Now taking pre-orders  ·  Caldwell, Idaho  ·  Head's Up Acres
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Our Eggs

Pasture-Raised Grade AA Eggs

Mixed Size  ·  1 Dozen (Large to XL)

Corn & Soy Free Family Run Hand Gathered Glyphosate Free Low PUFAs Regenerative Soil Rotational Grazing

$10 / dozen

Pickup Only

Head's Up Acres  ·  14355 Cowpoke Lane, Caldwell, Idaho 83607
No shipping at this time. Reach out to arrange pickup.

These eggs come from 1,000 hens living the way hens are meant to live — outside, moving, scratching, and in synchrony with other animals. We rotate them through fresh paddocks using the Polyface Millennium Feathernet system on our 126-acre property, so the land rests and recovers between passes. In harsh Idaho winters, we keep the ladies warm in their 100-foot hoop house. It gives them a safer, cleaner, drier environment with better airflow and less risk of disease, while they still get pasture access during the day. The ground gets a rest. The hens stay healthy. The eggs stay consistent.

Most eggs, even the ones marketed as pasture-raised, still come from hens fed corn and soy. Corn and soy are among the highest dietary sources of linoleic acid, an omega-6 fatty acid that accumulates in fat tissue and is associated with systemic inflammation. When hens eat it in large quantities, it ends up in the egg. Research suggests that reducing dietary linoleic acid can support gut repair and immune tolerance, which may explain why some people who previously couldn't tolerate eggs find they can tolerate eggs with lower PUFAs.

Here is what that actually looks like on our farm:

  • Corn-Free & Soy-Free Feed
  • Free of Glyphosate & Synthetic Pesticides
  • Low in PUFAs (specifically linoleic acid, the unstable omega-6 found in seed oils)
  • Low in Phytoestrogens
  • No Antibiotics, Vaccines, or Pharmaceuticals
  • Mobile Pasture-Raised on Rotating Idaho Pasture
  • Non-GMO Supplemental Feed
  • Hand Gathered Daily on Head's Up Acres
  • Family Run

Send us a message at halleshens@gmail.com or DM @halleshens on Instagram. We'll sort out a pickup time from Head's Up Acres in Caldwell. We're also working on a regular weekly order option. Stay tuned for a subscription sign-up coming soon.

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We're building a weekly and bi-weekly egg subscription for the Treasure Valley. When it launches, you'll be able to set up a standing pickup order from Head's Up Acres — one dozen, two dozen, whatever your household needs — and never have to think about it again.

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Stockists

Coming to the Treasure Valley

We're actively working on retail partnerships across the Boise and Treasure Valley area. Stay tuned — follow us at @halleshens to be the first to know when eggs land near you.

About

Meet Halle

Hey friend, happy you're here. I'm Halle, a Canadian girl who spent the better part of a decade chasing the stage. Musical theatre, performing arts, the whole dream. I moved to London, got my MFA, and fell in love with a man and a city at the same time. Somewhere in between all of that I also managed to be a creative director for a wallpaper company, contracting artists, staring at screens, building something beautiful from the inside of a building. It was good work. But every year that passed, I felt something pulling. Quieter, more grounded, more real.

My health has been a rollercoaster since I was a teenager. I had tried every fad diet, done every test, read every label. And the deeper I dug into what I was actually putting in my body, the harder it became to ignore what the food industry was quietly doing. Companies that look clean, marketing that sounds honest, food that just isn't what it used to be.

So here we are. First-generation farmers. 126 acres. A flock of hens we'd stake our name on. My husband Nathaniel, a British-Zimbabwean who traded his own English life for Idaho soil, helps me with the heavy lifting on the ground. He's the steadiest person I know. And together we're building something we actually believe in, from the soil up.

And if this resonates with you, come be part of it. Knowing your farmer, supporting small, and opting out of systems that were never built for your health is how things actually change.

Halle and Nathaniel Photobooth strip

Visit

Visit Us

Address

14355 Cowpoke Lane, Caldwell, Idaho 83607

Email

halleshens@gmail.com

Instagram

@halleshens

Phone

+1 986 270 8192

Pickup Hours

By appointment. Reach out to arrange.

Note

We're on a working farm. Please get in touch before coming out so we can make sure someone is here to meet you.

FAQ

Common Questions

You won't find an organic certification on this carton. The USDA organic label costs thousands in annual fees and tells you surprisingly little. It allows corn, soy, and high-PUFA fillers, says nothing about stocking density, and a certified organic hen can legally never see pasture. We'd rather spend that money on better feed and better farming than on a label that wouldn't reflect any of it. We make every effort to farm organically, provide supplementary non-GMO feed, and maintain unsprayed land for our hens to graze on.

