Manchester Farms, Inc.

Manchester Farms, Inc., listed with FSIS as doing business as Odom Enterprises Inc, operates at 5765 Lower Richlands Blvd. in Hopkins, Richland County, South Carolina, under establishment numbers M7333, P7333 and V7333. The federal record lists meat processing, poultry processing, voluntary poultry processing and voluntary poultry slaughter, with a grant of inspection date on file of January 18, 2017, and a size class of Very Small. Species detail is not reported to FSIS, and no custom-exempt activity is reported.

The company's website describes it as a quail farm and processor. According to that site, Manchester Farms was founded in 1974 by Bill Odom, who had raised Pharaoh Quail in the Manchester State Forest, and it is described as the oldest quail producer in the United States. The site states the business is second-generation and family-owned, now owned and operated by Odom's daughter and her husband, Brittney and Matt Miller, and that the farm produces 80,000 Pharaoh Quail per week. The site says the birds are raised hormone and growth promotant free and describes the operation as the only SQF Level 2 certified quail processor in the U.S.A.

Products described on the website include bone-in quail, semi-boneless European style quail, quail halves, quail knots, spatchcock quail, boneless and bacon-wrapped quail breasts, quail legs, boneless quail meat and fresh quail eggs, sold in cases with listed prices. The site also lists private label and co-manufacturing, corporate gifts, gift packs and sample requests. Note that the FSIS record gives the Hopkins plant address while the website contact page lists a Columbia, SC address at 8126 Garners Ferry Rd with a mailing address of PO Box 9597, Columbia, SC 29290. Phone numbers differ as well: FSIS lists (803) 783-9024 and the website lists (800) 845-0421.

No custom slaughter or processing for individual farmers is reported to FSIS or described on the website.

The website sells quail and quail eggs online by the case with a stated minimum purchase of $35.00. Orders ship via FedEx packed with dry ice, shipping is not included and is determined by package weight and destination, and orders are stated to ship Tuesday or Wednesday. A site notice states that only quail eggs and bacon wrapped quail are being shipped overnight, and that frozen products ship no longer than 2 day shipping to protect product temperature. Fresh quail egg cases are listed FOB Columbia, SC. Some items are marked temporarily unavailable and one bacon wrapped quail leg item is listed as phone orders only. Gift packs, gift cards and corporate gift shipping to multiple addresses are offered, and the site says to look for retail quail products in a store near you. Orders can also be placed by calling (800) 845-0421 or through a regional sales representative. No retail counter at the plant is mentioned.

If you are buying a half or quarter animal, the plant is where the animal is processed; the farm sells you the animal. Read how to buy a half cow for the sequence and the math.