meat birds vs laying hens which is more profitable

[CrazyTalk]

Actually, in my state, not sure about the OP, what they are doing is legal. You are selling the bird as a live bird and then processing for free.

Usually for this sort of thing to be legal - there has to be an intermediary. For instance - it's perfectly legal in most states to sell the bird live, and deliver it to a USDA certified butcher/slaughterhouse and have the buyer pick it up there - but legally you're selling to the butcher and the butcher is selling to the customer - even when the customer hands the money directly to you.

I don't see any exemptions in the USDA or Missouri code about charging for slaughter - the law seems pretty clear here.

I see the same sort of logic with people selling alcohol, live animals on ebay, etc (buy the bottle and you get the alcohol for free - buy the $100 tshirt and get the concert ticket free, etc) - usually they leave you alone, but you do enough of it and the authorities come after you.

 

[jk47]

Thanks for all the advice Im going to look into the legal aspect for my state and I think im going to work on getting my egg business larger and work on getting the proper papers to sell to supermarkets and for meat im going to stick to selling pigs they make more $ anyways