Welcome !! Enjoy air chilled, no antibiotics or hormone enhancers, cage free, chicken products from local farms

 in Fort Plain, NY

Locally Grown and Certified


We. Do. Chicken.

We're proud to offer you large or small quantities of chicken & chicken products at competitive prices, clean ingredients lists, sourced directly from small family farms, NY State Grown & Certified! Air-Chilled! NO Anti-Biotics, NO Hormones,

USDA Slaughtered & Processed!

You've found it...Chicken At It's Best!

Notice the natural, delicious chicken taste in all our superior chicken products. Every bite you take is bursting with flavor and is sourced from NY state grown & certified farms and humanely grown chickens. Every ounce of meat is Air chilled and professionally packaged with care. To learn more about the advantages of Air Chilled Chicken - Taste the Difference! Click HERE.

Most of our products come vacuum sealed. Sealed with a RA-200 vacuum packaging machine.

Our Chicken is: Air Chilled, USDA Inspected,  Antibiotic Free, Hormone Free, NYS Grown and Certified, Grown on Small Family Farms, Cage Free, Humanely Processed By Hand, has No Chlorine Baths, No Water Added, No Mechanical Farming or Timers used...

Great for Schools & Institutions, Retail Stores, Farm Stands & Farmers Markets and most of all for your Family Meal!

  • Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast
  • Chicken Tenders
  • Chicken Leg Quarters
  • Chicken Thighs
  • Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs
  • Chicken Drumsticks
  • Chicken Party Wings
  • Ground Chicken
  • Whole Chicken
  • Half Chicken
  • Spatchcock Chicken
  • Chicken Nuggets, breaded, preheated then frozen
  • Chicken Sausage: Maple Garlic Pepper flavor
  • Chicken Patty, breaded, preheated then frozen
  • Diced Chicken
  • Chicken Bone Broth
  • Pet Food Topper, ground for cats and dogs
  • Chicken Pot Pie, preheated then frozen
  • Beef Pot Pie, preheated then frozen
  • Ham & Cheese Pot Pie (made w/ Turkey: Pork Free!) preheated then frozen


Air Chilled Chicken - Taste The Difference!

Morning Star Poultry believes in providing you the freshest meat possible! That's why we deliver an all natural, air chilled, antibiotic free, hormone free, humanely raised on small family farms, and all processed with care right here in New York. Not familiar with air chilled chicken? Read on!

  • What Does Air Chilled Mean?

    Our superior butchering process includes air chilling, a cutting edge method to cool the meat to safe temperatures and preserve freshness. Other companies cool their chicken in chemical-laden water baths, meaning your chicken absorbs both! At Morning Star Poultry we believe your family deserves better than that. Our poultry is butchered right here in New York on the same day it is received through our doors. After carefully and precisely following all USDA regulations during the butchering process, we pass our product through several environmentally controlled cooling chambers where purified cold air circulates the product. The result is a healthier, safer, and more flavorful chicken. 

  • How Is The Air Chilled Process Better Than Water Chilled?

    Typical processing facilities choose to cool their meat products by immersing them in a chemical laden bath of ice water. This process results in a product that has absorbed chemicals, added water weight, and less flavor. In addition, any bacterial microbes found on one product is now shared with an entire batch of product creating greater health risks to the consumer. Water pockets can form, impacting the accuracy of product size thus leading a consumer to pay for more than what they're getting in return. Water bathed product is then deep frozen, lessening the freshness delivered to the end consumer.


    We at Morning Star Poultry believe your family, restaurants, catering companies and grocery outlets deserve better than that. 


    Air chilling allows for a healthier and safer product by eliminating the risk of shared bacteria. When a product is air chilled, there is no added water weight so you are always getting exactly what you paid for. No added chemicals or water are used during the air chilling process, therefor a full and robust flavor is found when our product is served.


    Have you ever tried to fry or roast a piece of chicken after it's spent hours submerged, absorbing water and whatever else they use to kill bacteria and artificially inflate the weight? 


    Spoiler alert: The water chilled chicken doesn't result in the crispy chicken of your dreams unless you basically overcook it.


     we realized the benefit of using air to cool birds. Thanks to the time they spend in the chiller, our birds slowly lose water, rather than absorbing excess. Less water means quicker browning — every cook's best friend. There are some additional benefits to air chilling:

    • Since the birds haven't already absorbed a ton of water, they take seasoning and marinade much better
    • Since the surface isn't as wet as water processed, breading adheres more completely, and stays on while sautéing and frying

We Do Anything Chicken

1) We do anything Chicken!   Stay tuned, more info and products are coming soon. Call 518-777-7827 or email sales@morningstarpoultry to learn more.

2 chicken pot pies
half chicken

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