Looking for the following:
Type of opportunity:
Sale (Standard), Sale (Owner Financed), Lease (1 to 5 Years).
More info: We are looking for additional acreage to expand our pastured chicken and quail operation. We use organic/sustainable practices (not certified organic). We model our rotational pastured poultry operation after Joel Salatin’s pastured poultry model to enrich the soil and leave it better than it was.
Equipment & infrastructure:
More info: Just need well drained pasture. And a water source (stream/creek, pond, spring, or well)
Current production on farm:
Cattle (Dairy/Beef), Fallow, Hay or pasture, Honey bees, Orchard, Poultry (Broiler/Layer).
More info: Any pasture or cropland that could be converted back to pasture. Flat to gently rolling. Water source. Electric hookup a plus but not necessary.
Current farming practices:
More info: All natural, organic, sustainable
Qualifications and goals:
Previous farming experience:
Manager
Number of years experience:
8
Other qualifications:
More info: I currently manage an educational farm which includes horses, donkey, pigs, chickens, ducks, quail, goats and rabbits
Production goals:
Poultry (Broiler/Layer).
More info: 20-30 quail tractors (each housing a group of 5 quail.
Possibly also our portable chicken coops. All would be enclosed in electric fence and moved daily
Personal experience and production goals summary:
I have managed another farm for 8 years and our pastured poultry/hatchery business is 3 years old. We are ready to expand/scale.
20-30 quail tractors (each housing a group of 5 quail.
Possibly also our portable chicken coops. All would be enclosed in electric fence and moved daily