LIVE Tour: Joe's Farm [Pastured Poultry]

This summer, we're taking YOU on a tour of amazing regenerative farms across America!
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We're starting at Joe's Farm in Three Rivers, Michigan, where young farmer Joe Koopsen is raising 30,000 chickens on pasture, in addition to pastured turkeys and grass-fed cattle. Join us for this FREE farm tour, where we'll be answering YOUR questions about Joe's Farm, raising pastured poultry, and running your farm successfully! 🐔
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[@ariesfarms]

this video was incredible ! so much to learn and laughing the whole video :)

[@HeiferUSA]

We're so glad you enjoyed it! We have so much fun bringing these farm tours to life and learning alongside our audience. Subscribe to our channel for more!

[@dennisonscapital]

@@HeiferUSA Can you kindly share how I can reach to Joe I really wish to visit his farm one day?

[@confusion1595]

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[@unitedwestanddividedwefall2073]

@@HeiferUSA It's nice to know he's not far from Indiana where I can order some processed chicken from him being I seen how he raises them & what they are fed.

[@kimberlycampbell7989]

Great video

[@melflo4651]

I remember my late history professor told us that only farmers are truly free.

[@GodisReal1234]

They hardest workers always work on a farm and cant vacation because your animals need constant care.

[@NuruzzamanDBBL-vp7ie]

I am also going to start, everyone pray for me.

[@HeiferUSA]

We're rooting for you! Be sure to check out all the free farmer training videos on our channel, and subscribe while you're here!

[@iwlu25]

Us also, our first year. I'm not sure how to start. We have a coop, and that's it

[@Tonetwisters]

Thank all you farmers for feeding us. God bless you all.

[@HeiferUSA]

Thank you for your support!

[@markrodrigue9503]

Washing all those eggs is hard work

[@patriciaduncan6523]

Chicken barn looks like 🎉quonson hut , like what the military uses

[@peterjackson7473]

It's awesome to see young people take an interest in farming.

[@joesfarm]

Thank you! We need more young people to get into farming!

[@stanbattle7436]

Joe is very impressive for what he has managed to do but even more impressive is the guy that encouraged him and told him he could do it.

[@HeiferUSA]

We love hearing stories of farmers teaching and helping each other. Hopefully our videos here on KZbin will educate and inspire the next generation of farmers!

[@TheLvablebird]

Grew up on a dairy farm...farmers work is never done.. Love this video💖

[@AJayK610-18]

I grew up on a dairy as well

[@OCGThor]

My wife and I just started our laying hen operation. It was great to see Joes operations. We’ll have 2,000 hens by the spring of 2023 and appreciate the ability to learn from people that have been succeeding with chickens on a larger scale

[@HeiferUSA]

That is awesome!

[@calisingh7978]

Well don't be stingy post videos!! :)

[@UsmanFaraz854]

Best wishes for your business

[@Gtumrths]

I am glad to see some happier chickens…

[@joesfarm]

Thank you!

[@jeannedigennaro6484]

Wow. That’s a lot of organization/ infrastructure shown. But the best resource is their dedication to their farm and livestock.

[@HeiferUSA]

That dedication, along with years of hard work and planning, is what has allowed Joe's Farm to expand and establish such impressive infrastructure. This amazing farm tour was ten years in the making!

[@joesfarm]

Thank you

[@cherylpresleigh6403]

Love seeing the young folks stepping into farming!

[@joesfarm]

Thank you! We need more young people to get into farming!

[@yellyukulelly7334]

On a positive note, this is a great learning video that will help us all survive a future famine if it happens.

[@joesfarm]

Thank you!

[@irissmith2757]

I love to see young people working smart

[@joesfarm]

Thank you! We need more young people to get into farming!

[@hopehealsinternationalmini4291]

Great video. Very impressive and inspirational.

[@joesfarm]

Thank you!

[@HeiferUSA]

Thanks! 😄

[@patshipp9195]

I think Joe is a great entrepreneur and has a great place.

[@HeiferUSA]

You're exactly right! Joe has built an amazing business. We're so thankful he took the time to share some of his secrets with our audience!

[@joesfarm]

Thank you!

[@wesleyferguson6932]

Im in South Georgia . I am considering chickens and goats. This is a great video . Thank you very much

[@HeiferUSA]

We're happy to help! Best of luck.