PUFA stands for polyunsaturated fatty acids. Linoleic acid is the primary omega-6 PUFA found in corn and soy, and when hens eat large amounts of it, it accumulates in the egg. High linoleic acid intake is associated with inflammation in the body. By removing corn and soy from our hens' diet entirely, the eggs naturally have a more stable fat profile that is lower in PUFAs. Some people who have previously been unable to tolerate eggs find they can tolerate these ones.

Yes, and we'd love that. Email us at halleshens@gmail.com or DM on Instagram and we can work out a weekly or bi-weekly pickup arrangement. Regulars get first priority when supply is tight.

Not right now. Pickup only from Head's Up Acres in Caldwell. We may look at local delivery in the future. Follow us on Instagram for updates.

Black Australorp, Barred Plymouth Rock, Rhode Island Red, Mocha Marans, and Cream Legbar. We chose these breeds deliberately. Somewhere along the way, commercial egg production traded beauty for volume, and the rainbow of egg colours that once came out of a farmyard basket quietly disappeared. That mattered to me. I wanted it back. We also needed hens with outdoor hardiness and the temperament to thrive in a rotational system, and these breeds deliver on both.

We use the Polyface Millennium Feathernet system — a portable shelter and netting setup on skis that moves with the flock to fresh paddocks on a regular rotation. The land gets a rest between passes, the hens always have fresh ground, and the soil builds instead of degrades. In harsh Idaho winters, we bring the ladies into our 100-foot hoop house, which allows for better sanitation, reduced health risks, and continued daytime roaming.

Halle's Hens — From Roots to Roost
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Halle's Hens

Our Mission

At Halle's Hens, we follow the Creator's design, stewarding the soil, honoring the process, returning to real nourishment. We believe good land produces good food, and that the way an animal lives matters as much as what it eats. We're not trying to reinvent farming, rather, trying to remember how it was done.

That conviction shows up in our everyday decisions. Our 1,000 hens rotate across unsprayed Idaho pasture, grazing on living ground. They're fed non-GMO, corn-free and soy-free feed, producing low-PUFA eggs every season. Every egg is hand gathered and hand packed for a community that believes knowing your farmer matters and that eating local is one of the quietest, most powerful things you can do.

Halle's Hens flock illustration
Corn & Soy Free Corn & Soy Free
Family Run Family Run
Hand Gathered Hand Gathered
Glyphosate Free Glyphosate Free
Low PUFAs Low PUFAs
Regenerative Soil Regenerative Soil
Rotational Grazing Rotational Grazing

The Comparison

What the Industry Labels Actually Mean

These words are on every carton in the grocery store. Here is what they mean to them, and what they mean to us.

Label Industry Definition What It Means at Halle's Hens
Pasture-Raised There is no federal legal definition, no minimum space requirement, and no verification mechanism. It is a marketing term. Rotating pasture access via mobile housing, full land rotation, and real forage. No confinement except in severe weather with proper hoop house shelter.
Free-Range USDA requires access to the outdoors, but a door that opens onto a concrete pad satisfies this requirement. The door can be small and most birds may never use it. Our birds are genuinely on pasture when weather permits. Access is not our standard, actual ranging is.
Cage-Free No cage, but no space minimum either. Think large barn, concrete floor, thousands of birds. Technically cage-free, practically a different kind of confinement. Our birds are on rotating pasture and we will never depart from that.
Organic (USDA) Certified organic feed with no synthetic pesticides. Outdoor access is required but not defined. Does not require soy-free, corn-free, or genuine pasture. Antibiotics are prohibited. We exceed the organic standard in several categories (soy-free, corn-free, genuine rotation) while not holding USDA Organic certification at this stage. Certification is a process we're actively exploring.
Natural It means nothing for eggs. USDA does not regulate use of the word on egg cartons, making it a purely decorative claim. We don't put it on our carton because it carries no legal weight and we don't think that's honest. Everything we do is described specifically and you can ask us about any of it.
Antibiotic-Free May mean no routine antibiotic use in feed, but does not always prohibit therapeutic use. The fine print varies by brand. We use no antibiotics, not in feed and not therapeutically. If a bird required emergency medical intervention, it would be separated from the flock and not enter the food supply.
Humanely Raised Third-party certified programs like Certified Humane and Animal Welfare Approved carry genuine standards. Uncertified claims of being humanely raised are unverified marketing. We're not currently certified by a third-party welfare body, but our practices (space, rotation, hoop houses, low-stress handling) represent what we believe genuine humane husbandry looks like. We're happy to be visited.
A Note on Certification We are a new farm in 2026. USDA Organic certification, Animal Welfare Approved, and other third-party verifications are processes that require time, documentation, and inspection cycles. We are not currently certified. What we are is transparent about what we do and why, and willing to have anyone visit the farm and see for themselves. We intend to pursue relevant certifications as the operation matures. In the meantime, our standards are higher than most certifications require.

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