Visiting a Turkey Farm!

We got to take a tour of our local Oakdale Turkey Farm just before thanksgiving! We got to experience some of the jobs they do on a daily basis to care for their birds and maintain a successful farm.
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[@Zumbagirl517]

I’m glad these people are knowledgeable about the turkeys.

[@zulu0219]

Watching this 2 years later and thinking about Onyx currently with the Covid makes me sad. He's such a precious child, I know you are proud of him and love him very much! The girls are so sweet, too! You are such good parents. Prayers are with you all. Get well soon Onyx!

[@barrychouinard4019]

Thanks Zach and Oakdale Turkey Farm! Interesting, my father raised chickens for many years. Was at one time had been growing chickens for Gold'n Plump longer than any other grower. When he started it was all about cleanliness between flocks. Toward the end it was the opposite where they figured there were more immunities in an established building and they would actually buy our chicken manure and take it to brand new barns and spread it on everything inside a new barn before the first flock arrived. We would just add another 6 inches of sawdust between flocks, clean up any wet areas, and only do a complete clean-out once a year. Broilers have a lot shorter cycle on the farm, 8 weeks to grow them, and 10-14 days to get ready for the next batch.

[@stevedoe1286]

I love the end when she said thank god I thought he would never leave

[@dalelewis1016]

Hahahaha... ending was great...👍

[@sammagedanz2457]

I remember that episode of dirty jobs. Man I miss that show

[@herbbarrett900]

I had went back and watched that episode.

[@abdelhamidahlouch6149]

very well organized turkey farm and very nice people too. the world is proud of you guys you are feeding mankind . best regards from Marrakech Morocco

[@marksimonar1550]

Haven't had a good thanksgiving dinner sence 2002 after my mama passed away !! Miss all that good stuff !

[@TylerDWard]

Thank God, I’d thought the video would never end...’takes a bite of my thanksgiving dinner’

[@cannotsay5505]

Your best video ever, love seeing women involved, kids interested, and the telling to the urban folk food comes from farms not Walmart

[@curt2079]

Thank you for sharing the very well narrated video ! Another reason to love America.

[@lennissytsma5503]

This has GOT to be my favorite one so far. Keep it up, Zach!

[@petemiller2598]

I went from never having heard of MN Millenial Farmer, to now getting instant alerts on my phone whenever a new video is posted. I truly appreciate the diversity of topics you produce. In fact it was the ethanol plant video that I stumbled onto initially, and then got sucked into the farming videos from there. This turkey farm video is just yet another fascinating topic that helps me stay informed about other parts of the country that most of us aren't regularly exposed to. Love it!

[@backwoodscountryhallgren2033]

Happy thanks giving two your family

[@robertwolfe8680]

By showing other types of farming this is a learning experience for us all. Onyx is getting what most other children dream about, the best way to learn is to be a part of the operation. At being close to 70, it’s wonderful to see that you have a rarity, a loving, intact family. Something a lot of people dream about.

[@stevenmetzger3385]

thank you, Zach

[@ImpendingJoker]

You know, I'm an aviator. I eat(with old United Airlines metal flatware), sleep (I have a blanket from Southwest Airlines more the dog than me though), and live aviation. I'm an aircraft mechanic, and an aircraft mechanic instructor(14 CFR Part 147). For the life of me I do not know why I am so addicted to these videos. Ok, granted I did grow up with JD toys in Texas, and I worked on a tropical fish farm in Florida, and learned to drive on an old Kubota tractor(don't know the year or model) but, I just can't explain why I love all of your videos. Maybe it my since of discovery because I love to learn new things, maybe it's because your farm is wall to wall Deere, or maybe is just my love of machines, but even this video with you and your son doing some wholesome Q & A with the turkey wranglers, just made sit and watch from start to finish. I am jumping around as they come up in my feed buy I have watched everything from JAN19 to present, and I think most of 2018 now. Keep up the good work from an old aviation nut in Florida.

[@ed5093]

That was the most interesting video I have seen on youtube in quite a long time. The turkey farmers were very nice and accommodating for the tour. THANK YOU!!

[@bluemtnsman]

That was a pure kick butt video. A huge thanks to everyone involved.

[@johnfunk6343]

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your Family. I am thankful for people who work so hard to feed the nation. God bless you.

[@kendaum102]

Thank you Oakdale Farm for allowing us to visit and happy Thanksgiving

[@deerecountry5482]

Love the content always looking forward to the next video keep up the good work

[@mikedillon6233]

Zach I think this is really smart the way you do this. As an adult we're always so busy and forget all the work, and the things that other people have to do so that we eat good healthy food. Thank you, for taking the time to show us where how this all works!

[@davidleblanc4712]

WHAT A GREAT INTRODUCTION TO TURKEY FARMING....THXS VERY MUCH.

[@grandpadutch9453]

Another great vid Zack. Glad to see you bringing your son along.

[@eworks9828]

awesome information for a city slicker, great hosts and good questions Zach!

[@justinmills8084]

Thanks for talking us along with you. A lot of great information about Turkey's.