[@andrigtmiller]

This was awesome. We are considering buying a 35 acre property right now, and are planning on chickens, and potentially turkeys. I have completely changed my original plan based on this video tour. The mobile coops are a game changer. It fits in really well with the permaculture ideas I have for the property.

[@SLR33406]

I was so happy this video was recommended in my feed! Was excited to watch! My (ex) husband was the man that opened (for the Japanese), a laying hen farm in Broadway, NJ called “ISE FARMS”. As a start up, I got to help establish the office, as I was a cost accountant. We had 14 poultry houses, 500 ft long, and housed 1.2 MILLION laying hens! processed 600,000 eggs per day!! One fun fact I remember was that it took 3.2lbs of feed to produce a dozen eggs!! Our poultry house roosts were built in a pyramid shape, so all litter fell to a trench (which we would auger out to a dump truck!) We gave it away to local farmers, as we could show how the litter increased their yield per acre by mixing this litter with their normal fertilizers! (Good community relations! Due to the fact-there was a smell!! The eggs were laid, and rolled to a belt that brought them to a huge belt at end of each house. That main belt brought eggs to the processing plant, where they went through the candler, then the egg wash. Then our Dutch made machines picked them up (point down!), it weighed each egg, and placed it in the corresponding row for another gadget to pick them up and place in a carton!! The machine closed the carton lid, then rolled down to a human that placed it in a case!! Such a fabulous operation!! This video of Joe’s farm was such fun to watch!! Especially since it’d been since the 80’s that I was at ISE FARMS! Thank you!! Ya got a new subscriber!!

[@HeiferUSA]

Wow, what an experience! We love it when folks find our channel and really enjoy our content. We're happy to have you here!

[@SLR33406]

@@HeiferUSA Thanks!! I’m getting another education!!

[@TRUECANADIANGIRL.C0]

This is a great video. I recently bought 18 laying hens, new to this. I had sold 8 of them and now have 10. I wish I could have kept them all but im not supposed to have any. lol. I'll be doing some gardening as well, eventually processing my own veggie garden and canning, etc. thanks for this content.

[@justinagalindo7118]

Awesome!

[@joesfarm]

Thank you! When I started we also were not supposed to have them in the town we lived lol!

[@brucethomas8890]

Absolutely wonderful seeing a farmer (Joe) raising health food.

[@HeiferUSA]

Joe's operation is truly inspiring! Thanks for watching :)

[@brucethomas8890]

@@HeiferUSA - Watched a few video from Heifer USA also very inspiring and nice to see healthy food entering the food chain.

[@normanmusimwa2058]

Talk about freely sharing information..... this guy is it. Brilliant!

[@HeiferUSA]

We strive to share as much information as possible with our viewers. When we learn together, we can make a huge positive impact on our earth!

[@joesfarm]

Thank you! We want to share all our successes and our failures! I learned how to farm by others sharing what they know and it would not be fair if I didn't also share with others!

[@jasonross2300]

Really enjoyed it! Thanks for taking us along on the tour!

[@UsmanFaraz854]

Nice work brother ❤❤❤

[@joesfarm]

Thank you!

[@HeiferUSA]

We agree! Great work, Joe! 🤩

[@robertesposito9871]

Im a city slicker and know nothing about farming but I find these farming videos very interesting, I watch videos from a you tuber and his channel is SasDutch Kid who is a dairy farmer in Saskatchewan Canada, I never realized how much work went into getting a glass of milk thank the farmers for all they do

[@HeiferUSA]

Glad you enjoy them!

[@stevenclay-bw9ix]

I was poultry judge in college i plan on getting more chickens to show for my grandkids

[@borisperez3129]

Great set up. A young couple visiting a museum period, commendations. Keep it up young man

[@niccolealdrich4890]

You can raise your turkey feeders by setting them up on leveled bricks/cinder blocks.

[@Jehovahstool]

I'm in New Mexico and have considered doing poultry farming. I'm enjoying your content, thx a bunch for the real world.

[@mikecorcoran6834]

For gut issues, try putting apple cider vinegar with mother mixed into their water.

[@johnkirenga981]

Hi John Kirenga in Tanzania

[@HeiferUSA]

Hi John! Thanks for watching!

[@7meemaw2]

I have 6 laying hens and love it. Don't know a whole lot but learning a lot with videos

[@joesfarm]

That's great! Thank you!

