Class Tour of Polyface Farm – Part 1 – Chicken Coop
Joel Salatin, owner of Polyface Farm gives our class a tour of the farm, explaining his methodology and reasoning along the way. He also explains why the met…
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Here are the chickens and their new house. http://www.thereadystore.com/?aid=4d8ed2e3c42cd.
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Man sieht Massentierhaltung kann Tier freundlicher und gesünder werden!!!
a shack plastic contains chickens, rabbits, pigs, I’ve never seen it.
sir I am a breeder and I tell you each species of animal have a habitat.
how many chicken does he have? what do u think?
wrong.
these chickens compared to the other video i just saw where the factory chickens are hung upside down, electrocuted, and then get their throats slit and yet some of that are still alive are so much more healthier and free
chickens the ultimate unintentional comedians
you got to build more laying next or boz for your hens. so many of the hens are ready to lay egg but not enough box and the one in the box i guess are taking their time. that is because the eggs are not being pick up fast. so when a hen goes into a laying box and see a egg she stays in they longer delaying other hens. and i would not allow people to come into mh farm with their outside cloths and sheos. u have to stop that.
hay what is that thing on the floor . is that straw ?
How big is that hoop house?
“it bypasses [...] processing”.
It’s more easy to get rid of plastic with small scale than large scale agriculture, mister said it himself, and indeed there will be no solution as long as small scale “is not something wich is sort of accepted as central to the sustainability debate.”
Thank you – I will check out Mr. Holmgren’s material.
Natural & healthy = artificial & toxic ? no. Relativism is n°1 thinking reversal.
“Permaculture ≈ “garden agriculture”. [...] but gardening is not something wich is sort of accepted as central to the sustainability debate.
We say that it actually is, [...] not primarily because of the elements of the production system, but just because it bypasses the whole chain of supply from the farm gate through all the packaging & processing & transport & storage, to final consumption.” D. Holmgren
Well a lot of stuff is toxic in some way or some concentration but you have to start some where and get going. I still don’t think thinking reversal and orwellian are the right labels for food produced this way. How much of that toxicity really ends up in the soil and the produced food and at what significant concentrations? can you buy less toxic stuff in your supermarket? can you produce less toxic food and live by selling it?
PVC is toxic on its own, not to mention the adjuvents, especially when it’s labelled “uv resistant”, with LDPE then it’s particularly the adjuvants. In both case we have to look at the whole chain, helpless are the fabrication, consommation (short-lived stuff unless.. adjuvants) & dumping processes. Things that will stay in the soil & the oceans are clogged with it already.
Khaki Campbells : lovely eggs & meat & love sleeping outdoors even when freezing, just break the pond’s ice & it’s happy.
do you have proof for this?
Trashing the place indeed. This type of plastic is one of the most dangerous consommation product ever made on the face of the Earth. Miles of it here.
Imagine instead of the white plastic here you have asbestos. Now everyone know it would be a real concern. Yet this white plastic is as toxic, if not more toxic than asbestos. Trials and errors maybe.
The place is actually completely trashed and people think it’s the most super healthy way. This is thinking reversal, almost orwellian stuff.
Gm grain is real cheap. Asbestos is real cheap.
Those are some lucky chickens!
The mother rabbit is used to Joel’s scent. Not like a wild animal.
They are beautiful to Joel, because they are the least costly way to give the chickens sunlight, warmth and shelter through the winter. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I love it.
that’s a myth, nearly every rabbit breeder out there moves kits around.
Why can’t we “POSSIBLY PROCLAME” sustainability or safety? Can’t you see how many chickens were there? What do you mean inhumane? Do we need to build a castle to grow animals and vegetables? His uniform is very much appropriate with this line of job. It’s for dirt purposes. Anyway, hope to see your farm also so we could learn from you aryafeydakin.
“Those greenhouses look inhumane” Oh well we may as well all give up and just keep trashing the place then.
that little rabbit will die, his mom will not feed him because he have a new scent
@jaredisrad Thinking about it now actually.
Dont use pine for animals, it can kill them — if they ingest too much of the oil they will die from liver/kidney failure
Well so far no rooster noise, so I think/hope I got all hens, thanks!
Great chicken coop! We converted a swing set into a chicken coop and run. They have been very interesting to watch. Your rooster should be making some kinds of noises by now.
Keep us updated how they do this summer. If they do well I may put in a coop also.
I am worried too. It does not get over 95 or so here, but that would get hot inside. I think I will put in some vents and keep the doors open.
One question I had is whether there would be too much heat build up in that shed during the summer. I know a chicken farmer who lost thousands of chickens during one hot summer.
The shed itself cost $298 plus tax at Lowes. In my area it is the cheapest I could find. The wood was extra, in all for the entire set-up I figure 500-$600.
Out of curiosity, where did you buy your shed and about how much did it cost?
@GulfCoastJaguarundi Thanks!
i have a barn i am just going to screen off part of it for them to get into
Beware, this shed came with something like 700 screws! Worth it in the end but what a pain!
They are spoiled I think, that is the size of my bathroom, the shed I mean…
this is very nice I might buy one and convert it for a efficancy apt for my son!….well maybe not but its a good idea! nice place for the chickens almost like a chicken condo eh?
looks good i am going to be doing the same this week
Well I have the wood, but the way I figure they should not be laying till mid august, so I have a little time. Thanks!
Now you have to build the nest boxes……
I have some round wood rods from lowes I will try, thanks!
Well not really either. I live in a small town that has big lots, if that makes sense. Around here is you have more than 0.5 acre you can have any animal you want (no zoo stuff haha) If I still lived in the burbs of southern Cali I would get some if I knew I could get away with it.
Man that is a nice chicken coop. I would try to find some round branches for the roosts. Just seems like it would be more comfortable on the feet.
I so want to raise chickens. Still reading up on the pros and cons. Are you in the city or on a farm? We live in a city where we would have to sneak to have them.