well the plan last year was get 4 BO birds with hopes for a 50/50 hen roo mix and they were going to live in the big tractor as a flock and origal BSL hens would stay as another flock and then get 4 more SS hens this year. Well the mix was 100 roo and I've been trying to adjust ever since
600 acres!!. That's huge .especially considering that some of the farm was parceled off in the 90s... What would someone do with 600 acres? Was it originally bought for hunting land or agriculture. Clearing that much land in the 30's for agriculture would be a big job. Unless it was already cleared when they bought it. At one period of time when north America use to have a bunch of smaller family farms around 60 to 120 acres. One guy could handle that much as a full time job of clearing and planting. But as time went on and larger equipment became available horses were no longer needed. Smaller farms became less common and one guy handled more . He would buy another man's original, smaller farm and add it on to his farm. The benefit was it already was cleared and ready for planting .the older farm house on the property was often knocked down or repurposed and tree lines were taken out, the two farms were then considered one. This went on for a while. If it's 600 acres and a lot of its plantable that could be one of the ways it came about. Eventually when farming lost popularity the smaller farms that still remained were then parceled off into small plots . The only farms that still remain on our street are the bigger scale farms that bought more land and were able to make a substantial income.sorry for the rant. ...why was some of the land sold to the government for a park? . Then half of the farm was sold as well?..
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I love pictures of your place!Hi! And welcome @Don 27 you’ve asked lots of great questions there. The land was originally bought for agricultural use, and quite reasonably priced, due to the economy at the time. They basically bought the entire south side of the island and it was water access only (still technically is). It was logged and cleared as much as possible (we are still using some of the last logs from the 80’s? for firewood!). So, they made very good money on the timber, and created the pasture and hay fields at the same time. We are a meat farm that has primarily focused on beef and lamb. Sadly a good amount of the acreage is taken up by a fair sized ridge. This is the farm, with the red area being mostly vertical. View attachment 2045406
This is what it used to look like before the family falling out that led to the sale of what would become the vineyard (it was really nice pasture) DH’s grandmother’s brother had a “falling out” (read huge argument) with DH’s grandfather (his sister’s husband) and the sale was, to put it politely, a big f-you to him. So now we have neighbors...
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The blue area was purchased in the 90’s by my husband’s aunt, it’s an old horse farm with decent hay. But it’s on the far side of the island.
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The land that was sold to Parks Canada was sold for a premium (it’s just a tiny strip along the southern edge of the property), and it isn’t highly useable for farming anyway as it’s mostly very rocky sandstone cliffs. We can also still graze our livestock on it, as we are a “fence out” area and it’s perfectly legal here! Aside from “lost” (lazy) trespassing hikers with dogs leaving our gates open and annoying the animals and us (do I walk into your backyard topless and filthy in sandals and a man bun, with an unleashed dog to harass your pets? No. So why is it okay for you to do that to us?
So we are mostly hay, pasture, silvopasture and livestock oriented. With a reasonable garden for primarily personal use.View attachment 2045440View attachment 2045435View attachment 2045436View attachment 2045437View attachment 2045438View attachment 2045439
any break in the weather?
Hi! And welcome @Don 27 you’ve asked lots of great questions there. The land was originally bought for agricultural use, and quite reasonably priced, due to the economy at the time. They basically bought the entire south side of the island and it was water access only (still technically is). It was logged and cleared as much as possible (we are still using some of the last logs from the 80’s? for firewood!). So, they made very good money on the timber, and created the pasture and hay fields at the same time. We are a meat farm that has primarily focused on beef and lamb. Sadly a good amount of the acreage is taken up by a fair sized ridge. This is the farm, with the red area being mostly vertical. View attachment 2045406
This is what it used to look like before the family falling out that led to the sale of what would become the vineyard (it was really nice pasture) DH’s grandmother’s brother had a “falling out” (read huge argument) with DH’s grandfather (his sister’s husband) and the sale was, to put it politely, a big f-you to him. So now we have neighbors...
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The blue area was purchased in the 90’s by my husband’s aunt, it’s an old horse farm with decent hay. But it’s on the far side of the island.
View attachment 2045414
The land that was sold to Parks Canada was sold for a premium (it’s just a tiny strip along the southern edge of the property), and it isn’t highly useable for farming anyway as it’s mostly very rocky sandstone cliffs. We can also still graze our livestock on it, as we are a “fence out” area and it’s perfectly legal here! Aside from “lost” (lazy) trespassing hikers with dogs leaving our gates open and annoying the animals and us (do I walk into your backyard topless and filthy in sandals and a man bun, with an unleashed dog to harass your pets? No. So why is it okay for you to do that to us?
So we are mostly hay, pasture, silvopasture and livestock oriented. With a reasonable garden for primarily personal use.View attachment 2045440View attachment 2045435View attachment 2045436View attachment 2045437View attachment 2045438View attachment 2045439
. We also had about $2000 of landscaping tools/machinery, DH’s laptop and a case of beer I added in the unlocked truck. “You might be an islander if...” 
