INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

[daskhan]

So can I pick y'alls brains? When I started this little micro-farming venture the plan was to sell my surplus meat, eggs, and veggies. I dont plan on making a mint, just enough to help with feed and seed for our own food. Now I know Indiana law states I can sell my already processed chicken under certain requirements at either my farm or a farmers market. I dont drive and DH is not available to drive me to the farmers market every Saturday. So I would have to sell at my farm. Now my question is how would I go about marketing this? I put an ad on craigslist earlier this summer but I immediately got several very hateful responses so I took the ad down. Also, would I have to register my property as a farm with the state to be legal?

Next question would be selling eggs. According to the director ofy local farmers market, I have to buy an egg license to sell there. Is it the same if I sell them only on my property?


Its really too late in the year this year to start any of this now, but Id like to be all ready to go
next spring. Id really like to have a whole farm-store thing going on. The only internet I have is on my phone so its hard for me to look up most state documents. My phone doesnt like them lol

I resently started doing the same sept I don't process them I sell them live so I have the notion that my babies are pets not good but as far as I know from your "farm" as long as they arnt stamped and you make no claims then you can sell them as you please not sure if there is a limit or not but so far I've had no trouble

 

[chick rookie]

I suggest a welded wire fence panel top with tin roofing covering part. Hawks would repeatedly land on bird netting 20 feet from my husband trying to get big grown chickens! A raccoon chewed through the bird netting too.

yea I used dear netting to keep little birds ( wild ones ) from running my feed bill through the roof like they did the year before. For that it worked great!! And my Silkie pen was saved from a falcon attack several times, but I had to go repaired the netting each time, and it got tangled in the net once. BUT it did not have a Silkie dinner. right now I am collecting chain link from anyone that has it to give. and I am going to put it over my netting. Hoping to keep out the big and little birds at the same time without the repairs all the time.

How does your dirt floor do with all this rain we've been having? I have wood floor in my shed right now but it's going to rot out eventually, it floods around the edges currently. I'm not sure wether to replace the wood or just let it go to dirt.

I have a deep litter on dirt floor and I have not had any problem.... until................ we flooded, but as far as just lots of rain, no issue here. the thing I hate about my dirt floor is I have lost a few birds to weasels.

Its doing well, but its high enough ground that it doesn't get saturated. I buried hardware cloth before we set the shed to prevent critters and a layer of chain link also.. The only reason I will cut the floor out is the concern of nails. After getting one in my foot last month (actually a screw) and still struggling with it not risking it again.
All good points! We put galvanized hardware cloth down and in a trench around the perimeter, and a full layer of chain link on top of it. I know it will eventually decay. Its been much more beneficial than the other types of floors. Larger aggressive birds like turkeys will tear out linoleum, chickens would be fine. The concrete, honestly was great until the roof failed! Once deep litter is saturated its a nightmare. What made it worse is straw, turned the whole thing into massive heavy clumps. Ugh. DH plans to rebuild and design so the tractor bucket will fit into the building in case that would ever happen again.

I HATE straw in the coops as deep litter. even mixed!! I will never use it again. Wood chips all the way for me. O and new to our little farm.... Garden Lime!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE it. Thanks @Mother2Hens

@BigBirdy ... Just saw that you posted you're in CA. Probably more than an hour drive for me I bet you'll be able to find a good home. Good luck!

You other BYCers, any leads in NE Indiana would be appreciated! I feel like I'm always seeing posts along the lines of "Oh no, my chicken started crowing and I can't keep him!" ... except for now that I'm looking. I really prefer adopting a chicken that is already people-friendly and needs a home, rather than purchase from a breeder. I just love the sound of crowing in the morning and want some male company for my hens. Since my (three) hens are uninjured and my rooster was torn into pieces, my guess is that he died protecting them. I don't know how I didn't hear any commotion ... My dear boyfriend helped me pick up the pieces (literally). It was rough.

So sorry that had to be hard.

