Chicken rasing in the Mountain View area of Hawaii

Here in Mountain View, Hawaii we have been very successful at raising our own chickens.  The hens we keep on our estate produce all different color eggs, including blue, brown and white eggs.  Because of the tropical climate, we are able to grow lots of leafy greens, including broccoli, cabbage, Choy, leeks, green beans, peas, etc.  All of the by-products are fed to the chickens along with a egg-layer mash, corn and lots of fresh papayas.  This combination produces some of the fines eggs in Hawaii.  Egg farms in the USA are unsightly smelly places where many of the fresh eggs are tainted with steroids and antibiotics.  Many of us don’t know what we are consuming now-a-days.   The food industry has become some large that no one agency can oversee what goes into the products we consume on a daily basis.  However, small independent farms here on the Big Island of Hawaii strive to produce food that is not tainted with drugs or hormones.  Here in Mountain View many small cattle ranches graze their livestock on lush green grass and papayas.  The fruit acts as a meat tenderizer and products wonderful Big Island Burgers.