
Best chicken!

Repeat customer! No better way to make chicken soup than using primal pastures!

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Hanan D.
Good tasty chicken

I may need to experiment some more to get the optimal tenderness,but it was juicy and flavorful. A bit pricey too:)

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Judy H.
Good but expensive

Nice tasting. Chicken seems healthy.

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Catherine H.
Whole Goodness

I have been ordering whole chicken for several years. It is always fresh and delicious. It arrived quickly and well packed. I am so happy with this product.

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Ellen C.
No soy or corn!

I love the fact that PP chickens are raised without the use of corn or soy. I just wish they weren't so expensive, but I understand why they are such high demand. I have sometimes found them sold out. Thank you PP!

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M.A.
Huge difference in taste

It's night and day from even the "good" stuff at Whole Foods. Very worth it.

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Patricia W.
Nom Nom Nom

Roasted whole with just a touch of lemon zest and salt. Awesome!

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Jill S.
best chickens for multiple meals including bone broth

Primal pasture chickens are great for multiple healthy meals.
The first meal is a roast bird in a pot that I can refridgerate with everything from the roast left in the pot. Second meal is any meat leftover on the bird. Third meal, I add a pitcher if water to the pot all the bones and healthy bird fat and my seasoning from the roast still in the pot and I make the most amazing bone broth. I let it boil down for a few hours, season it up, let it cool and remove all the bones and skin etc. my dog loves this part of the process and gets all the soft stuff. Using that pot of bone broth I can build a great soup or I can pour the cool broth into a few mason jars and use it as needed or just drink it through out the day (It's kind a perfect warm drink). I feel good about these birds and I feel well eating them becasue they aren't full of unhealthy stuff. By the way, (TMI) but I get hot flashes when I eat birds or meats that are pumped full of hormones, and GMO corn etc.

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Annie C.
Absolutely will not buy store bought chicken ever again!

This is the finest I've found - true chicken flavor that I remember from my childhood (I'm nearing 70 now...) Will never go store-bought again!!

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Dominique E.
Excited to get my chicken this way!

After googling several chicken butchering videos, I decided that cutting a whole chicken into individual pieces instead of buying individuals at the market would be a fun thing to try - and I was correct! It was so satisfying turning that bird into some drums, wings, thighs, breasts, and even a stock! My technique needs more practice so I can get the most out of one bird (especially with the stock - didn’t think to roast the bones for that until after), so I’ll be purchasing more whole chickens in the future!

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Melissa t.
The best chicken

I am confident that the meat is more nutritious than the store bought meat. The whole chicken is consistent in texture, tender and delicious. Sometimes I thought I had found good chicken in a store and then I get ones that cook up with some rubbery texture.
I feel good cooking the chicken and serving it to my family.

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Sean D.
You only lose if you don't get chis chicken

Like that? yeah, like that.