100s of Farm Animals and NO Vet Bills | Joel Salatin Explains

[@lauramonahan9343]

I'm a veterinarian, farmer's daughter, and I visited Joel's Polyface Farm 3 months ago (didn't get to meet Joel). I agree with this message 100%. SO MANY problems can be avoided with good husbandry, low stress, and good nutrition. His farm wasn't fancy or showy, but it was immaculate and the animals I saw were very healthy. He puts his time and resources into his livestock's well being, and it showed.

[@greggdenike1376]

Mahalo 4 sharing Ur INSIGHT Dr!

[@dennismerritt5517]

This man has so much understanding. I grew up seeing my grandfather’s ( born in 1898) farm. I remember it never stank like big farms here in the Midwest. “A righteous man regards the life of his beast, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.” Proverbs 12:10. The real key. When money becomes a man’s god, things really start to stink!

[@SpontaneousSubstance.]

Amen brother

[@cipher940]

god money is not one to choose 😉

[@whitefarms3274]

🥩 Great Proverb & Love the interpretation 🥚 🕊

[@FRL1344]

Amen

[@hughmanatee7433]

We use a deep bedding system in our hen house. Every week or two I lay down 6” of wood shavings and a little bit of bio char. Our henhouse floor is our compost bin. All compostables get thrown on the floor, most of which the chickens eat and they poop on the rest. We throw in all of our weeds, crop residue, table scraps etc. the straw from the layer boxes gets dropped on the ground when it gets dirty just about everything goes in. It accumulates all year long. In February,here in Maine, just when the girls could use a little heat we drive holes into the pile with a pry bar and pour water in the holes which starts the composting process. The floor heats up and the girls love it. They sleep on the floor instead of the roosts sometimes to keep warm. We also aerate the pile every week with the pry bar. Our henhouse is attached to our 100’ long greenhouse which helps dissipate the excess moisture, you could simply open a vent. By the time we need to spread the manure on the gardens the manure is composted except for the newest stuff on the top. If you are certified organic you will need to move the chickens out to get the fresh manure composted before application. As soon as the snow is off the ground the chickens the chickens go into a mobile henhouse that I built on a trailer. They are pastured all over the farm wherever they are needed until the fall when we return them to the henhouse.

[@lunaflamed]

This is me too until I had to move... will reboot this on bigger scale soon.

[@lunaflamed]

I used manure fork much easier than a pride bar.

[@catw5294]

Have such a huge respect for this man. Animals are not happy dirty and it drives me nuts when people do not care properly for their animals. Every animal deserves to be clean.

[@c1chef206]

I have been to Joel's farm a few times, and not once have I smelled a off smell.. It was so nice to just have my daughter hangout with all the chickens and watch the pigs be pigs.. Thank you so much for what you do for the community.

[@lauramonahan9343]

Exactly, the only smell was from the smoke house.

[@jasonkiese9908]

God bless our farmers. We are heading into uncharted territory. Everyone needs to participate for a better future. Thanks Joe.

[@greatestchampion]

This is great. Joel is so inspiring. My husband and I just moved from CA to VA to be first time farmers. Joel and his books have been a God send compass in this transition.

[@christi3411]

Just getting started. What are your favorite books? There are so many!

[@Dawn-di1qs]

wisdom he has..this needs to be captured for the future generations.

[@nikkib1515]

The Joel and the way he teaches and know so much that amazes me. Thank you Justin for putting him on your page.

[@alancross2826]

A wealth of knowledge mixed with common sense, i could listen to him all day and often do. A great man, take his advice and you wont go far wrong. Many thanks from the UK. Regards Alan

[@claudia4880]

I saw Joel in Budapest recently and he was very inspiring. Amazing knowledge , holistic thinking and some fun jokes peppered throughout. You’re a credit to humanity Joel

[@goudagirl6095]

Joel raises animals the way they were MEANT to be raised, and the way that works for both humans AND those animals. We've literally lost the skillset on how to do this. Ever since mass CAFO farming came along, we forgot how to truly FARM. Joel's type of farming is the way to go!

[@ah5721]

truth! CAFO's are making us and animals sick!!

[@arthurdewith7608]

Chickens have become so fragile their lives are short and depend on antibiotics change will have to start with the breeder and that is u

[@danthemann6565]

Joel, thank you so much for the video. The material you cover here is priceless, no one else is talking about this. I will soon retire and I am definitely going to start my own Homestead.