Get peafowl, guinea and emu just to mess with them

LMBO

Hehe I should. You know, peacocks are just so pretty

. I have room in the front yard for a piglet and some billy goats too. You know, since smell seems to be of concern to the neighbors hehe.

Billy goats at breeding time... oh my... that would do it for sure!!!!

So can I pick y'alls brains? When I started this little micro-farming venture the plan was to sell my surplus meat, eggs, and veggies. I dont plan on making a mint, just enough to help with feed and seed for our own food. Now I know Indiana law states I can sell my already processed chicken under certain requirements at either my farm or a farmers market. I dont drive and DH is not available to drive me to the farmers market every Saturday. So I would have to sell at my farm. Now my question is how would I go about marketing this? I put an ad on craigslist earlier this summer but I immediately got several very hateful responses so I took the ad down. Also, would I have to register my property as a farm with the state to be legal?

Next question would be selling eggs. According to the director ofy local farmers market, I have to buy an egg license to sell there. Is it the same if I sell them only on my property?


Its really too late in the year this year to start any of this now, but Id like to be all ready to go
next spring. Id really like to have a whole farm-store thing going on. The only internet I have is on my phone so its hard for me to look up most state documents. My phone doesnt like them lol

I sell eggs and hatching eggs local, right from my front door. I looked for my regs, paper work after reading this but cant find it now. If I remember right you don't need a lic. unless you sell 100 cases in a mth. 1 case = 24 dz


I was told that and given the regulations papers 1 year ago.
and it is state wide Regulations, but was told some County's have their own rules, I don't see how they can beat State but whatever.





I have lost all but 2 of my 25 chicks!! I mixed meds in fresh water every day and even dropper-ed the worst of them.
This year has been the first year ever for loosing chicks for me. I hope I never have this again.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

@BigBirdy ... Just saw that you posted you're in CA. Probably more than an hour drive for me I bet you'll be able to find a good home. Good luck!

You other BYCers, any leads in NE Indiana would be appreciated! I feel like I'm always seeing posts along the lines of "Oh no, my chicken started crowing and I can't keep him!" ... except for now that I'm looking. I really prefer adopting a chicken that is already people-friendly and needs a home, rather than purchase from a breeder. I just love the sound of crowing in the morning and want some male company for my hens. Since my (three) hens are uninjured and my rooster was torn into pieces, my guess is that he died protecting them. I don't know how I didn't hear any commotion ... My dear boyfriend helped me pick up the pieces (literally). It was rough.

I have a great black with gold tones sumatra. He would make a wonderful protector Rooster. But I'm south of Indy and I'm asking $15 for him. But he is a wonderful free ranger and at 6 months old he is ready to mate should you want a batch of fall chicks.

 

[funnyfarmmom]

Thank you chick rookie and daskhan. I suppose the county extension office would be the place to ask about if I need to register my property as a farm huh? They have on their website that there is no minimum acreage to register, but what you want to bet I get some looks if I try to register 1/2 acre? Hehehe.

Chick rookie, Im sorry you lost so many chicks! I lost 11 myself about a month ago. Turned out the whole batch had cocci from the place I got them from. I managed to save 12 thankfully. That didnt stop me from feeling bad over the 11 little babies I couldnt save. Its rough .

 

[browncow15]

yea I used dear netting to keep little birds ( wild ones ) from running my feed bill through the roof like they did the year before. For that it worked great!! And my Silkie pen was saved from a falcon attack several times, but I had to go repaired the netting each time, and it got tangled in the net once.  BUT it did not have a Silkie dinner.  right now I am collecting chain link from anyone that has it to give. and I am going to put it over my netting. Hoping to keep out the big  and little birds at the same time without the repairs all the time.

I have a deep litter on dirt floor and I have not had any problem.... until................ we flooded, but as far as just lots of rain, no issue here. the thing I hate about my dirt floor is I have lost a few birds to weasels. 

