Mainville Family
3rd generation farmers
What do you enjoy most about working on the farm?
“What I love most is that I get to enjoy having my children around, because I work at home I get to see them a lot. Ever since I was little, I loved having animals to tend to and hope that my children feel the same way.”
How has the farm changed over the generations?
“The farm started in 1950 with Patrick’s grandfather having 35 cows and 300 layers. In 1967 he built the first poultry barn, a 2,000 hen free run barn. In 1975 he built a conventional layer barn for 5,000 hens. Patrick’s father took over the farm in 1985 and built a new barn for 8,000 layers. Patrick is third generation and has 18,150 layers. They love what they do and hope to pass it along to their children.”
