selling meat birds

[chasehope]

Quick question for those of you who raise meat birds to sell, is there any special licensing you have to get to sell them? What are the ins and outs? Thanks in advance!

 

[wsmoak]

Quick question for those of you who raise meat birds to sell, is there any special licensing you have to get to sell them? What are the ins and outs? Thanks in advance!

It depends on where you live and whether you intend to process them at home yourself or send them out to an approved/inspected facility.

Google turned up this document for Washington state:
http://agr.wa.gov/marketing/smallfarm/DOCS/6-PoultryProcessingAndMarketingRegulations.pdf

-Wendy