Responsibly farmed eggs for the Canberra region.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to produce pasture raised eggs based on regenerative agricultural practices, resulting in better quality food and happier, healthier animals, all whilst reducing the impact on our environment.
Responsibly farmed
No nasties
Pasture raised
Our Story
The Local Roost is a small family farm owned and operated by Canberra Locals. The farm was purchased at the start of 2022 with the idea of combining rural living and a wholesome family life with a productive agricultural business that restores health to the land. Our dream was to move to a small rural property that we could convert from cleared, overgrazed paddocks to a biodynamic & productive farm with the intention to restore soil health by carefully managing livestock rotation, re-populating trees and native grasses.
Meet the Family
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Farmer Steve
At the top of the pecking order you’ll find Farmer Steve. Although his background is in construction, Steve’s appreciation for nature and being outdoors has led him towards work in the agricultural field. From there hatched the idea of The Local Roost.
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Zeke
Zeke is an enthusiastic farm hand who is always ready for work… Or his version of it (chasing a ball, frisbee or stick). Although Zeke’s idea of work doesn’t increase overall productivity, his positive and friendly attitude is just what’s needed sometimes.
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Bailey & Elsie
Our beautiful Maremma dogs live with the hens all day, every day, keeping them safe from wild dogs, foxes, feral cats and birds of prey. Maremmas are specifically bred as guardian animals for sheep and poultry due to their protective nature.
OUR HENS GRAZE ON FRESH, GRASSY PADDOCKS ALL DAY, EVERYDAY
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OUR HENS GRAZE ON FRESH, GRASSY PADDOCKS ALL DAY, EVERYDAY •
FAQs
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Our pasture raised hens have continuous access to pasture throughout their life on the farm. They are moved around the farm regularly in their mobile trailer in a sustainably managed rotational grazing system to ensure forage is always fresh and available. The mobile trailer provides shelter when the birds want it, nest boxes for laying eggs in comfort and perches for them to roost at night.
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To try our eggs, visit our friends at;
The Cook Grocer
Ziggy’s Fresh (Fyshwick Markets)
FourBee Meats (Queanbeyan)
Tutto Delicatessen (Mawson)
Alpha Fresh (alphafresh.com.au)
Cannons IGA Googong
Go Vita Woden (in the Westfield shopping centre)
Griffith Butchery
St Elmo (Torrens)
Southlands Quality Meats (Mawson)
Coffee Collective (Kingston)
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You may have noticed that we haven't included the stocking density (number of hens per hectare) on our carton. This was intentional!
It is a requirement for 'free range farms' to declare this, but as we are a pasture raised farm and we move our hens regularly to fresh grass it doesn't matter as much!
If we were to put a number to it though and we calculated it the same way that other farms do, our stocking density would be about 64hens per hectare -
No. Since the purchase in early 2022 there have been no applications of synthetic fertilisers, pesticides or herbicides in any of our paddocks. Besides, our chickens do the fertilising and weeding for us!
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Our Hens are free to scratch and forage for seeds, grasses and grubs in the pasture all day. We also provide high quality, specially made poultry feed from reputable stockfeed manufacturers to ensure they lay delicious, healthy eggs.
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The Local Roost’s farm shed is a brand new building that is completely off grid. Drinking water is collected from the roof and stored in large volume tanks where it is filtered and UV sterilised before making its way to the hens.
We also have a stand-alone solar system comprising more than 40 panels. The solar system provides electricity to the building for general lighting, power and importantly cooling to store our eggs in optimal conditions whilst being prepped and packed for you to enjoy fresh.
Contact Us
Monaro Hwy, Tuggeranong. ACT
localroost@gmail.com
0407 043 633