[@UsmanFaraz854]

You really connected with nature and utilising it effectively

[@joesfarm]

Thank you!

[@HeiferUSA]

Joe has done a wonderful job of stewarding his ecosystem while building a profitable business. What an inspiration!

[@Airmeddriver]

Joe a lot of commercial chicken farms here in Texas have sold out an the farm houses are just waiting away an they are selling the contents for scrap prices. Automatic watered automatic feeders everything is being sold off for scrap prices. Location is near Pittsburg Tx.

[@thecollectoronthecorner7061]

The local PECO plant here at Pocahontas Ar. has apparently shut down? We havent seen a feed truck or cackle crate go past in 7 days. Usually about 6 trucks per hour. And some on those million dollar grower houses are barely a year old.

[@philliphall5198]

I need to go there. I’m in West Texas

[@johnreginahenderson7032]

I admire you. Thank you for producing healthy food for the USA.👍🏻Regina

[@joesfarm]

Thank you!

[@mirsadaacnetreatmentsf8188]

Dear Haifer you have all excellent questions to farmer so we get real precious knowledge from already successful farmers . Actually there is nobody like you . Thank you thank you zillion times

[@HeiferUSA]

We're glad to share knowledge and educate farmers! Thank you for watching!

[@marcia9988]

Pink eye will cause blindness, but feeding kelp prevents pink eye & heals it. It will also prevent bloat, helps the animals regulate body temps in heat & old. Plus it makes the meat tender.

[@joesfarm]

Great tip!

[@okidokidiego5783]

Thank Joe,you are the best

[@anthonyyoung4073]

I just think about the big birds all day long and am crazy about how they are doing great looking birds and hope the best for your farm.

[@joesfarm]

Thank you!

[@newmoon54]

Super video Joe! Glad you're a fan of Mr. Joel Salatin, ~Salad Bar Beef~ !!! So happy to see a young tike doing something he loves!!! I've always wanted to raise chickens both for meat and eggs, but time has zoomed by, turning 70 in 6 months!!! Sure wish I would have gotten into it way back, when I had my first 4 chickens, and I was a ~spring chicken~ myself! Lol! I know how you feel at 26 y. o., you can hang the moon if someone asked you to!!!! Truly made my heart jump watching this very worthwhile video!!! God bless you, family, and animal friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sonny.

[@joesfarm]

Thank you so much for the kind words! We really enjoy Joel!

[@HeiferUSA]

Thanks for your support and encouragement, Sonny! We're glad you enjoyed the video. 💙

[@ThatoIkwatlhaeng2006]

watching from Botswana. This is amazing and inspiring.

[@robertworon2623]

The best farming video on KZbin! Thank you so much for this!

[@joesfarm]

Thank you!

[@mckdi1377]

Well done Joe and Family! Thank you for amazing information!

[@joesfarm]

Thank you!

[@ginakastrissios-mills9568]

This was fabulous thank you! We are just about to start our own regenerative farm and want to start with chickens & cattle! Thanks so much for such amazing information! Qld Australia 🇦🇺

[@joesfarm]

Thank you!

[@kennethkinney9458]

Love the live feed thanks

[@odhiambodennish1140]

wonderful

[@august3777]

Great show. Hopefully you keep this up for next summer.

[@HeiferUSA]

We're receiving lots of positive feedback about our live farm tours, so far! Liking, sharing, and subscribing are great ways to ensure we can continue to bring this awesome farming content to KZbin, free of charge!

[@awesomesauce804]

This is really cool. What a wholesome and fulfilling lifestyle.

[@HeiferUSA]

Thanks, David!

[@joesfarm]

Thank you!

[@irwinwist6740]

One of the best and most informative videos

[@gonzalogonzales]

I am watching from the Philippines..That farm is so awesome!

[@patriciabonitz5758]

I think it's great our country is going back to the small farms. Right now because of inflation it's making it hard for small farmers with the cost of grains and hay for their animals. I hope the future will be good for them in the coming years. The people should buy locally and support these farmers. It hard and long work.

[@joesfarm]

Thank you and people should definitely be buying local if they can!

[@HomesteadingWithKen]

I'm learning a lot from all of your videos. I Think that you have one of the best channels that I have seen in a long time. Keep up the great work

[@joesfarm]

They do a great job! Thank you for watching!

