I bought 10 pounds yesterday and they were awesome. Made Gumbo and also grilled some.

They are grown in ponds with the water from a drilled well that goes into the salt water aquifer.

They were really good, if you see them around, give them a try.

How much did they costed per pound?

I wonder why we can't buy them locally in stores. I was in Publix in Trussville last Wednesday afternoon and and they had shrimp from Indonesia, Thailand, China and Vietnam. Thank God they had shrimp from the USA there too.

They usually sell out quickly is what I have been told by the owner. They call them prawns

I found where to buy them.

The owner is a friend of mine. This is his first year of operation. The reason you cannot find it in the store easily is there are only 2-3 other farms in the state. His grandfather actually drilled the well in the 50’s. He had it tested a couple of years ago, and it was ideal for growing shrimp. He lives in Tuscaloosa and sells at a couple of places around town. They have a Facebook page with location, times and prices.

I think I paid $6 a pound. Sells in 5 pound bags.

The owner mentioned that he did not want to go into restaurants or grocery stores the first year. He wanted to make sure he could meet the demand and the shrimp were a good quality. He did not want to run into production problems and then have a "bad name" because he could not meet their needs.

He is a good guy and the shrimp are great.

I was going to go down there this morning, but Irish Jr. and I went to pick up a car for him to fix up and flip.

I'm going to keep his Facebook page handy.

Thanks for the good word. We have worked hard raising these shrimp and are happy with the final product. You can stay updated on our Facebook page at www.sumtercountyshrimp.com. We are harvesting Sunday, October 29 and will have shrimp available at the farm 1 until dark. It is near Bellamy on Highway 80 and intersection with Bellamy 21. $30 for 5 pounds of extra jumbo shrimp. The first pond averaged 11 per pound.

THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION, I LOVE SHRIMP, BEING FROM THE GULF COAST THERE'S NOTHING LIKE FRESH GULF SHRIMP, BUT I WILL DEFINITELY TRY THESE OUT!

I think we will be riding down to T town Saturday morning to get some.

Those look awesome! I hope the business does well so they can distribute into other parts of the state.

The guy I saw was on a Ala Farmers Federation tour. They just sold off the farm and had a big demand. Hope you do well selling them.

My question is, what are these shrimp feeding on?

Got some today. Im new to trying to put these up for later.

I dont know that, I assume some type of fish feed. Is there a shrimp feed.

I dont know about the particulars but Lee is a friend and the shrimp are awesome.

These would most likely be a species of white shrimps. (probably setiferus but maybe not) and not prawns. and yes they would feed them a pelleted feed specially formulated for shrimp instead of catfish. The hardest part is the first 30 days after they get hte PL's...finger crossing time.

The people doing this are emptying the last pond. Tomorrow will be the last day they are selling this year.


Locations for pickup at: http://www.sumtercountyshrimp.com/

I have had the ones that are grown around Port St. Joe in ponds. They are deveined and split down the back of the shell and flash frozen. My BIL sold them in Destin.