Long Range Poultry Farm
Cormack, NL
Nestled in the Humber Valley and sitting along the Long Range Mountains on the Northern Peninsula, 29-year-old egg farmer Nathan Dennis runs Long Range Poultry Farm in the farming community of Cormack.
Caring for 99 chickens as a child, Nathan’s very first flock of hens had always served as his inspiration for running his own egg farm.
Long Range Poultry Farm
Cormack, NL
Nestled in the Humber Valley and sitting along the Long Range Mountains on the Northern Peninsula, 29-year-old egg farmer Nathan Dennis runs Long Range Poultry Farm in the farming community of Cormack.
Caring for 99 chickens as a child, Nathan’s very first flock of hens had always served as his inspiration for running his own egg farm.
“I always had an interest in poultry, and I always liked the laying hens.
With a love of poultry and farming as a teenager, Nathan began working in one of the major agricultural areas in the province before applying as a new applicant with Egg Farmers of Newfoundland and Labrador and began sourcing out a farm that needed some new life.
Following his application, Nathan was approved for a quota of 4,870 laying hens to start Long Range Poultry Farm in Cormack. Nathan and the flock moved into the renovated barn and are thriving as the first commercial free-run layer farm in Newfoundland. Nathan’s Bovan Brown laying hens produce close to 400 dozen brown eggs a day.
“It’s always a challenge”
says Nathan, who collects dozens of eggs three times a day, wading through the thousands of chickens who have free reign of the barn. He chose to operate as a free-run farm to fill a need he saw in egg supply in the province and enter a niche market.
“It’s not because I think free-run is better than any other operation, I think it’s something different and something the public wants.”
With over 60 acres of farmland, Nathan’s operation produces vegetables, forage, beef, and high-quality Newfoundland eggs that are enjoyed all across the island.