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Livestock => Other => Topic started by: Cattyniccy on November 17, 2014, 08:23:12 am

Title: wasted land
Post by: Cattyniccy on November 17, 2014, 08:23:12 am
Anyone have any ideas what i could use roughly 1/4 of an acre square piece of land for? Id love to have an animal on it but I don't want birds as I'm afraid to say I have a bird phobia and not sure if there is anything else that could live somewhere small like this! I have attached a photo, would love to know if anyone has any ideas!
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Post by: YoungRasher on November 17, 2014, 09:21:10 am
pigs?
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Post by: bloomer on November 17, 2014, 09:25:02 am
goats if you dont mind buying additional feed :-)



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Post by: Fleecewife on November 17, 2014, 12:01:40 pm
It looks too small for most animals.  How about rabbits for meat?  :bunny:
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Post by: Me on November 17, 2014, 01:18:38 pm
Piggies followed by a rotovator and vegetables next year
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Post by: sss on November 17, 2014, 06:22:04 pm
Apriary?
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Post by: waterbuffalofarmer on November 17, 2014, 06:42:48 pm
What about an alpaca for two?
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Post by: Me on November 18, 2014, 04:16:16 pm
Or a waterbuffalo (or a Yak?)
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Post by: waterbuffalofarmer on November 18, 2014, 04:28:32 pm
A waterbuffalo and a yak need at least half a field.
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Post by: Bramblecot on November 18, 2014, 07:48:25 pm
Pretty bantams  :chook: :chook: to help you overcome your phobia - they really are very sweet and the eggs are delicious.
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Post by: shygirl on November 18, 2014, 07:52:42 pm
are you sure its quarter acre? seems quite small.
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Post by: Womble on November 18, 2014, 07:52:52 pm
Cabbages  ;D

(or as has already been said, pigs followed by cabbages!)
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Post by: Badger Nadgers on November 27, 2014, 08:44:42 pm
Obviously it's hard to tell from a single picture and the nature of the lens can distort distance, but that looks a lot less than 0.25 acre (by a factor of about 5 at a guess). 

If it was 0.25 acre then pigs at the most if you don't mind it decimating.  If it's what's shown in the picture it's similar to an allotment so "fur and feathers" small poultry - chickens and ducks but that's out because of your fobia.  Never done rabbits (intentionally) but they would presumably be okay.

How about a dog?  Not to eat obviously.
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Post by: waterbuffalofarmer on November 27, 2014, 10:09:19 pm
whAt about making a huge garden for herbs, flowers and beg and keep bees?
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Post by: devonlady on January 14, 2015, 10:23:17 am
Just seen this and I would suggest bees with a lot of bee plants, thyme, sedum? Ask on a bee forum, it could be beautiful as well as productive.
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Post by: bazzais on January 20, 2015, 07:44:08 pm
A small dog, its just about big enough to let it out for a s**t and not to far for you to collect it ;)
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Post by: pharnorth on May 25, 2015, 07:18:41 pm
Yup pigs. Get a couple of weeners and take them to a friendly abbatoir if you have one in a reasonable distance at 6 months.  Will keep you and your friends happy for a full year.
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Post by: cloddopper on May 29, 2015, 12:37:39 am
Two Soay sheep,  they will keep it cut and they'll also go great in the freezer oven/stew pot at the onset of winter.
 They need little maintenance as well which really does help .
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Post by: waterbuffalofarmer on June 01, 2015, 12:24:29 pm
You could use it for a fruit garden? :)
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Post by: pgkevet on June 02, 2015, 06:26:50 pm
Depends which direction t faces.. but those walls look perfect for figs, grapes, kiwi....