Canadians check in here....

[The Farmers' Daughter]

Here in Everett Ontario. Lovin' the spring weather...anyone else on here from nearby??

Spring weather? What's that? Lol. We had it for about 3 days last weekend.
Welcome to BYC!

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

Everyone out for a walk! Supposed to snow later. Booo!View attachment 1754357

No fair! You had green grass in April??
Trees just started leafing on Friday here.

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

Well going to buy pinless peepers. Poor Lizzy ( new pullet) got beat up today.View attachment 1762670

Aww poor sweetie.
Have you used pinless peepers before? How do you like them? One of my boys has been so badly picked on that the whole top of his head is gone (a huge gaping hole).

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

Hello from Surrey BC! Our house and city regulations dont allow us to keep chickens on our property, so instead we have a small covey of 5 coturnix quails ( mainly as pets!)
My parents plan to one day get a little farm in Langley or Chilliwack someday and keep some chickens! Nice seeing some people from Canada on here!

Cool!
Are quail easy to keep?
& welcome!

 

[Bound to Sea]

Hello Friends,

We live in Ontario, and have been selling eggs on and off for about seven years, depending on the size of our flock and how much they are laying. I have a couple of questions, if anyone can share some insight, it would be appreciated.

I've been looking online for information on small farm egg sales in Ontario (legalities and such) and I can only find general regulations which seem to apply to large quota/commercial farms. I can't find anything directed towards home sellers, unless we are meant to follow the same regulations as commercial farms.

Does anyone know for sure? We don't grade our eggs, or claim them to be organic. Though it's controversial, we do give our eggs a quick wash (just water) right before they are sold. We don't sell to businesses (restaurants, grocers, etc.) or at the farmers market. It's mainly word of mouth and some social media "advertising" if we are overrun with eggs and need them gone. We do deliver to customers if we happen to be in their area. Is all of this okay?

On a different note, after some insurance issues in a local town (nothing having to do with egg sales, but it got me thinking) I have been wondering what kinds of protections are in place for us if something happened and someone claimed to become ill from our eggs. Do egg sellers have insurance?

I'd love to hear what others are doing, or if we need to be doing something differently. I want to protect my family, and make sure my customers are also safe.

Sorry wish I had some answers for you. Have you contacted your county office? Town Administration office? Alot of food regulations only apply to bigger businesses.

 

[Bound to Sea]

Aww poor sweetie.
Have you used pinless peepers before? How do you like them? One of my boys has been so badly picked on that the whole top of his head is gone (a huge gaping hole).

Just got the peepers in the mail this week. Haven't put them on the culprits yet. All is calm now. Just waiting to see what happens....keep you posted!

 

[Bound to Sea]

Aww poor sweetie.
Have you used pinless peepers before? How do you like them? One of my boys has been so badly picked on that the whole top of his head is gone (a huge gaping hole).

So sorry to hear about your boy. I hope he recovers well. Is he isolated?

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

So sorry to hear about your boy. I hope he recovers well. Is he isolated?

Nope. These guys are culls. I've never done it myself & nobody seems to want to help me.

 

[Bound to Sea]

Nope. These guys are culls. I've never done it myself & nobody seems to want to help me.

I am not one to do it myself either. I see a new egg layer in my future! Lizzy has been squatting for last 3 days!

 

[itsasmallfarm]

Hello Friends,

We live in Ontario, and have been selling eggs on and off for about seven years, depending on the size of our flock and how much they are laying. I have a couple of questions, if anyone can share some insight, it would be appreciated.

I've been looking online for information on small farm egg sales in Ontario (legalities and such) and I can only find general regulations which seem to apply to large quota/commercial farms. I can't find anything directed towards home sellers, unless we are meant to follow the same regulations as commercial farms.

Does anyone know for sure? We don't grade our eggs, or claim them to be organic. Though it's controversial, we do give our eggs a quick wash (just water) right before they are sold. We don't sell to businesses (restaurants, grocers, etc.) or at the farmers market. It's mainly word of mouth and some social media "advertising" if we are overrun with eggs and need them gone. We do deliver to customers if we happen to be in their area. Is all of this okay?

On a different note, after some insurance issues in a local town (nothing having to do with egg sales, but it got me thinking) I have been wondering what kinds of protections are in place for us if something happened and someone claimed to become ill from our eggs. Do egg sellers have insurance?

I'd love to hear what others are doing, or if we need to be doing something differently. I want to protect my family, and make sure my customers are also safe.

far as i can tell its all on the provincial laws, for example we can have 299 egg layers before having to buy into that quota, i think Ontario is like 99 (not sure) as far as laws go they change from province to province and even RM to RM here (in the RM's its more of a small business and livestock amounts where province might be sale of meat on farm.)