Healthier, Happier Animals
About our Farm
Kinmana Organics have a passion and desire to produce the very best organic, free-range, soy-free chicken and Lamb that is Healthy for the Earth, and Healthy for You.
Meet our Chickens
Kinmana Organics is one of 5 Australian Approved Sommerlad Farmers selected to continue Heritage Poultry genetics for future generations. Our Sommerlad heritage-breed chickens are a “very special chicken”. They are old-fashioned, take longer to grow, have more care, more space, more texture, more taste!
We care about transparency, provenence, high welfare and food miles. Your chickens are certified organic on farm, Proof certified and grown right here at Marama in South Australia.
The chickens are hailed for their active foraging ability, well-proportioned bodies, strong legs and bones, and their ability to withstand heat. The taste? Because the chickens grow slower and live longer, the meat has a stronger flavour and better texture.
These birds are strong, resilient, and genetics chosen to survive in Australian conditions.
Meet our Sheep
Careful selection and on-farm breeding of dorper sheep ensures minimal intervention – they don’t need shearing, crutching and mulesing and are disease resistant. The Dorper breed have excellent lambing percentages, feed utilisation and conversion and thrive in our South Australian climatic conditions.
The dorper ewe is very protective of her young. There is no need for human intervention at lambing time, and she produces a large quantity of milk, helping in survival and early growth of the lamb. The Kinmana organic livestock are treated with natural and organic methods for animal health.
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Learn more about our farm and how we care for our animals!
Justin and Rita Porker, along with their 5 children: Jacinta, Cameron, Larissa, Tameeka and Hayden
Marama, in the South Australian Mallee area. Properties: “Kinmana” Farm 889ha. “Platinum Park” 890ha and “Upsun Downs” 709ha. Total: 2488ha.
Isa brown, Hy-line, Black Astralorpe, and White Leghorn. Sommerlad Heritage chickens are hatched and grown on the farm. Producing old-fashioned Meat for conscious food lovers.
New adult birds are bred to maintain valuable Australian rare genetics.
Maximum rate of 200 hens per ha. Stocking rate varies according to seasonal variation and pasture cover. Hen mobile shelters are moved in a rotation to ensure biodiversity and soil cover is maintained.
- Day old chicks arrive from the hatchery, or hatched on farm. For the first 21 days, they are raised in a brooder shed on the farm. Their ration consists of Certified Organic grains legumes, and minerals. As soon as the chickens are fully feathered, and the weather is favourable, the chickens have full access to the native and improved pasture.
- All poultry have full access to the pastures on the farm, including cereal cropping stubble, summer/winter perennial native grasses, Lucerne, primrose and the small creatures that live in their environment. The feed ration is made of Certified organic sorghum, wheat, mung beans, and sunflower oil. Nutritional supplements include minerals, certified organic bull-kelp meal and shell grit. When seasons permit, we use grain grown on our farm.
- The poultry are never fed anything grown or treated with chemical. GMO and SOY free.
- Hens start their laying cycle approx. 18 weeks of age, and are kept on the farm until their second laying cycle is complete. This is when the shell naturally gets weaker, and the hen is then turned into compost to use back on the farm.
- They are never de-beaked.
- Hens are allowed to forage naturally, and go through their natural cycle of moulting and seasonal off lay periods.
- 6 movable shelters are provided for the hens. In each shelter, there is plenty of perch space, comfortable nesting boxes, designed for the eggs to roll away, and adjustable ventilation to keep the hens comfortable through the seasonal changes.
- Eggs are collected once each day. Additional collections on hot days.
- In the packing room, eggs are visually inspected for any cracks and faults using a candler, then gently machine-washed with vinegar solution, and graded by the team on the farm.
Maremma dogs protect the chickens and hens 24 hours a day from foxes, hawks, eagles and wild cats. Electric fencing is also used.
Nature is an excellent provider and we carefully select the right elements to ensure our sheep are naturally healthy.
Feed
We ensure our sheep are eating their natural diet of 100% grass. No grains at all. None! Here’s how we provide grass in warmer months sheep are ruminating animals (more than one stomach chamber) and can acquire serious health complications when fed grain. Grain overload in ruminants by avoiding grains we have healthier sheep.
Supplementation
Lambs receive a health tonic of organic apple cider vinegar (with the mother), organic garlic, organic MinKel (minerals & kelp) and cod liver oil. The tonic helps with parasites and overall wellbeing. As a result our sheep need very little human interference and live a stress free life.
