HI guys, me along with some partners just rented 5.5 acre of agri land in Kuala Kubu Baru. It was an ex-farm land but has overgrown as it was not managed for some time. At the moment we've hired several labourers to do land clearing.

It is perched on a hill slope with very old rubber and durian trees on the slope. Then a 10 feet stream flowing thru the land dividing the hill and a big fish pond which currrently overgrown with white and pink lotuses. Been told there's haruan inside at the moment. Around it are agri land with random trees of papaya, durian, limau kasturi/ purut, banana and jackfruit.

We're planning on free-range chicken, some goat for goat milk, cows(tentative), some home-stay and camping spot. Fish wise still unplan yet. Oh ya, and an area for herbs and spices that has medicinal value like, misai kucing, lemon balm and the likes. Will upload some pictures when i go down again coming weeks.

BTW anyone knows where can get best quality quality chicks? I've heard of DQ farm in bentong having the best quality organic chicken in the country, but unsure if they sell chicks coz as far as i know, many organic free range chicken farmers are very protective of their organic chicks.

Hope to share info with fellow farmers here. Cheers.


This post has been edited by euthanasia: Oct 16 2014, 12:13 AM

Hi, We r renting at rm1k per month. The farm is just beside old coastal road in Kuala Kubu Baru. The lease length we signed is 10 years. I believe in Kuala Kubu Baru, as a newbie, we have to go through the go-to people in order to lease the land. As far as I understand, it is the only way to go. If any of u are interested, i can intro the right people for you. A lot of lands for lease and sale there.

To my limited knowledge, there is a certification for Organic chicken farming. Having said that, we've yet to go and done our homework with DOA or with any of the suppliers yet. Still in the midst of land clearing and getting the local Orang Asli to build their infamous bamboo structures.

Our direct neighbour to the right is a dilapidated land that has not been worked on since the 60s. The local land council guy told us an interesting story that the land belongs to a Communist in the 60s and around 40 to 50 commandos raided the land and he just left. Hence the govt caveat the land and it belongs to the govt, unworked until today. To the right of that land, is a durian farm.So maybe that abandoned land could be the buffer you're talking about.

You are right, the 5.5acre is not big once i minus off the fish pond in the middle, and 3 catchment/ fry pond accompanying the big pond. The workable land we foresee is around the pond which is not big in itself. Then we've got around 2.95 acre on the hillslope with very old durian and rubber tree, could use for tree planting. gaharu comes to mind, seems to be the craze now.

Due to many partners, the ideas on the table is quite unrealistically numerous. We'll probably end up focusing on a few. But if the homestay/ camping ground were to materialize, then variety of animals and agri are necessary..

On the organic chicken part, I take my inspiration from DQ farm. Alot of good info here for those that have not come across this farm in Bentong:

http://dqfarm.blogspirit.com/
http://www.dqcleanchicken.com/

He's actually my uncle on my mom's side. However he is quite elusive and well, just not very, how do i put it, responsive. Unless u're from the uni, authorities or from the media, u'd be lucky to be granted a visit the farm. I've only been to the farm when i was 10 years old and i've in my 30s now. He's started with organic chicken since those days and have done some pretty out of the box stuff.

From his blog posts, I've gathered going organic needs one to be attentive and creative and most importantly to create a sort of equilibrium type environment where the ecosystem complements one another. Also organic chicken are very prone to diseases, so acting fast and acting quick is vital before everything is wiped out. So either you or your staff needs to know what they're doing. Also organic farming tend to have a lot of sudden spot checks from the authorities.

This post has been edited by euthanasia: Oct 17 2014, 02:00 AM

Thanks Michael for the info. Yep, will contact them when the land clearing is done.