[@daughterofthekingofkings222]

Joel has a great way of explaining complex concepts and making it easy for the average person to understand.

[@claudia4880]

There’s a quip that if you can’t explain sth simply and clearly then you probably don’t understand the subject so well

[@jordanmaerz7852]

I love how much Joel has educated himself

[@DarrelJones-c2f]

And others.

[@jona.7414]

Always love a good talk from the "Pasture pastor"......yeah I hereby declare Joel the "Pasture Pastor"!

[@terrywereb7639]

This is excellent! Simple explanations of basically, how nature keeps itself healthy!

[@lanceguinn9807]

This man literally has a doctorates in overall farming and land management (Edit: & Educator - loved the story of the microbes)!! I consider myself intelligent and a few others do also, having grown up on a farm and I've always walked away from one of Joel's videos learning something that is actually classified as a life skill or a renewed appreciation for our planet and the life put on it!! Thanks!! If I was younger? I would mentor under him on his farm; and although being 50 still might considered it? Farming is really about employing common sense...

[@greggergen9104]

I remember I was driving past a 100,000 cattle feedlot in Amarillo Texas in September of 2013. It literally spent like a dead steer from 1/2 mile away..

[@Dionne2U2]

I would love to see his rabbit, pig, chicken setup. Thanks so much for the information!

[@carahallmancentralalabamaf2155]

You can type in Joel's name with Justin rhoded and it brings all Mr. Rhodes videos showing his set ups

[@Dionne2U2]

@@carahallmancentralalabamaf2155 thanks

[@taylorkettler7106]

i have a small flock in my backyard and am practicing deep bedding! Also i never new that chickens dont pee!

[@becca318]

I didn't know that about chickens either. Made me laugh when he said it. 😂

[@EHSTexas]

The best Joel Salatin video I have seen. And I have seen a lot. This is what I like to hear him talk about.

[@darthfiende1]

This was the most valuable homestead video I've seen. Great density of actionable information in a digestible form.

[@Moetastic]

I could listen to this for hours, this is an amazing amount of knowledge being delivered.

[@mariepilartv9372]

Uh.. its so so theraputic when im watching your video its like hey im home.. and working away from home makes me wonder can i do this at home can i grow my own food loking forward for more suceeding stories to be feature..yours kids grow so fast, they are so talented and rebekah is really the beautiful one..be safe everyone..

[@janicew6222]

You can learn so much from Joel Salatin, good common sense without breaking the bank to do it. Great advice.

[@chrislangdell117]

Joel is always a mountain of information. I had always learned from the old timers and as well as reading several books that mixing chickens and pigs together was tabu. Mixing salmonella and Ecolli was dangerous. I guess the deep bedding and the ratio of the animals has alot to do with it. I'm sure if Joel were to have a problem it would have happened by now and he wouldn't be preaching about something that caused issues.

[@Wildevis]

Love the sensibility of his approach, mimicking nature as much as possible

[@horatiu-emilmoldovan1373]

Amazing speech,very helpful information,thank You sir for your time and efort to teach people the right way tonfarm in sync with mother nature

[@AnabelsFinquita]

Well if you can’t move the animals because you don’t have the land to do it, keep it dry and clean!!!! As simple as that! I don’t use any drugs, never had a problem! 🙂

[@jeannedigennaro6484]

Thanks for this informative lecture by Salatin. He is sch a good teacher.

[@renafarted9075]

I'm so grateful for all the people you've introduced me to

[@zawadafarms7402]

A wonderful video full of helpful information in a beautiful setting. A confident brilliant farmer speaking intelligently about basic principles for success. Support small farms!

[@NadyaPena-01]

This might be the most important video I have come across for animal farming. Waste management is not given enough attention.

[@houseofburgesses4332]

Mind blown!!! I love this man!

[@matthenley98]

The Harry and Matilda story was a roller coaster of emotions!

[@TheSeeshannon96]

I'm thankful that you share your wisdom with us!

[@CecilliaDB]

Pro action and preventive instead of reaction. Very wise.

[@NathanielKenaston]

This is a goal of ours here at Alkebulan Farm. Its unfortunate that we have strayed so far from good principles that now we have to teach it to people

[@bellyacres3jillyandkerry281]

Great info-glad to see I have been doing it ALL right for decades

[@kristenhasleftthebuilding1380]

Such a brilliant man!