[@laiseniaratu3008]

Wow....such smart man.Would love to visit your farm one day

[@carlosalfonso8060]

Awesome, thanks for the video.

[@aaronwilliamson4045]

Very impressed with Joe's drive as an entrepreneur.

[@joesfarm]

Thank you!

[@catw5294]

Thx to Joe's farm for sharing his time and facilities. Great video. Thx to Heifer too for publishing.

[@HeiferUSA]

Thanks for watching! Cheers!

[@roselinetaylor9838]

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[@elpimpi7135]

Just woow! Great documentary 👏

[@elysium619]

Thoroughly enjoyed the vid! Best of luck on your independent farm.

[@eddiejohnson3458]

what i like seeing is the cleanliness of thei chicken area also the common sense farming ive seen from some of the farmers in the 80's they were doing over 100k chickens but the farm it self was so run down and alot of problems with the chickens i moved some mobile homes for his chicken farm over the years at one time he had his house and ten mobile homes for his workers cause he also did citrus trees which i understand the need for mass production of chickens for food but i like you i have to keep my work area clean as well

[@tireddad6541]

One of the better videos. I love how heifer USA is so good at this

[@HeiferUSA]

Thank you for your support! We love creating valuable educational content for our viewers. Let us know what you'd like to see next!

[@joesfarm]

They do a great job! Thank you for watching!

[@lissawoodall4346]

I enjoyed all of this video!

[@eddiejohnson3458]

goats are great for eating all the bramble like poison ivy , poison oak and briat bushes or black berry thornes

[@bigsky5102]

That was a fun tour. Can't believe I watched the whole thing. Gave me an excuse to grab a coffee before I get back to farm chores here! It counts as a business break? Right? 😉 I felt guilty and watched on 1x! 😂

[@joesfarm]

This definitely counts as work! 😂

[@masonbaylorbears]

looking forward to this love Justin's version of this type of tour

[@HeiferUSA]

We're so glad you found our channel!

[@KeywordManagement]

This was cool...thx for sharing

[@johnstonemakokha5051]

Im watching you from Africa Kenya very impressive ideas. Keep it up.

[@fishingfreckles]

it would be hard for me to leave that building lol love the sounds the chicks make nice set up

[@dickburns9200]

This was a great video! This guy’s farm is super impressive.

[@HeiferUSA]

So glad you enjoyed it!

[@OncuFarm]

Thank you for sharing 😊👍

[@kasukiogawa9020]

Thank you very much for the farm tour....! Its so much imfomative. Gilbert Hoggang from the philippines!

[@greggdenike1376]

Loved the psychedelic colors, added some aura to the all white birds!!!

[@HeiferUSA]

Haha, just another perk of the live farm tour experience!

[@paultruax2326]

Great job and information.

[@joesfarm]

Thank you

[@HeiferUSA]

Glad it was helpful! 😄

[@user-kq4ei1jk7o]

This is very informative. Well done guys... Watching from Port Vila, Vanuatu.

[@elphinstonevaldez3134]

Watching from the Philippines

[@HeiferUSA]

Hello! Welcome to our channel! 👋

[@romeoflavianoarsenioyoutub6068]

💝💖❤️💚👊🙏🇪🇸🇯🇵🇵🇭 OHAYO THANKS 🙏 CONGRATULATIONS 🎉 YOU ARE GREAT YOUNG BOY JOE.MORE LUCKS AND GOD BLESS US ALL FROM TOKYO SHINJUKU KABUKICHO ROMEO 🇵🇭🇯🇵🇪🇸🙏👊💚❤️💖💝

[@HeiferUSA]

We think Joe is fantastic! Thank you for your support!

[@katrinaisalwayscorrect]

My grandmother lives in the Latvian community in three rivers and I live in Wisconsin. My husband and I just started a homestead so I'm watching videos. Awesome video!

[@HeiferUSA]

Congratulations on your new homestead! Please make use of any and every video here on the Heifer USA channel as you learn and grow in your farming journey!

[@joesfarm]

There is a Latvian campground right down the road from our farm!

[@coreyjensen5882]

Enjoyed this

[@deakzoltan5546]

Such a great material to watch doing food for family. God Bless.

[@joesfarm]

Heifer does a great job! Thank you for watching!

