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

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.

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.

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!

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

I love how much Joel has educated himself

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

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!

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

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

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.

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

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...

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

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

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