[@TheHardwickHomestead]

Honestly, there's nothing you can do to keep the vet bill down to 0%. All it takes is one bad disease coming in through a bird or other animal and it has the potential to wipe you out. I ran a cow with my father in laws goats on super green irrigated pasture. He hasn't had a problem in 30 years, but that year he got something really bad. He thinks it came in on a dead raccoon. I brought my cow back and it infected my herd, bad bloody diarrhea. I treated with antibiotics and I didn't lose any cattle, my father in law didn't treat at all and he ended up with a pile of dead goats. He should have had the vet come and visit his herd of goats, he could have saved them.

[@SpontaneousSubstance.]

Agreed brother. I am a goat producer and will confer that they are very sensitive to illness, parasites and Disease hence why his may have passed. I stopped all the dairy and meat goat registry BS and took that yearly money to invest in knowledge and breeding parasite resistant lines and herd goats and I have t had a problem in 10 years. But yes, one bad thing can happen like Covid or a dead coon or rotting deer with wasting disease and your doomed. All we can do is the best to avoid and be prepared. Glad u saved the cows! Great feeling of satisfaction.

[@marygordon3032]

Thank you Mr Salatin and thanks Justin! 👏👏👏🤩🤩🤩💯💯💯

[@farmershane]

Beautiful video. It’s funny that he says he is small. My farm is 30 acres. We’re small!

[@hiabia3751]

It is important.

[@savageairsoft9259]

Very helpful! Thank you all!

[@lleesti1346]

I add straw on top of poop when I see it, is that giving me a proper combination? I started with wood chips moved into leaves and when I ran out of that I moved into straw. And I learned something new!! chickens do not pee!!!! I had no idea

[@nothingnewtome1]

would really love to see the bedding and the whole setup

[@jenniferbunker2757]

Do you have a list of how you would stack certain animals? We would need to do that over the winter in Canada. We have Goats, pigs, chickens, rabbits, horses

[@dr.rev.lindabingham]

Blessings to all!

[@cryttersytter]

Thank you so for sharing!!!

[@escapingclutter8382]

Harry and Matilda 😆 A whirlwind romance and tragedy.

[@mking3219]

Smart man right there

[@yerboyharry6139]

Animals fed their natural diet and not exposed to toxic chemicals will generally live an illness and disease free life.

[@beckytaul4355]

Thank you

[@tommybounds3220]

Thank you for the video brother!

[@billherrick3569]

Excellent!

[@loganyoutube4818]

Ever since this channel turned into one big advertisement I only stay subscribed for the Joel Salatin videos

[@bassmanjr100]

I had unsubscribed as well a while ago but came back for this video. If it really just advertising going forward I'm out.

[@allentyler2184]

Sooo ... let me some it up. Be a nomad and always move and learn mazlos hierarchy of needs. The hard truth is we can write the loss rate off in exchange of labor.

[@MrShenanigansagain]

Joel is a true American hero.

[@lunaflamed]

THIS THIS THIS !! WORKS WORKS WORKS !!!

[@naturalgramma7907]

The real deal, Mr Joel #naturalgramma

[@ah5721]

I always learn alot from Joel! he's a genius !!

[@hopgardenhomstead7217]

Thank you so much! ❤💚❤

[@sharonbowler270]

I would love to see his hoop houses with chicken, rabbits, and pigs.

[@imthecanary]

Justin Rhodes went to his farm on his farm tour several years ago. Look up Justin Rhodes farm tour Joel Salatin and you should be able to find it.

[@toucanproductions2935]

Very informative. Thank you.

[@lillian9221]

I can't leave my cattle on the pasture(veld) at night because of theft, they sleep in camps at my backdoor. Problem is the built up of pathogens, I now have to have the cows deliver their calves in the veldt. When the calves are born at night I dose the umbilical cord with iodine. This way of ranching is not common in South Africa.

[@lillian9221]

I only occasionally have to get a jab from the vet. I farm with animals that are well adapted, don't use antibiotics, no feed only in a dry winter some lick. The cattle get salt lick and lots of love.

[@twinoaksfarmpoultry]

How would I incorporate multiple species into a chicken housing that is a 30 × 30 building sectioned into 3 runs - starter, grower, & finish sections with doors on all sides - there's great airflow & ventilation & we can let natural light in daily - the building flooring is a deep bedding system inside & there's a sacrifice outdoor space for the birds to access at will when the doors are opened up. I can't visualize - how would I maybe incorporate rabbits into that setup?