I HATE straw in the coops as deep litter. even mixed!! I will never use it again.  Wood chips all the way for me. O and new to our little farm.... Garden Lime!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE it. Thanks @Mother2Hens


So sorry that had to be hard.

LMBO :cd

Billy goats at breeding time... oh my... that would do it for sure!!!!

I sell eggs and hatching eggs local, right from my front door. I looked for my regs, paper work after reading this but cant find  it now. If I remember right you don't need a lic. unless you sell 100 cases in a mth. 1 case = 24 dz


 I was told that and given the regulations papers 1 year ago.
and it is state wide Regulations, but was told some County's have their own rules, I don't see how they can beat State but whatever.





I have lost all but 2 of my 25 chicks!! I mixed meds in fresh water every day and even dropper-ed the worst of them.
 This year has been the first year ever for loosing chicks for me. I hope I never have this again.

Sorry about your chicks! I'm struggling here too. I've lost 4 in the last 2 days, it's been awful! I had to put one of my roos I was raising for meat out if his misery tonight too. Looks like his crop got impacted on some long grass.

And I still have a rat in my coop! No losses but I found a pile of fresh turds tonight.

 

[wheezy50]

I'm going to put this up here before Craigslist and some FB groups. I have a pair of Silver duckwing OEGB to let go of. I was planning to breed them, but have gotten into some other breeds instead and going to move them on.

They are just shy of 1.5 yrs old, probably 14 months old. Hen is laying, has been for a few months, she probably lays 2 or 3 eggs per week. Roo lost a few comb tips to frostbite this past winter but is healthy and happy now.

These are hatchery birds so im not asking a fortune. PM me and ill get pics if interested!

 

[kittydoc]

We had coq au vin compliments of our unpredictable roo last Friday. I found a great online crock pot recipe and we cooked him nearly 12 hours. He was delicious and we felt avenged. I have two potential replacements for him.

We did chicken musical chairs and put his former hens back in the layer flock, cleaned that pen and put four English Orp chicks in there, blue and chocolate cuckoo cockerels and black and chocolate pullets, plus our Orpacauna olive egger pullet Olivia. Oly is black with a weird comb, but the slender agility of her red wheaten mother Sam. She escaped from a locked pen then flipped out when she couldn't get back to her chocolate buddies. The older blue and black chicks have shown the new 3 the ropes. Then we cleaned the garage brooder and moved the bedroom babies into more spacious digs in the garage. Now to clean all the incubating and early brooding equipment away!

The Bieles were quiet and panting hard yesterday. I'll ice their water today. They are about 3.5 months old but are big. Not heavy, but long and tall, and have had mature plumage a long time. I almost forget how young they are. Most of the girls are much bigger than Sam, our Ameracauna.

Our AC took a dump on us, so we are hot too. Darned system is only 3 years old. Do not use Mr. Quik for anything, folks.

 

[iamfivewire]

@kittydoc : we have some Biele's that we got about a month ago (they are 4 months old now) - they have grown alot in the past month & almost as big as some of our full grown hens . They are neat birds , & are definately pretty to look at

 

[Faraday40]

We had coq au vin compliments of our unpredictable roo last Friday. I found a great online crock pot recipe and we cooked him nearly 12 hours. He was delicious and we felt avenged. I have two potential replacements for him.

Are the replacements you mentioned for the flock or the crock pot?

 

[Leahs Mom]

Just read a really interesting article re using chickens in regenerative farming. I thought some of you would enjoy it so I'm going to post the link.

@jchny2000 I think this is something you are trying to do on your little farm.... The article is very encouraging. There is also a video which I haven't watched yet.


If you read through the article, he talks about using this kind of system on as small as 1/2 acre. For those of us with just a small place it is also a good goal!

Thought it was interesting that they mentioned 7" of rain and that their healthy paddocks took it all in.... A topic that is of interest to Indiana this year!!!! But it also works in drought... very interesting for sure.

Here are a few quotes...

Quote: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/a...n=20150719Z1&et_cid=DM80204&et_rid=1041955871

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