Comments on: This year’s chickens

By: Sveja

Sveja — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:50:06 +0000

Great cihoce on the Buff Orpingtons! You can’t go wrong with them. They are personable, sweet and smart birds, and very cold hardy. Mine tend to go broody occasionally, and they do make great mothers.

By: gentlewomanbuckeyefarmer

gentlewomanbuckeyefarmer — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:43:46 +0000

I am a mini farmer in the great state of Ohio, I have at the present time 96 broilers, and 24 wyandottes. The wyandottes are only 2 weeks old and the broilers are 3 weeks old. I have a date set for the end of October to see the Plucky Poultry for my broilers. All the broilers are not for me, but for friends and family as well. We did some broilers this past spring, I froze some and canned some. We also do hogs and beef. The wyandottes are for eggs. I have a question on what you use on the ground in your chicken coop???

By: kathy harrison

kathy harrison — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:10:29 +0000

I am so glad to find this blog. We too have a tiny farm, preparedness, bee keeping, food preservation blog. Seems like a ton of information in a good format.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:13:59 +0000

Funny side story:

I was at the feed store to buy some okra seeds back in March, and this pretty woman was buying (I’m guessing) a dozen chicks. I’m very interested in raising chickens but have never done it So I asked her how she raised them.

Long story short, she doesn’t eat their eggs or their bodies, and was semi-horrified at the thought of such a thing. She just keeps them around to eat bugs.

HA!

By: Becky terpcreek.com

Becky terpcreek.com — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:18:53 +0000

Those chicks are so cute. I remember Mom getting chick every spring. This was such a great time of the year. I love the old fashion chicken houses. I did a pen and ink of Grandma’s and I am currently working on another feel good drawing with a chicken house in it. Farm raised chickens are a lot better tasting than store bought.

By: EtienneG

EtienneG — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:45:14 +0000

Mike, while on the topic, have you considered adding eggs to your CSA share? That sounds like a good idea to me, and it is part of the plan for my own tiny farm project. Just wondering if you gave a thought to the idea yourself, and what the conclusion was.

By: EtienneG

EtienneG — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:27:40 +0000

I just checked, the quota exemption is for 300 broilers and 100 layers in Québec too, just like Ontario.

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:52:41 +0000

Hi, we are a small, organic farm on the other side of the world in Australia. I found your blog just now when I Googled ‘garlic, frost’. I haven’t had a chance to read much of it yet but your photos are superb. We’ll be back to check it out again soon. Have a look at ours.
Happy growing,
Kate and Brendon

By: Jim Bowyer

Jim Bowyer — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:15:11 +0000

Thanks all. Yes, Etienne/Mike, that’s exactly what I was asking and yes this would be for Ontario. Really appreciate the responses/links!

By: Mike (tfb)

Mike (tfb) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:35:33 +0000

Jim: I assume you’re in Ontario, Canada, since you mention “province” and CFO (Chicken Farmers of Ontario)… :) It’s kinda convoluted, but still quite straightforward for Ontario:

You can register (free) and raise 300 broilers per year for unadvertised, farm gate sales, and have up to 100 additional egg layers (no registration).

For personal use, you don’t have to do anything (and I’m not sure if there’s a limit as to how many).

Etienne is right, we’re just raising the meat birds for our own use.

Here are links:

Quota exemption for Ontario’s small chicken farmers

Chicken Farmers of Ontario: Small Flock

Hope that helps!