[@philipedwards8762]

What a great summation.

[@Kurumaro1]

Thank you both Justin & Joel. Great information

[@BRANDON-ru9lm]

I'm completely going out to my chicken tractor tomorrow and reassessing 🙂👍, wow 😕😩😀, have some thinking to do . Thank you!

[@cle569]

Thanks for sharing

[@takeitslowhomestead5218]

Thanks for the great information!

[@greggdenike1376]

Aloha Justin,Ur Blessed to be friends and ADMIRED by Our Mentor. U R a pro.An insight into Joel,s last stop HOST,,chicken n ducks geese, .. poultry.Thst crop of thiers is a rock tumbling, garbage disposal. Think about what happens to a piece of glass,next to a tapeworm!?! GOOD BYE,LARVAE ,PUPAE,EGGS

[@oliveks82]

Not naming names, because I love their channels. Also I live near a city and may be completely wrong! Thinking the whole sanitation thing applies- the few cow hoof trimming channels that are around, showing cows with big cracks or abscesses filled with pus in the cows hooves- it’s unfortunate but when I’m watching the videos I’m seeing the animals ankle deep in shit or water mixed with shit. 🤷‍♀️ dunno what point I’m trying to get at but there it is …

[@cindyjohnson5242]

Those cows generally have foot baths. The abcesses are caused by rocks, nails, staples etc. Why don't you pose your questions to the farriers. Instead of complaining here?

[@user-ve9cs7ee6x]

In another video I saw Joel mention that they only have chickens on a given patch of ground one time per year in the tractors, to allow the nitrogen to decompose adequately. This dictates that one acre is suitable to raise about 500 chickens in tractors per year. My brainwave while watching this video, is this. Would it be possible to collect charcoal from burn offs, process the charcoal to break it into powder or small granules, and then treat the pasture with the charcoal to bring the ratio closer to 30:1? I can imagine this would be effective, every day whilst moving the tractors, if a bucket of charcoal granules came with the farmer and a handful or two was sprinkled over the area that the chicken tractor had occupied the day before. This might help the decomposition process and enable more chickens to grow out on the same pasture in the same year. I don't have any chicken tractors yet, but if anybody who does, tries this method, please respond with your findings. Thanks.

[@catherinegrace2366]

500 chickens for 1 acre is a lot. Why push it?

[@templeprogramming3579]

I keep rabbits in a tractor and they go over the same patch about every 2-3 weeks. Usually I just rake away extra poop (for compost/garden) and lightly overseed with rye. By the time they get back to the same patch it's grown in lush without evidence of rabbit poop. Chickens obliterate my grass because they scratch it up, the poop gets washed away at first rain and doesn't stay around. If you get meat chickens on super tiny acreage then maybe deep bedding (wood chips, leaves, pine needles even) seems to be a better option.

[@phyrewillow6463]

Thanks! Great info!

[@dustinbossmusic]

Hope to one day come work with y'all or at least use all your techniques out West. We will see, but we need to escape California first. Another lesson you should talk about is politics, sadly we need more people to understand. People just don't understand why great states like California are going to trash, bad politics makes it too expensive and unlivable.

[@barbaracrump9242]

Thank you for sharing all you knowledge and wisdom.

[@Frankie_apollo1717]

Could a deep bed be made out of cement ? I know he said not forever building, but if you don't have a lot of trees around it can be costly. Any thoughts?

[@Masqueepo]

I love this information so much. Do you have any comments on the current "forever" chemicals that have been found in soils all over? Could these things be remedied using very focused systems like these in areas?

[@jeannedigennaro6484]

Good question.

[@UKhomestead]

What about phytoremediation, it's been used in India allot

[@meanqkie2240]

There are studies about using mushrooms to remediate toxic land.

[@ernestknight8442]

TITLE❤️TRUSTINTHELORDETERNAL✅ 🙏🏾

[@5stardave]

What about treating your cows like horses and clean out the stable every day?

[@lydiarenz2014]

How do you handle flies and livestock? We’ve got a serious problem with our sheep because of a neighbors swamp pond 😢

[@oldchunkofcoal2774]

I don't know if the flies are actually coming from the pond, but in systems like this, they often run chickens behind say cattle. The chickens spread the cow manure while looking for fly larvae.