[@lrcb40]

Schools should use your videos as part of their educating kids to know where (some of) their food comes from!

[@Jesse_Jessie_James]

I so agree. The school used to come out to our farm. And we show them like in this video. And how the cows are milked. And where does the milk go before storage refrigerator. And what else we do on the farm. The school they don't do feild trips anymire. They just do for kindergarten through 2nd grade.

[@azurbleu4335]

@@Jesse_Jessie_James may be they prefer to take kids to organic farms

[@Jesse_Jessie_James]

@@azurbleu4335 they used to bring students grades 10-12 for argifure classes. And they see what we go through on a daily basics. The school brought kids the day before school was out. And we showed them the process of hauling corn from the fields to going through the combine and through storage bins. And how they are dried and the whole nine yards. Parents was like wow that's cool. We showed them how we do square bails of hay and round bails of hay. Some parents said they came out when they was kids. We was like cool 👍👍 they said the school doesn't do field trips like these anymore. We was like dam. The collage students had hand on experiences working the machines. We have them sign waivers before operation the machines. Lucky none got hurt. Except 5 or 6 years ago a kid wandered off in the corn field. Lucky we have a drone. And we have it where u can talk on a mic. And people can hear u. The wife found him and said helps coming o got him he was happy. Dad took the mom aside and said why u on ur cellphone and not watching ur kid. Her husband grabbed her cellphone. Takes a look then throws it down and smashes it. Tells her mom (grandma) she was cheating. He left with his baby. The school closed up to get back. The mom (cheater) had to ride with a parent back to town.

[@JL-yl8gd]

Jesse James that’s an amazing story sir

[@davidleblanc4712]

ABSOLUTLY ANDREW

[@magpie5710]

They are alert and calm. Must be very content. Love the ending...TOUCHE'. Great visit.

[@waterskiingfool]

It was great learning about the turkey farms

[@nicofrick9575]

Nice to learn about a different industry! Great video!

[@paigebevier5124]

That was really cool, thank you to oakdale farms. And thank you fboth for taking us on that tour. Iam on the transportation side of the system so I pick up and deliver all different kinds of stuff across the country.

[@hunternielsen995]

Happy thanks giving from the Nielsen family !!!!! In anthem Arizona your welcome to visit anytime !!!

[@ethanpilko5157]

Have a good thanksgiving Zack and your family too!

[@jeffchaney5434]

I love your closings.

[@christianlinn1293]

Ive watch every harvest videos and i love them

[@rickbrandt9559]

Informative- Labor intensive-wow!! Thanks Oakdale Farms.

[@ryanmcfadden9856]

This was a great video. Great to see you interacting with other local farmers.

[@bengittus1836]

Great questions, great info! Thanks Zach and Onyx!

[@greghughes719]

Very cool. Thanks for continuing to educate folks on what it means to be a farmer.

[@jrbpa5775]

I never knew much about turkey’s, very informative and entertaining. Thank you for taking us and a big thank you to the farm for allowing us in to see their operation. Really something to see, thank you !!!!

[@randytrenary2273]

After listening to your Off the Husk podcast recently on the turkey farm, I had to come back and rewatch this video. Very educational. Thank you.

[@fysh1945]

Great job on this video. The world obviously needs all types of farmers. Happy Thanksgiving to your family.

[@beasttecnoman593]

I would just like to say I’m 13 and your videos have inspired me to become a farmer thank you MN Millennial Farmer!

[@leonardyounger9177]

I really enjoyed the video and the ride on the belt and through the washer

[@AgriFarmModelsTV]

Excellent stuff and a great day to go live with it ! Well done 👍👏🏻

[@mikemayfield7716]

Thanks for sharing guys. That sound brings back memories when I was a kid . My brother and I would go mess around on a turkey ranch that was nextdoor to our horse ranch in saugus California . They had kids our same age . The Jones family.

[@Bdchannel77620]

Just finished the Off the Husk podcast with the Turkey crew, and can’t wait to rewatch the Dirty Jobs episode from earlier years.

[@cmc7106]

Great tour!! Thanks for sharing the field trip!! Happy Thanksgiving !!

[@keithwest2575]

Very educational video. Thanks to you and Oakdale Farms for the tour and information.

[@markmortensen4341]

That was a really great video. I was around a turkey farmer years ago and boy have things changed‼️ Can't tell you how interesting that was.

[@jasonprocai1020]

EXCELLENT video Zach, great and very informative!!!!!

[@integratirecarrotriver4026]

Now that was cool!!!! Thank you for taking us on that journey!!

[@greenreaper6848]

Happy Thanksgiving Zach and family. Thanks for all the great videos this year.

[@joegraves7739]

Your videos are the best very educational help teach the non farm people what actually goes into growing their food

[@russbrown3159]

great video. A Big Thank You to ALL that feed us! Yea Oakdale Farms!

[@ChurchOfThought]

Great content, real insight into a well taken care of Turkey farm! Thank you Millenial Farmer and Oakdale Farms!

[@pete379100]

Thanks for sharing this.. learned so much. Love your videos, keep them coming!

