Indiana's poultry compliance program is one of the most granular in the catalog, and it rewards precision. The Indiana State Board of Animal Health requires movement traceability records for every flock addition and removal, runs three distinct processing pathways keyed to annual bird counts, and sets exhibition rules that name the exempt species. The Indiana State Egg Board runs a permit system with carton labeling duties and case-volume reporting schedules. The Indiana Department of Environmental Management administers confined feeding operation approvals starting at 30,000 poultry, and the Office of Indiana State Chemist regulates manure-as-fertilizer application. Poultry Log's Indiana catalog records each requirement with its agency, authority, cadence, retention, and official source link.
Animal Health Layer: Indiana BOAH
- Movement traceability - under 345 IAC 1-3, an Indiana bird owner must record every flock addition and removal, including buyer and seller names and addresses, sale or movement date, breed, sex, bird count, reason for movement, and any identification already on the birds, kept three years. The catalog records that poultry do not need individual identification solely for this rule, and that premises registration is encouraged but not required.
- Entry health records - under 345 IAC 1-3-24 and 345 IAC 4, poultry or hatching eggs entering Indiana must travel with a CVI issued within 30 days or qualifying NPIP paperwork, with pullorum-typhoid requirements within 30 days unless covered by NPIP, and turkeys also meeting Mycoplasma gallisepticum requirements. Indiana requires no routine entry permit for poultry; outbreak or control-zone orders can add temporary movement documents.
- Exhibitions - under 345 IAC 4, poultry presented for exhibition must originate from an NPIP pullorum-typhoid clean flock or test negative within 90 days before the exhibition, with doves, pigeons, ducks, geese, and swans named as exempt from this specific test. Event operators must notify BOAH at least 10 days before the event under IC 15-17-15-9.
- Disease notice and disposal - under 345 IAC 1-6-2 and 1-6-3, an owner who observes signs or has reason to suspect a listed poultry disease must report to the State Veterinarian within 24 hours. Under IC 15-17-11 and 345 IAC 7-7, a carcass must be properly disposed of within 24 hours after learning of the death using an approved burial, incineration, composting, rendering, or other approved method.
Egg Layer: Indiana State Egg Board
Under IC 16-42-11, covered chicken-egg sales require the applicable annual farmers-market, retail, retail-wholesale combination, or wholesale permit, with the license year running July 1 through June 30. Cartons must show packer identification, grade and size, pack date, the correct expiration date, and safe-handling instructions. The catalog records a narrow exemption: no egg license is required when a producer sells only at the location where the eggs are produced and consumers pick up at that same location; farmers markets, online delivery, other off-premises retail, and wholesale are not within that exemption. On the reporting side, egg wholesalers distributing five or more 30-dozen cases per week must report case volume quarterly (due April 30, July 31, October 31, and January 31) and pay $0.11 per case; wholesalers under five cases per week use semiannual reporting due January 31 and July 31.
Environmental Layer: IDEM and the State Chemist
Under IC 13-18-10 and 327 IAC 19, before operating, constructing, or expanding a confined feeding operation with 30,000 or more poultry confined for at least 45 days in 12 months where crops are not sustained, the owner must obtain IDEM approval using State Form 55051, with notice to property owners within a one-half mile radius and county officials. Permitted CFOs maintain weekly inspections, annual manure tests, soil tests at least every four years, and manure plans submitted at least every five years, with a staged manure pile left over 72 hours required to be bermed or covered and applied within 90 days. A discharging CAFO uses the NPDES path under 327 IAC 15-16 instead, with daily water-line inspections, weekly production-area inspections, an annual report due February 15, and five-year record retention. Separately, the Office of Indiana State Chemist requires a private or commercial fertilizer applicator credential under 355 IAC 7 and 8 when organic fertilizer from a CFO reaches 10 cubic yards or 4,000 gallons annually, and IDEM requires spill notification within two hours of discovery.
Where Poultry Log Fits
Poultry Log's Indiana catalog carries these requirements with official source links and form templates, in the same workspace as the daily records that feed them. The movement traceability layer connects to the recall and traceability records guide, the processing tiers to the processing licenses guide, and the CFO layer to the nutrient management plan records guide. Confirm current requirements with BOAH, the Indiana State Egg Board, IDEM, and the State Chemist; completing a checklist does not certify legal compliance. Start free at poultrylog.com.
Frequently Asked Questions
What records do Indiana poultry farms keep for bird movement?
Under 345 IAC 1-3, every flock addition and removal must be recorded with buyer and seller names and addresses, sale or movement date, breed, sex, bird count, reason for movement, and any identification already on the birds, kept three years. The catalog records that poultry do not need individual identification solely for this rule, and that premises registration is encouraged but not required.
What are Indiana's poultry processing pathways?
Three tiers under IC 15-17-5-11: under 1,000 own-farm birds per year may be sold directly to end consumers without inspection when sanitation, direct-sale, refrigeration, and labeling conditions are met; 1,000 through 20,000 birds for household consumers needs a Limited Permit-HC; and 1 through 20,000 birds for retail, restaurant, hotel, or institutional channels needs a Limited Permit-Retail HRI plus a food-safety plan and a trained person, with twice-yearly inspection.
When do Indiana confined feeding operation rules apply to poultry?
Under IC 13-18-10 and 327 IAC 19, IDEM approval is required before operating, constructing, or expanding a confined feeding operation with 30,000 or more poultry confined for at least 45 days in 12 months where crops are not sustained, with public notice to property owners within a one-half mile radius. A discharging CAFO uses the NPDES path under 327 IAC 15-16 instead.