[@napoleonsmith7793]

Wow. Awesome

[@mainerockflour3462]

During the Great Depression of the 1920s and 30s, it is estimated that more than 7 million Americans died from starvation. This was during the time when 3 out of every 10 people were farmers. It is now estimated that less than one-tenth of 1% are farmers. Many of my relatives grew up during that despicable period and many of avoided outright starvation by going to their neighbors farm and working for food. I dezcribed that period as despicable, because it was the Federal Reserve banking cartel that cut off credit to businesses. Within the Congressional Record, between 1926 and 1929, the U.S. Congress gave Nazi Germany 150 BILLION dollars in gold. It was the Congress that funded WW2 and were responsible for the Depression.

[@sheilasmith1109]

Great advice that I’d learned from my grandfather who was born in 1904!! However, this past very hot and humid summer, we found FLEAS on our cats! Our farm has NEVER been host to fleas or lice on our pets or livestock. I’m not sure if they came with the NEW appearance of squirrels 🐿 OR if they came from Missouri on a kitten that was gifted to us! I’m still working on eliminating the fleas from our 5 house Cat’s who have outdoor access privileges. We’re in Minnesota. I refuse to use chemicals that possibly can harm them, but the gift kitten DID bring ear mites, as well. Using coconut oil didn’t kill the ear mites, so I had to use OTC mite killer I noticed the flea population went down quickly when using the ear mite medicine. But we’re STILL fighting them both at a much much lesser degree! , Please, help me understand what’s in store for this coming spring and summer? WHAT should we do to prevent re-infestation??? I understand the flea eggs can survive for years! I forgot to mention that we used DE/aka Diatomaceous Earth, which wasn’t the end all solution either! HELP!!! Spring will be here soon and I’d like to have a PLAN! Thanks 🙏

[@redinthethevalley]

I’m interested in hearing someone’s opinion to this comment! Last year was the first time we struggled with ear mites for our house cats. I used mineral oil and it helped.

[@vseitzer1994]

The best treatment I've used has always been the simple flea comb. We keep a little one near each door and once a week comb the kitties outside in nice weather. They're always catching Rabbits so fleas are usually on them. We just squish the fleas against the comb. Fleas like to be all around ears, often by mouth, sometimes under collar. Indoor flea treatment would be vacuuming several times a day, if possible, but at least in every edge/crack, where they would tend to gather. There are a few herbal collars (Alzoo is one I've liked) but they only work after the fleas are off the cat.

[@eshea3621]

Indoors use Salt on the carpets. For your dogs get the garlic supplement Springtime sells.

[@eby6114]

I've gotten rid of fleas with a panof soapy water and a lamp pointed down at the water. For some reason they jump towards the light sink and die

[@roo-dog3484]

There's a time to use medicine when home remedies don't work and it sounds like you're there. Get yourself some bravecto or something similar. They'll be gone within a few days.

[@aicram62]

City Slicker says Thanks.

[@batpherlangkharkrang7976]

Hi..... Thank you for showing your video homestead 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 🏡🎥👍👍👍

[@JFAM077]

As the bedding gets deeper do you mix it up occasionally with a pitch fork or leave it alone?

[@nancyseery2213]

can you use corn cobs for bedding?

[@Miguel195211]

Good question!

[@gothic_oma]

It's my understanding from Joel, that corn husks can be used.

[@siddid7620]

What book is he talking about?

[@BerkeyCleanWater]

I'm a bit new to this. So even if we start out with chickens...we need to move the coop often?

[@hodgsonhome4243]

Or use deep litter and clean out every once in a while. So leaves, or wood chips, straw, or hay. The chickens love something to scratch in and it will help with the poo. It will break down beautifully. And then you can use it on the garden.

[@aldas3831]

Also keep some sand or dirt in the coop so they take a bath on it. It helps with parasites.

[@gotoflooring81]

Great video

[@jenniferbunker2757]

Where can I get the book

[@FUDSTAMPS]

Ron Paul #1 Joel Salatin #2 Shepherds of Men

[@handymandisco3025]

What book is he talking about? I want one!

[@happydaysfarm3853]

❤️

[@BouncingTribbles]

Charlotte's Web always had all the animals interacting in the same farm yard

[@lifecoachcher-ie6554]

I have a friend who lets all the animals play together during the day .. they go for hikes too .. adorable pics she posts ... they mostly all get along ...

[@becca318]

@@lifecoachcher-ie6554 .. That would be fun to see a video with her animals on a hike.

[@biogroovy]

Wash your own bedding at least every 21 days.