New to BYC from Alabama

[ValarieF]

AG Dependent Farm was created out of necessity.
My wife contracted Alpha-Gal a few years ago and it has changed our life in many ways.

Alpha-Gal is a disease brought on by a tick bite. It causes you to be anaphylactic to mammal. With our current conditions finding food grown organically that has no mammal in it is hard. During the beginning of Covid it was almost impossible. Ag Dependent Farm is focusing on raising meat and egg Chickens in an organic and pasture style. As well we are raising Coturnix Quail for meat and eggs. As we develop the farm we will include Duck, Turkey and Emu.

The land we are building the farm on hasn’t been cleared in over 50 years. 2023 will be a year of growth as we clear land and build this farm from the ground up.

We currently have 18 Chickens about 20 weeks old. 6 Rhode Island Reds and the rest are Barred Rocks. I have around 130 Coturnix Quail between 6 and 12 weeks old.
We are producing about 3 dozen quail eggs per day with more on the way as the babbies are maturing.

This is my 3rd time raising chickens and first time raising quail.

As I get more land cleared I plan to incubate Meat Chickens and Turkeys come spring.

We are located just outside of Birmingham AL.

Thanks for the welcome,
BrandonView attachment 3345383View attachment 3345384

I love farming and chickens and animals in general grats!

 

[GingerRose]

We moved out of the Birmingham area for several of those reasons. We are in Alpine, maybe 1.5 hours away. Still close enough for us. We havent really gained more animals yet, still deciding what we want..

I would assume taxes for one, and then of course a higher limit of animals they can keep on the property.
Birmingham is kind of like New York (a lot smaller of course): everything inside the interstate ring is Birmingham for practicality, even if it is made up of several smaller townships. The differences can be stark, but usually, only matter in things like crime statistics and of course ordinances. I am a good hour away, and plenty fo folks here commute to the big city for work. so outside of town is relative there.

@Alagirl is correct. Taxes are a big part but we have 3 zonings I can acquire in Sylvan Springs. I am Residential at the moment. I can go Rural Residential and am allowed one Barn only as well as a limit on animals also no on site store. going Ag removes most all restrictions and limits.

 

[AGDependentFarm]

We moved out of the Birmingham area for several of those reasons. We are in Alpine, maybe 1.5 hours away. Still close enough for us. We havent really gained more animals yet, still deciding what we want..

Birmingham is not really a place you move to to begin a farm. We only came here because the house and land has been in my family for many generations. We came here to revive this old home.

 

[Sonflowerjoela]

AG Dependent Farm was created out of necessity.
My wife contracted Alpha-Gal a few years ago and it has changed our life in many ways.

Alpha-Gal is a disease brought on by a tick bite. It causes you to be anaphylactic to mammal. With our current conditions finding food grown organically that has no mammal in it is hard. During the beginning of Covid it was almost impossible. Ag Dependent Farm is focusing on raising meat and egg Chickens in an organic and pasture style. As well we are raising Coturnix Quail for meat and eggs. As we develop the farm we will include Duck, Turkey and Emu.

The land we are building the farm on hasn’t been cleared in over 50 years. 2023 will be a year of growth as we clear land and build this farm from the ground up.

We currently have 18 Chickens about 20 weeks old. 6 Rhode Island Reds and the rest are Barred Rocks. I have around 130 Coturnix Quail between 6 and 12 weeks old.
We are producing about 3 dozen quail eggs per day with more on the way as the babbies are maturing.

This is my 3rd time raising chickens and first time raising quail.

As I get more land cleared I plan to incubate Meat Chickens and Turkeys come spring.

We are located just outside of Birmingham AL.

Thanks for the welcome,
BrandonView attachment 3345383View attachment 3345384

I love those eggs!

 

[GingerRose]

Birmingham is not really a place you move to to begin a farm. We only came here because the house and land has been in my family for many generations. We came here to revive this old home.

Thats a wonderful reason to move to Birmingham.

 

[The Birb King]

and Emu

What do you do with emus?