House of Raeford Vienna

House of Raeford Vienna operates at 1151 East Pine Street in Vienna, Georgia, in Dooly County, under USDA FSIS establishment number P2894. The federal record lists the plant as doing business as House of Raeford Farms, Inc., with FSIS activities of poultry slaughter and poultry processing. FSIS classifies the establishment in its large size class, and its reported slaughter volume category is 5.0, the highest bracket in the FSIS scale. The grant of inspection date on file is February 26, 2025. No custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS.

the plant is part of House of Raeford Farms, which the company website describes as a family-owned and family-operated enterprise spanning five generations, with roots traced to 1925 when Mary Sue Johnson began raising turkeys in her backyard in Rose Hill, North Carolina. The corporate office is in Rose Hill. The company describes an integrated business running from hatcheries and feed mills to farms and plants, and lists the Vienna, GA complex among its Georgia operations.

Company-level product lines described on the website include fresh chicken and further processed chicken such as breaded nuggets, grilled fajita strips, and rotisserie chicken, sold through foodservice, retail, export, and school nutrition channels under the House of Raeford, Speedy Bird, and Filet Of Chicken brands. The website does not describe operations specific to the Vienna plant beyond identifying it as a complex, and it does not state hours, retail counter access, or custom slaughter terms for this location. Details beyond the federal record and these company-level descriptions are not yet on file.

The federal record lists poultry slaughter and poultry processing at this establishment and reports no custom-exempt activity, so there is no indication in the sources that the plant takes in animals from outside producers for custom kill and cut. The company describes a vertically integrated model in which it raises its own birds and controls the process from hatcheries and feed mills through the farms and plants, and it maintains grower regions including Georgia. Booking procedures, minimums, fees, and cut and wrap terms are not stated in the sources. Growers interested in contract arrangements would need to contact the company directly; the plant phone on file with FSIS is (229) 268-3400 and the corporate office in Rose Hill, North Carolina lists 910-289-3191.

House of Raeford Vienna operates under a federal grant of inspection, so product from this plant can be sold anywhere in the United States, which matters if you sell online or across a state line. FSIS does not list a custom-exempt activity for this plant.

The sources do not describe a retail counter, halves or quarters, bundles, delivery, or shipping at the Vienna plant. The company website promotes online pre-order chicken sales with pay in advance and loading into the customer's car, and directs visitors to a preorder schedule, but it does not state which locations participate or whether Vienna is among them. Company products are otherwise sold through foodservice, retail, export, and school nutrition channels rather than directly from this establishment as described in the sources.

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.