Wisdom Natural Poultry

Wisdom Natural Poultry operates a very small poultry slaughter and processing plant at 44686 CR 4 in Haxtun, Colorado, listed by USDA FSIS under establishment numbers M22084 and P22084 with a grant of inspection dated April 11, 2016. FSIS lists the plant's activities as poultry slaughter and poultry processing, with poultry as the only species slaughtered under inspection. Its reported slaughter volume category is 1.0, meaning under 1,000 head per year. No custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS.

The establishment's website, published as Wisdom's Natural Poultry and run by Jay and Cindy Wisdom, describes a farm-based operation rather than a service processor for outside livestock. The site states that day-old chicks arrive at the farm in northeast Colorado, are housed in a temperature-controlled environment with water from a deep well, are fed a nutritionally balanced ration of all natural, locally raised feed with no hormones, antibiotics, or growth promotants, and are later given outdoor access. Birds are hand caught and processed at the farm's own USDA plant, then chilled immediately and bagged and frozen within hours.

Sales are direct to consumers and to restaurants. The website lists the Boulder Farmers Market on Saturdays and a winter pickup location in Boulder, states that the operation delivers, and notes capacity to add restaurant distribution. Whether the plant performs slaughter or processing for other farms is not stated in the sources on file.

The website directs buyers to the Boulder Farmers Market in downtown Boulder on Saturdays from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM, at 13th Street between Arapahoe Avenue and Canyon Boulevard, with the season listed as April 6 to November 23, 2024. In winter, the site lists a pickup point in the parking lot east of the Atrium Building at 1300 Canyon Blvd, Boulder, on Wednesdays from 10:00 AM to 10:30 AM. Orders are placed by call or text, and the site states that the operation delivers. Birds are described as chilled, bagged, and frozen within hours of processing. The site also lists local restaurants that feature the poultry and eggs, and notes that eggs are available at Moxie Bread Feed + Seed in Boulder. Prices, bundle options, and shipping are not stated.

If you are buying a half or quarter animal, the plant is where the animal is processed; the farm sells you the animal. Read how to buy a half cow for the sequence and the math.