Viability of Salatin's Book Today?

[Mac in Wisco]

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I hadn't done much research for Texas because I had only planned on raising for us here, but that never materialized due to numerous military deployments. I have researched it well for Wisconsin as we have purchased a small homestead up there where we will be moving there this summer...

A quick glance looks like Texas wants you to file an application for exemption and have a written sanitization plan. It looks like that would allow you up to to 20,000 exempted from inspection by the feds and would allow you to sell off the farm, you can research more here:

http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/msa/grant.shtm

 

[babalubird]

Thank you so much, Mac. I've saved that link to my favs. I didn't find the number you raise under the exemption but see the phone number. If it is indeed 20,000 per year, we will be way, way, way under that, I'm sure.

Thank you very much.

Connie

 

[Mac in Wisco]

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I assumed that with the sanitation plan it would follow the federal rules for exemption of up to 20,000.

It looks like it is actually 10,000. From Texas Statutes:

(21) Grant of poultry/rabbit exemption--An authorization from the department for a person to engage in a very low volume business of slaughtering and processing poultry or rabbits of his/her own raising on his/her own property and personally distributing the carcasses and/or parts, to retail consumers, restaurants, or other retail establishments, provided that the following conditions are met:
(A) the person slaughters less than 10,000 poultry, rabbits, or a combination thereof, in a calendar year;
(B) the person does not buy and sell other poultry or rabbit products (except live chicks, baby rabbits, and/or breeding stock);
(C) only sound, healthy poultry or rabbits are slaughtered and all processes and handling are conducted under sanitary standards and procedures resulting in poultry and rabbit products that are not adulterated;
(D) the product bears the processor's name and address and the statement "Exempted P.L. 90-492"; (unless immediately sold to the household consumer); and
(E) the poultry is not a ratite.

 

[Mac in Wisco]

Oops, sent the last post twice... Deleted it...

 

[jaku]

The two books I have are "Pastured Poultry Profits," and "Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens." Both are great. Salatin's book is absolutely relevant and worth having. Sure some of the things in it are outdated, but most of it is great. Like all books, you probably won't agree with or be able to do everything in it, but it's a great place to start.

 

[Brunty_Farms]

Greyfields I know what you mean, at the end of the 6 weeks we prop the tractors up on bricks and let them wonder for a couple of days. It's kind of like a death row's last wish.... They seem to enjoy it and it keeps them clean before we butcher.

 

[gainesvillej]

I just purchased his book as well. It's funny, it is suppose to arrive today, which made me the title of this post stick out!

I read the same review on how it does not touch on marketing through the internet. I thought about it, and even if his book was written in 2005, it probably wouldn't touch on exactly what you needed to do to market through the internet in today's market.

Honestly, I very excited about the book and am glad that it doesn't touch on that kind of thing. I'm looking for the nuts and bolts of poultry farming, I can figure out the other stuff.