Joel Salatin Polyface MICRO: HOW TO START A SMALL FARM, Broiler Chicken Farm Profits, & MORE! 

I know Joel has got to feel so blessed that a new generation of young farmers are picking his brain about farming. Knowledge is worthless unless it is shared. I know it is a pleasure to share knowledge with those who will actually use it.

Salatin's book, "You can farm" changed my whole perspective when he told about creating topsoil every 6 months to a year. Up until then, I thought it took hundreds of years. Such an exciting concept! So began my journey.

Wonderful interview Miss Shepherdess. Joel Salatin is the Thomas Jefferson of our time.

Joel Said it exactly correctly. If “you are” headed in either direction you will get there. Take Heart if your doing it right. You will succeed! I’m rooting for every single one of you. And hoping to join you soon.

Every time i listen i hear something i missed ❤

This one just rolled around on my RU-vid and I am very glad it did. I have just finished reading Joel Salatin's Poylface Mico and yesterday purchased two more of his books. I live in a subdivision and this video and his books are a great help for me. Sometimes just making choices about what and when to do something is confusing. Then you need to throw in how and where . Having some help from people who have already handled these problems is a blessing.

"A cow knows all she needs to know to be a successful cow". Good point from Joel. Joel talks about getting kids involved in the process of farming or homesteading. My dad got my brother and I involved by "selling" us a calf cheap cheap. That grew into a cow producing calves that either went to market or kept for further expansion of my little herd. :-) Just a neat way for us to start taking ownership of the work as well as the profits and get involved in the lifestyle.

Tennessee is a great place to farm low taxes and virtually no regulations

done correctly. brief questions, allowing guest fullness of time to answer. thanks.

I'm back to let it play at bedtime ❤

Love your channel and huge fan of Joel Salatin!! Bless you both!! I’ll keep following closely as I stop just dreaming of owning a farm and finally just jump in head first. Because of you I’ve decided to do sheep!! I pray blessings over you and your family!!

My problem is similar to what you are expressing. I am 66 and in the process of moving to my retirement farm. I grew up on a farm and want to return to the lifestyle and the good food. I am starting with gardening and chickens, expanding from there to include rabbits, pigs and hopefully a milk cow and continually increasing perennials. While I want all those things, I realize at my age things can happen that will limit my abilities. My biggest concern is that upon my passing, what I build will be bulldozed for housing development rather than carried and improved in the next generation. My sons who chose a very different lifestyles would immediately sell the property to the highest bidder. It would be so nice to have it go to someone who would start their farm where ever I leave off.

I was only allowed 2 cats in an apartment I had for a while. I had 4 gray cats. “That’s the same cat”.

So excited to find this since I’ve loved Joel’s videos for years and now yours so the combo was an exciting find ❤ Thank you for the great info video as always. Your both very inspiring

Very good interview format. Most Salatin interviews are so general the little but extremely important details only a lifetime of experience might mention. You asked more pointed questions and he still offers the philosophy but with detail added. An example is the mineral mix he gives free choice. I wondered how he gave sea salt and kelp. Finally after years I know it’s not just sea salt but mixed. And he added why he does not do free choice 16 minerals and vitamins in separate compartments which is also a good and common choice among restorative farmers. Since some very serious viewers read comments I’m mentioning also about location an added comment. I never hear Alabama in a conversation or RU-vid for farming or homesteading. As a professional financial consultant I became a “contrarian” investor in large part. That is that the crowd is usually wring. When the cover of Business Magazine proclaimed “Oil is Dead” when it hit $12 back before you were born, it was the bottom of the oil market-best buying opportunity in 109 years. If everyone is picking Missouri and n one is considering Alabama they are probably wrong. I was led by the Lord to start a farm in Alabama ten years ago. Wild story I hope to tell some day in person but I live and remain in the Capitol of Texas-750 Mike’s away. It’s tiny but our motto of “Go Slow or Go Home” combined with your motto works so far. It rained 70 inches this year and is almost at the Florida Line meaning the 31st Parallel. That means we get longer winter days of sunlight as in winter and summer grass abundance. Three season gardens and year round grass is worth looking at with land half what it is in your county. We are on a tourist route to Destin and near enough to half a dozen cities but far enough to hold down land costs and taxes. My farm is in Andalusia a beautiful town of 9000+ So I encourage seekers to be open to seeking out water as Joel said. We get zero snow annually! In fact a hard freeze might not happen in a given year. There are also places in Georgia and Mississippi plus Florida but our location is far enough from Hurricanes and tornadoes in The Dixie Belt north of us. Never had a hail storm in ten years. Microclimates happen!

