Recent content by millbrookfarm

We wash all of our eggs and then refrigerate them. It looks like I should also collect some information about the best practices in egg cleaning. Does everyone that does wash their eggs wash by hand or do you use some kind of a device/machine?

So, how many eggs do you sell a month Egghead? You said that you don't sell that many. What is the focus you have with your chickens then?

That's so cool you are moving that many eggs, Pasturedpeeps! If I could, I would love to ask you a couple of questions about your operation. 1) How do you clean that many eggs? 2) Did you expand your business through word of mouth or some other means? Anything else you would like to...

I do not have a contract per se but I do have an order form and a letter I give to every potential member. I will not share the order form though for this reason... it apparently sucks. :) I've had to walk people through filling it out over the phone. The letter I give them simply tells my...

What you just described is about our size. Just over 3 dozen hens. We started this year with about half that many hens and decided to do a test run with a couple of friends. Four shares total. Next year we are planning on having 10 shares (6.5 shares already sold). It is pretty exciting when...

Yeah 1000 hens isn't my idea of small either. We have decided to go with the CSA model for selling our eggs. So far it has been successful. What is your experience with this model?

I don't claim to be an expert at small-scale egg production, but I am doing some research on the subject with plans to increase our own production with the intent of selling more eggs to others. I would like to discuss here the methods you've used increased the production of your hens either...

Does anyone know here I can get production bred Welsummers, New Hamphires, and Barred Rocks? Any help would be appreciated.

I will be following this thread as well learning what I should do before starting my project which I haven't yet decided on, but I found this book looking for trap nest plans. I think it would help someone in selecting for egg production which would be an important part of a dual purpose bird...

Your Brahma's are beautiful. What would you call their color? The chickens on that site look like a Lakenvelder but with white instead of black and red instead of gold or silver like any other Lakenvelder I have seen. And just to point out the difference your Brahma's white feathers on their...

So I recently discover the Chicken genetics calculator and after stumbling around this guys site when I stumbled onto this page http://kippenjungle.nl/witvorwerk.htm Can someone tell me what color is the F2 generation of his cross? Also, is this an established color in another breed...

While I might agree with you, the state legislature where I live doesn't see it that way.

I was searching for info on selling eggs and I stumbled across this thread. I know I'm coming a little late to this party, but I sell my eggs for $5 a dozen. I buy my conventional egg ration pellet for $10.20 (before tax) for 50#. This year though, we are starting something different. We are...

I wanted to add something here. I had difficulty with finding what Titanpaul had quoted using "Title 2, Chapter 1, Article 10.A" But this is what I did find. I first "bing"ed Oklahoma Statutes which brought up this link: http://www.oklegislature.gov/osStatuesTitle.html I then downloaded...

Hey we just processed some Cornish cross and the last three had these patches on them. We didn't save any but I was curious what you all thought this is?