Selling chicken meat in PA

[bgill1215]

Does anyone sell their chicken meat to the public? My husband and I would like to do this. But from my understanding in PA you need to use usda custom exempt meat processing facility? Is there a way to find a place like this? We've been trying and to no avail. everyone who is a USDA butcher doesn't process chickens. From my understanding we can't butcher on our property and sell to the public. Anyone have any insight? we would be doing less than 1,000 chickens.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Sounds like a great question for your county extension office. It's a major reason the extension service was created to start with, to help people like you. Not all agents are good, but many are. That would be my first call.

 

[RoosterML]

This is for CT which may or may not be the same. If possible sell the live birds to your customers and you are charging a fee for processing. Yes you can process onsite for another owners birds.

 

[cottontail farm]

Where are you in PA? I live by the ohio border and there is a place in Sandy Lake that processes birds.

 

[bgill1215]

Where are you in PA? I live by the ohio border and there is a place in Sandy Lake that processes birds.

That's about 1.5 hours from me. Do you know the name?

 

[cottontail farm]

Sure, it's Sturgin's. They're good people. A small family business. I don't sell but have been using them for years. No idea if they are up and runnning with this lockdown though.

 

[cottontail farm]

Prices are very affordable and they do a good job.

 

[bgill1215]

Sure, it's Sturgin's. They're good people. A small family business. I don't sell but have been using them for years. No idea if they are up and runnning with this lockdown though.View attachment 2091896

Thank you! Do you know how much they charge per bird? I'll definitely give them a call this week we will be processing around 700 birds the year.

 

[cottontail farm]

Oh my goodness.. like $3.50 maybe? $3.25? For a whole chicken. Idk if they give a larger quantity discount or not. They will part them for an additional price. They have a "freezer " price that is a bit more, it just means the bird is in a zip tied bag otherwise you bring your own coolers which is what I always do. You'll have to call and maybe leave a message but they're fine to work with. They do turkeys and rabbits too. Oh, and ducks and geese (they worry about the pin feathers but my birds have always come back beautiful).