Generous with wisdom, experience, knowledge and what works. What a gift to the world. Free. Thanks.

Yes he is very talented in communication

finally - multimerized . . . I'm definitely gonna purchase this one.

Listen to this, and I desire to learn more about regeneration farming for myself.

Where are we going? Old Chief told his grandson "In each and every person there is a good wolf and an evil wolf fighting for your soul" Grandson asked "Which one will win?" Chief says "the one you feed" What kind of a world are we feeding?

Very good! Joel is so informative and interesting. Thank you BOTH!

Very interesting live chat. 👌

Oh my gosh, I love this video! Thank yoU!

gonna purchase that book...small acreage unrestingly, all be very helpful.

I didn't know that book existed I have read his beef book really gets the wheels turning

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First time I seen him was Food Inc I try and watch the movie 3 or 4 times a year

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I can’t wait to purchase the new book. My concern is about the ageing homesteader and what you will need in order to keep the farm going when you are loosing strength. How would you transition into that sort of homesteading if you can’t hire a younger person to do those tasks you used to do.

Post the farmer inheritance classifieds online somewhere so people can search and solicit

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New and learning here! Is there a list of literature, by yourselves or anyone, that I could get that you suggest? I am 21 birds in and am looking to diversify!

I really enjoy these but for the future… maybe you could plug him too. The website he mentioned, the book, other websites… etc..

How do you find the older farmers who want a younger generation to mentor and take over when they're ready to retire?

I'd love to find an older farmer to buy into in TX for me and my 16 yr old son. He wants to do pastured poultry and I garden and grow microgreens. How do you find those kind of people/situations?

Epic failure on the part of RU-vid’s advertising with this video 😆😂 meatless jerky indeed so missed their audience haha Just found the channel when searching the area there on RU-vid, love the content, love the guest and all his books! Was nice to see an older person with a super smart political and world outlook for a change instead of the ones the propaganda machine has brought up. Love the verse closing on all your videos 🥰 and giving glory to Christ in all things! Will be sharing and watching from now on. 🙂

Mine started to eat the paint off the porch. !

Hi Miss Shepherdess, me and my childhood friend, we are starting a very small scale farm, we have the area of 2,5 acres (almost) we like to do this like boutique style, we planing to have 100 broiler and 100 layer, together with Angus cow and bull. In two months time, we will do 200 broilers and another hundred layers, what’s the most chicken we can look after in such small place? Weather here is very mild in winter, maybe a month we will feed them in a shelter, a part from this, they will always be outside and rotational controlled grazed! What can you suggest. We are situated in south west of Turkey, close to sea side. Thank you in advance, peace

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I've been watching all your videos. What type of camera are you using

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How do I get a hold of Joel Salatin? I have an idea to help resolve 65 year old farmers.

If you deworm the cows. Can I mix the manure with my red wigglers compost pile? If I use it as fertilizer will it kill my already established worm population on my raised beds?

I live in Anderson Ca thinking of starting a farm Any tips for my area

Where can i buy the book?

I have a water bucket that none of my sheep will not drink the water out of. It is so strange. So maybe it is like yours. I have cleaned it and cleaned it..thinking that would help. Nope. 🤔🤨🤨

Don’t ask don’t tell does not work. Ridiculous rules and hateful people

Throw up your hands and say "goats being goats"