Animal Husbandry<\/strong><\/p>\n15. Do you keep livestock? Yes<\/p>\n
16. What animals do you keep?<\/p>\n
Chickens (list breeds): Cornish cross<\/p>\n
Ducks (list breeds):<\/p>\n
Turkeys (list breeds):<\/p>\n
Other Poultry (list type and breeds):<\/p>\n
Cows (list breeds):<\/p>\n
Goats (list breeds):<\/p>\n
Pigs (list breeds):<\/p>\n
Sheep (list breeds):<\/p>\n
Other Animals (list type and breeds):<\/p>\n
17. Do you use antibiotics? No<\/p>\n
18. Are the animals pasture-fed? Yes<\/p>\n
19. How much and for how long: as soon as they can go onto pasture<\/p>\n
20. Do you practice managed grazing? Yes<\/p>\n
21. Do you apply compost or compost tea? No<\/p>\n
22. Do you apply other soil amendments? No<\/p>\n
23. Do you use supplemental feed?<\/p>\n
For poultry (list type): non-GMO<\/p>\n
For cows, sheep, and\/or goats (list type):<\/p>\n
For pigs (list type):<\/p>\n
Raw Milk<\/strong><\/p>\n24. Do you supply raw milk? No<\/p>\n
25. Do you keep your barn and milk room clean?<\/p>\n
26. Do you keep the cows clean\/teats washed?<\/p>\n
27. Do you thoroughly wash your milking equipment after every milking?<\/p>\n
28. Are cows with mastitis or other health problems excluded from milking?<\/p>\n
29. Are cows tested for disease?
\nWhich tests, and how often:<\/p>\n
30. Is the milk routinely tested for pathogens, coliform count?
\nWhich tests, and how often:<\/p>\n
31. Is the farm water routinely tested?<\/p>\n
32. Are milk and milk products kept well chilled?<\/p>\n
33. Other\/Explain (list any other routine practices, or explain any of your answers above?<\/p>\n
Butchering Practices<\/strong><\/p>\n34. Do you sell milk? No<\/p>\n
35. Meat butchered at a USDA-certified or state-certified abattoir?<\/p>\n
36. Meat butchered on the farm? Yes<\/p>\n
37. Describe or explain any butchering practices: clean, outdoor, on-farm processing and butchering<\/p>\n
Farm Products<\/strong><\/p>\n38. Please check off the products you sell and list current prices<\/p>\n
Raw whole milk:<\/p>\n
Raw butter:<\/p>\n
Raw cream:<\/p>\n
Raw ice cream:<\/p>\n
Raw sour cream:<\/p>\n
Raw yogurt:<\/p>\n
Raw kefir:<\/p>\n
Raw cottage cheese:<\/p>\n
Whey:<\/p>\n
Cheese (list types):<\/p>\n
Other dairy (list):<\/p>\n
Beef\/veal:<\/p>\n
Pork:<\/p>\n
Goat\/kid:<\/p>\n
Mutton\/lamb:<\/p>\n
Other meat:<\/p>\n
Chicken:<\/p>\n
Duck:<\/p>\n
Turkey:<\/p>\n
Other poultry:<\/p>\n
Eggs (list type, chicken, duck, etc) :<\/p>\n
Honey:<\/p>\n
Produce (list typical offerings):<\/p>\n
Prepared foods (list typical offerings):<\/p>\n
Other:<\/p>\n
Additional Information<\/strong><\/p>\n39. Do you only sell animals that are raised on your farm at the address listed?
\nYes<\/p>\n
39a. Details:
\nWe raise our chickens on pasture, moving them twice daily, and giving fresh water and non-GMO feed twice daily. They’re processed on-farm.<\/p>\n
40. Are the animals born on your farm at the address listed? No<\/p>\n
40a. Details:<\/p>\n
41. Do you ever purchase animals from auctions or from your processor or do you ever buy parts from your processor (whole pork bellies…)? No<\/p>\n
41a. Details:
\n[textarea farm_41a]<\/p>\n
42. Do you personally attend to your animals at least once a day or do you hire help or farmers to do that for you? Personally Attend<\/p>\n
42a. Details:
\n[textarea farm_42a]<\/p>\n
43. Do you purchase pre-mixed feed from an elevator or do you grind your own? Purchase<\/p>\n
43a. Details:
\n[textarea farm_43a]<\/p>\n
44. Where can customers find you? (check all that apply):
\n[farm_44]<\/p>\n
44a. Details:
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1. Name of farm: Heath Farms: Farmer Bob’s Happy Chickens 2. Farmer’s\/Farm Family name: Bob Heath 3. Street address: 16626 Cone Road 4. City: Milan 5. State (2-letter abbreviation): MI 6. Zip: 48160 7. Phone number: 734-347-5020 8. Email: bob@happy-chickens.com 9. Website: www.happy-chickens.com Type of Farm\/Farm Practices 10. Are you Certified Organic? No 11. Are…<\/p>\n
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