Dick Prinzen abandoned cows for chickens in 2004 and never looked back. The Bloomfield-based chicken producer raises six flocks of chickens each year for Maple Lodge Farms. Every nine weeks, Dick gets a shipment of 36,000 newborn chicks to raise to maturity. He is quick to say that nobody uses growth hormones or steroids anymore and attributes his healthy flocks to better feed, genetics and living conditions. Dick is a third generation Prince Edward County farmer with two sons and two daughters. His children and his wife, Sharon, all help around the farm from time to time.