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Great video! I can’t get over how loud it is in there!

[@SteveHolsten]

Thanks, for the turkey video Zach.

[@Magnacharger07]

I thought he'd never leave classic. There was a lot of information and answers to questions I didn't even think to ask. Awesome video.

[@jeffhyde7934]

Happy Turkey Day guys!!!!! Thanks for the awesome videos!!!

[@lynwessel2471]

Only a "real farm girl" can pull off the boots/coveralls/farmer cap ensemble and still look so beautiful! Came across as a very nice person as well.Good job explaining what they do.

[@fluffybunny2710]

The turkeys looked very healthy, and the farmers really knew about their birds.

[@raymondschneider5217]

Very interesting video and tour; thanks to you and Oakdale Turkey Farm. Y'all Be Safe!

[@lennissytsma5503]

Mr. MMF, this is one of the best ones. Ericka from the turkey farm is so smart, pretty, and FUN!

[@robertclark1668]

Erica, doesn't matter what you wear, you still look good! AND you are smart.

[@S8BB]

I would like to honestly say thank you. Thank you for bringing these great, quality videos to us. The effort and work you guys put into these shows. The educational aspect combined with the light humor makes these a joy to watch. These are the kind of good hearted, honest videos I can watch with my daughters to educate them on what I see as important topics in today’s hectic world. 🤔 also, I think I need a job in agriculture, the girls all seem to be cute (🤫 don’t tell my wife I said that).

[@Sam-wq3ws]

Thank you for the Turkey video I remember seeing that farm on dirty jobs glad it is still in the family you and your family have a great Thanksgiving 🦃

[@jonathanschwartz1784]

Happy thanksgiving guys!

[@briangardiner1015]

I like your videos, there is always levity which makes it nice.

[@noahproblemo1257]

Thanks you and to Oakdale farms, interesting and informative. Happy Thanksgiving to you all.

[@stanhensley3082]

Looks like lots of work.Great video.Thanks

[@rickdewitt600]

Good Good Good! This is an important video on growing food. I agree with those who say that schools should use this video. Thanks.

[@iyopawaisland]

Awesome video. Thank you for the education on turkeys.

[@majcorbin]

Terrific episode very informative. quadruppled my knowldge on the subject. you are a good dad to include your kids, and add to their knowledge base and experiences.

[@jeeper5264]

That was a really cool video...us city slickers don't get to see this often. thanks for putting this up!

[@ardenrouth9977]

Very interesting video I really enjoyed it. Keep up the good work.

[@DerekWiedenheft]

Really really awesome video. Thank you so much for all the educational videos you do. I've learned so much from this channel.

[@aarongiroir8244]

What a nice view for thanksgiving..

[@MrBigrigdaddy]

Happy Thanksgiving! Love your videos!

[@sparkythebuilder]

Wow! Great video! I didn't think I would watch the whole thing, but I did!

[@donandjeanfritz9430]

Your videos are always interesting and your kids are all adorable and so well mannered. Keep up the good work.

[@paullewis5679]

Thanks mate, very educational as with all your videos. Keep safe...

[@heisman-gy8wh]

😂😂 i used to run 2 turkey barns. Down by Owatonna. What an awsome video for Turkey day

[@abrahamtov364]

Never seen anything like this farm, Thanks for sharing this, learn something new today,Nice!

[@JimWhitaker]

And yet in the UK bronze turkeys with richly coloured feathers are a premium product.

[@6662erik]

@ Zack, i really love your video's, educational and a good dose of humor. @ Alex , i hope to see a lot more of you. you ask all the right questions for a farmer your age. i started following you because i liked to learn a lot about the technical side of farming. i learned a lot more. .! Greetings from the Netherlandss .

[@m0t0cr0ssdude]

Awesome video! I gotta say my favourite part was at the end when they did your bit!!

[@brocksavage8062]

There aren’t a whole lot of videos where I say out loud afterwards “damn that was a good video” but this is one of them, keep up the awesome videos and happy Thanksgiving

[@theblueskull4410]

Happy thanksgiving!!! Gobble gobble gobble

[@kidonfarm]

I love the ending priceless

[@bobbyiello7066]

great video. covered a hell of a lot of info about this stuff great questions and they are great at teaching too

[@dalewalker2315]

Happy Thanksgiving, to you and your family, Zach! Thank you for one of the nicest and informative videos, I've seen! This was a great video!!

[@nikguttormson2029]

Yes! I went to HS with Erica, awesome video!

[@1macgeorge]

Wow that’s insane. Happy thanksgiving!

[@brianhubbard6423]

Happy Thanksgiving. God bless you and your family.

[@nateblaschko8577]

Happy Thanksgiving Zach and to you family, my son watches your videos everyday. Thank you for keeping him entertained, he is 5 and says he is going to be a farmer just like you. Have a great day!

[@bgray1009]

fantastic video, very informative and extremely interesting, love the joke at the end. I would love to see more videos where you go around other types of farms.

[@Eighty8Fitter]

Happy thanksgiving fellow Minnesotan!