If you grew up thinking chicken was just chicken, you’ve never had farm chicken. I’m talking about the kind with actual flavor. The kind that smells like dinner, not a damp sponge. Real chicken is hard to come by these days, but there’s a guy about an hour outside of Vegas who’s raising it the way it’s supposed to be done.
Josh & Sons Farm Fresh Chicken
Credit: Josh & Sons Farm
You don’t know chicken until you’ve tasted farm chicken. Josh raises chickens about an hour outside of Vegas at his family farm in Moapa. His birds have flavor, real chicken flavor, the kind most people haven’t tasted in decades. When I ordered ten frozen chickens last month, I realized too late that I had zero space in my freezer. I ended up negotiating with my mom for freezer real estate and paid a two-chicken storage fee. Worth it.
This poultry is juicy, sweet, clean, and deeply…chicken. Not the anonymous, spongy and bland grocery-store profile we’ve all come to accept. This is what happens when birds are genuinely cared for: locally raised, humanely handled, allowed proper feed, proper space, proper life. Stress stays low, flavor stays high. When an animal isn’t pushed to grow unnaturally fast, the meat develops structure, natural sugars, and a depth that shows up instantly in the pan.
Josh’s approach to farming is inspired by the legendary Joel Salatin, a farmer, author, and outspoken advocate for truly sustainable agriculture. Salatin is best known for breaking all the “big ag” rules: he rotates his chickens on pasture in movable pens, letting them feast on fresh grass, seeds, and bugs, while naturally fertilizing the land. There are no overcrowded barns, no assembly-line diets, no feedlot shortcuts. Just sunshine, open fields, and old-school attention to every bird.
Credit: Josh & Sons Farm
This style of farming isn’t about nostalgia…it’s about transparency, animal welfare, and real flavor. By raising and butchering himself in an open, humane, and stress-free method, Josh delivers chickens that are as close to their natural state as possible.
You know who raised your chicken, how it lived, and when it was processed. That alone puts his birds in a completely different category.
Find him on Instagram, as well as Facebook, and connect in person at the Intuitive Foragers Indoor Farmers Market, every Friday at 200 S Main Street near downtown.
Originally published in the print edition of Vegas Wellness Magazine.
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