If you missed our CSA in the spring, there’s good news. We’re opening our CSA for the month of July, 2017.
Hurry, slots are limited. If you miss this opportunity, our CSA will not be available again until 2018.
Here’s a link to our CSA Page.
Brothers M.
2017 Season… It’s here
It’s Here!
We are officially kicking off our 2017 season. We will have frozen chickens available starting May 27; CSAs will have an opportunity to pickup fresh chickens the previous Saturday. Below are some of the highlights. Visit our Pricing Page for more details.
Pricing for 2017
• $4.00/lb for whole frozen chickens.
○ Average weight 4-5 lbs
• CSA packages – Our best offer
○ Ends May 1st or when all our CSA slots are full.
• Bulk purchase discounts
○ 5 chickens = 4%
○ 10 chickens = 6%
○ 15 chickens = 8%
○ 20 chickens = 10%
We’ll primarily be selling through the Farmers Markets
• Seymour Farmers Market – Saturdays, May 27 – until sold out for 2017
•• Westport Farmers Market – TBD for 2017
Why did we do a separate CSA and bulk discount?
It all comes down to what is Community Supported Agriculture(CSA). Last year was the first year for our CSA and we ended up giving our CSA pricing to everyone wanting to place bulk orders. We did this because we didn’t have a bulk discount. It was a compromise, but I knew this year we needed to change it in order to get back to the true CSA spirt.
The spirit of CSA is not about the discount. CSA is about supporting local agriculture because you realize the value of locally grown food, believe in supporting community businesses, or you want to support someone growing high quality food. While the reasons are your own, it really boils down to you supporting a cause. And one I think is a good one, if I didn’t we wouldn’t be doing this.
We value our CSA relationships. Your commitment helps shoulder our burden and tells us that what we do matters. It’s hard to explain how much that means to us, but we’ve tried to express it by returning to our CSA supporters the best value we can.
We’re looking forward to a great year and each of you are the ones who help make it happen. We hope you like and share our posts and if you’re buying chicken to give us the chance to earn your loyalty. Thank you.
2017 season …almost
The 2017 season is upon us and we’ll be announcing the schedule and pricing in the next couple days!
We’ve enjoyed some downtime over the winter, especially the holidays, and we hope you enjoyed them too. It’s going to be a busy year for our family including the long awaited Boy Scout Jamboree, which is why we’re selling chickens.
Before we officially announce the 2017 season, we’re finalizing the schedule and updating our offerings. I can tell you now that our base price of $4/lb. will not be increased; however, we are adding some options.
In the mean time, I’ve posted a new blog on Dual-purpose Chickens. There will be more of these to come.
We thank everyone for all your past support and look forward to a great season.
Thank You
The 2016 season has drawn to a close. We extend a heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who made it successful. It has been a pleasure meeting with all of you.
We are looking forward to the 2017 season and will be keeping in touch with you in the spring. Keep an eye on email, Facebook, or the web page for details as we announce our kickoff and any changes. We wish every one happy holidays until then.
Sincerely,
Joseph, Matthew, Tricia and Jason
2017 Jamboree, it’s official
It’s official. Both boys are signed up for Jamboree next year. Now the pressure’s on for them to “earn their keep”. Thanks to the 2015 sales the boys have or will pay for several weekend campouts and summer camp. We’re looking forward to 2016 and beyond…
-Jason
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July 19-28, 2017 Live Scouting’s Adventure |
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Your application has been approved by Hoosier Trails Council to attend the 2017 National Scout Jamboree as part of their council contingent.
If you should have any questions about payments or anything else, please contact your Council directly.
We look forward to seeing you in July 2017!
Thank you, Jamboree Registrar |
It’s about that time…
It’s about that time and we will be processing the chickens over the next couple of weeks. These birds are averaging closer to 6 – 7 lbs this run. Over achievers!
For those who have pre-ordered we will be contacting you shortly to arrange pick-up.
For those of you who have not pre-ordered – it’s not too late. There is still time to place an order. Just send us an email, brothersM.poultry@gmail.com, and we’ll get you taken care of.
A special thanks to everyone for helping make Brothers M. Poultry a successful venture.
Chicken Tractor Plans – Part 2
Just to add a little narrative on how I build the chicken tractors.
- Start with the 10×12′ frame. The 10′ end pieces should raised slightly to help pull the tractor over clumps of grass.
- Add diagonal corner braces. Not sure that size matters.
- Hoop 2 sections of cattle panels. They will overlap slightly.
- Assemble the door.
- Cut the door frame and attach to base and hoop
- Put in rear vertical and diagonal supports. Add something on the end bottom for additional shelter. This will go to the most windward side, west for me. Top is just covered by the tarp and can be raised for additional air flow.
- Cover the hoop with chicken wire, 3 passes of 4′. Overlap slightly.
- Cover the ends & door with chicken wire.
- Surround the perimeter with 2′ hardware cloth (optional). I do this to prevent predators from reaching in through the chicken wire and grabbing birds sleeping near the edge.
- Add 2×4 fencing to ends. This is added to ensure K-9 type/size predators cannot force through chicken wire.
- Attach door and latches
- Cover 2/3 with tarp, wrap extra around back.
Copyright © 2018 by Jason Maples
Brothers M.
When things feel right.
I’ve been considering taking raising chickens to the next level, raising and selling pastured non-GMO chickens. For the past year I’ve raised 5 batches of chickens using my local feed mill grain. I processed some of these, but had most processed for me; all were for immediate family. Late last week I checked to see if I could get some chickens to raise for sell. The breed I wanted was out of stock.
This week, off a whim, I checked and my breed was back in stock. That night my boys came to me and asked how they could raise money for the Scout Jamboree in 2017. I made them a business proposition contingent on getting processing lined up and non-GMO feed. In the next two days everything fell into place and Brothers M. Poultry was born.
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