Polyface Farm – Pastured Poultry – Part 1

July 23, 2011 | Filed under: Videos | Posted by:


2010 Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense FundRAISER – Joel Salatin’s Polyface Farm Tour

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6 Responses to Polyface Farm – Pastured Poultry – Part 1

  1. From my understanding, he has livestock guardian dogs that are rotated as needed for predator control. Snakes won’t cross open land to get to the chickens; would make them a target for owls and hawks. Avian predators can’t get to the broilers; the layers keep close to their mobile structures so they can hide inside or under them. It’s not 100%, but I don’t think he loses much to predation because of the mobility and rotation of the livestock.

    benhunts
    July 23, 2011 at 8:51 pm
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  2. your chickens are free in your farm, but
    how you deal with ALL the predators (above & below)?
    Thank you very much

    boysselle
    July 23, 2011 at 8:51 pm
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  3. Yes, all his animals (except steers) get some grain in some percentage of their diet. He’s now providing soy free chickens.

    cathysueraymond
    July 23, 2011 at 8:56 pm
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  4. Does he feed his chickens grain or no

    psygtr22
    July 23, 2011 at 9:18 pm
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  5. I love this guy!

    JamesTyreeII
    July 23, 2011 at 9:21 pm
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  6. Thx for posting, always great food for thought from J Salatin

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    July 23, 2011 at 10:09 pm
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