[@HeiferUSA]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@PoultryfarmGuide]

Wow! I love this. Joe is amazing. I'm inspired. Thanks for sharing

[@HeiferUSA]

We're so thrilled that you enjoyed the tour! Be sure to subscribe for more awesome live farm tours!

[@joesfarm]

Thank you!

[@mountaindreamer7883]

This is a great channel,very informative. The world desperately needs good training the next generation of farmers,

[@HeiferUSA]

We completely agree - that's why we're using our channel to train small-scale farmers across the world! Please consider subscribing and sharing our content, so we can continue to impact new and beginning farmers!

[@PattyAgrifarming9844]

Thanks for Sharing Idol ❤

[@zobiereichard9186]

This is incredible

[@HeiferUSA]

Thanks for watching!

[@joesfarm]

Thank you

[@axelbob1]

I enjoyed and learned from, this tour, in February '23. A beautiful and smart-looking farm I would love to visit. Thankyou.

[@HeiferUSA]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@joesfarm]

Thank you!

[@j.m.k.3406]

Thanks to both of you Pretty neat I only have 3/4 acre so that's out of my range,but knowledge is power! Keep up the great work!

[@AaronPKonah]

How can we get help

[@sheilamclaughlin963]

Depends on where u r, if u get 15, 20, 25 inches will depend on how much of what he’s doing u can do, also the volume

[@georgeivanoff331]

Thank you for the video❤ awesome ❤

[@sandracarter2765]

1 really enjoyed learning about the large chicken operation. They really care for their animals,!

[@HeiferUSA]

SO glad you enjoyed it, Sandra!

[@joesfarm]

Thank you!

[@Billster1955]

Loved the tour of Joe's Farm. Thanks guys. N.W. Indiana.

[@joesfarm]

Thank you!

[@juicyignacio9662]

Hi I'm from the Philippines and I enjoyed watching your video and learned a lot from it...keep it up guys! 2 thumbs up!

[@HeiferUSA]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@johnnyamador371]

gorgeouse, your blessed lil brother.TEXAS

[@lesliegrayson1722]

Hoop Barn.. lol an old WW2 aviation Shed, in Australia.. My friends (when I was a kid 50years ago) used to have old Airforce ones on their 100 acres which is now demolished due to suburban sprawl its now all houses..

[@naimualhassan3152]

Thanks alot for doing this video. It's really helpful for a beginner like me. I'm watching this from Accra Ghana.

[@HeiferUSA]

Awesome! that is why we do it

[@abunawasnawas7655]

Thank you for the info n ur duty tour it is important for us who are outside the USA to add knowledge and apply it in our country... God bless u all... Greetings from Indonesia

[@HeiferUSA]

Thank you for watching, all the way from Indonesia! We hope you learned a lot from Joe and his awesome farm!

[@joesfarm]

Thank you

[@josiahkulwa34]

Wow that's Great job

[@ziauddin7948]

awesome poultry farm & large pasture land with abundant beautiful grass #❤️❤️👍

[@HeiferUSA]

Thanks, Zia!!

[@user-dh4sp5de2y]

Well done Joe and Family! Thank you for amazing information!. I think Joe is a great entrepreneur and has a great place..

[@HeiferUSA]

We agree!

[@joesfarm]

Thank you!

[@debbienichols5860]

Hi ! Love Joe's Farm ! I was raised on farm . Loved it and miss it . Horses, cows , goats, pigs, chickens laying and meat , geese , turkeys ! Don't let ve on a farm anymore but my husband and I have 14 laying hens (various breeds ) I takecare of them . I would get more but on only a 1/4 acre can't do . Maybe someday ! I would love it ! Milking cows , meat cows , chickens laying and meat ,some turkeys , a couple pigs , a huge veggie garden( have a veg garden now but want way bigger , and herbs !

[@joesfarm]

That's great!

[@HeiferUSA]

Thanks for watching, debbie!!

[@vilmaluna8193]

❤your farm and rasing chicken s awesome 😊

[@CristhianTurcios]

thank you! nice Joes farm! congrats!

[@HeiferUSA]

Thank you too!

[@ariesfarms]

wow what a beautiful farm i hope ours looks like that soon!

[@HeiferUSA]

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[@craigboyd4226]

This live video is great! Thanks!

[@joesfarm]

Thank you!

[@georgettemcguire6820]

Watching from Houston, Texas