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How can I obtain PERDUE® recipes?There are multiple places where you can find great meal ideas on this site.
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How do I cook PERDUE® products?
View our Chicken Cooking Guide or Turkey Cooking Guide. These guides provide an approximate cooking time for all PERDUE® products.
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Where can I buy PERDUE® products in my area?Our PERDUE® Farms poultry products are sold from Maine to Florida and as far west as St. Louis. While we would love to have all retailers carry our full line of PERDUE® chicken and turkey products, the final decision rests with the individual retailers and retail chains. To encourage your grocer to carry PERDUE® or a specific PERDUE®product, let them know of your preference. They want to stock items their customers desire.
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What do Perdue chickens and turkeys eat?We feed our birds the finest natural grain products, including yellow corn, soybean meal, vitamins and mineral supplements. Our company nutritionists develop all of our feed formulations, we have standardized quality control procedures for all of our ingredients and finished feeds, and have full time feed quality control associates in each of our feed mills.
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Why are PERDUE® chickens yellow?All breeds of chicken grown in the United States naturally have yellow skin, but it must be maintained through a healthy diet and careful handling. We feed our chickens the finest natural grain products, including yellow corn, marigolds, soybean meal, vitamins and mineral supplements to help maintain their natural yellow skin color. Golden yellow skin is your assurance of a healthy and well-fed Perdue chicken.
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Do you give your chickens hormones?No. Perdue Farms does not give our chickens or turkeys hormones or steroids, either in feed, processing, or any other application. The use of hormones has been illegal in poultry production since 1952. In fact, since our beginning in 1920, we have never used hormones or steroids.
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Are PERDUE® products antibiotic free?Perdue does not use antibiotics for growth promotion in our chickens. We use antibiotics as directed by our company's team of veterinarians, all of whom are board-certified by the American College of Poultry Veterinarians. The antibiotics are used in stringent accordance with FDA and USDA guidelines.
All PERDUE® products are free of harmful residues as determined by routine onsite USDA sampling.
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Do you have any gluten-free products?Yes. Many PERDUE® products are free of gluten. Perdue chickens, chicken parts, and turkeys are all gluten-free. These are sold fresh as well as frozen and some are flavored with seasonings. Feel free to check the ingredient listing on individual packages, download the list here or order the list by phoning us at 1-800-4PERDUE® (1-800-473-7383).
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How long can I keep poultry in the refrigerator?Fresh, uncooked poultry purchased prior to or on its sell-by date is best kept in a home refrigerator for no more than 2 days.
Fully cooked chicken such as PERDUE® SHORT CUTS® Carved Chicken Breast purchased prior to its use or freeze-by date can remain fresh in the refrigerator through this date. Once this package is opened, it should be used within five days.
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Is it okay to freeze chicken bought fresh, and for how long?Yes. But remember to freeze poultry soon after shopping, if possible within half an hour. Check out our storage tips on the storage page in our "Safe Food Handling" section.
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How do I defrost poultry properly?Defrost chicken or turkey in the refrigerator, not on the counter, allowing 5 hours per pound. A PERDUE® OVEN STUFFER® Roaster or small turkey may take 2 to 3 days, a large turkey up to 4 or 5 days. For faster thawing, you can immerse wrapped poultry in cold water changing the water every half hour, or use the microwave. When using the microwave, follow the manufacturer's recommendation and then cook immediately.
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