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The Boondocker’s Farm visit to Afton Field Farm
Our Wonderful, Exciting, Insightful, Informative Adventure
The walk up the driveway to Afton Field Farm
Rachel looking ready!
The old cobblestone milk cellar maybe, its an old dairy farm
The view looking at the house from the start of the 100 acre pasture
The 100 acre pasture
Hello Evan how are the broliers
Cornish Cross…ok America get a new chicken
The layers are gorgeous, some heritage breeds! Great!
Hello chicky
Nothing for you this time! Sorry
The view from the field looking at the house and the first 20 acres
Beautiful trees!
Hello draft horse!
They are Belgians
The videos start from here on, some have lower sound quality due to the wind that day. The videos are informative and fun
to watch!
• First up is Joel’s Intro to all of the attendees of the Field day with Joel Salatin
Joel’s Intro
Joel starts in about broilers
The dolly to help move the pens
Another look at the dolly
Moving a Mobile Chicken Tractor
Nudist Buddhist and sprouting
The inside of the housing, one of Joel’s designs
Talking about layers
New Mobile Layer House Idea
Friendly chickies!
Explaining the Feathernet
Easy to use, predator safe
You can apply it easier with two but can do it with one person
Each post has a stake that is put in where electric netting is needed
Very good turn out
Great mild day!
Grass Raised Cattle
The walk was long and worth it
Checking out the mobile layer housing
LUNCH TIME AND QUESTIONS FOR JOEL- NO
ONE COULD RESIST ASKING A MILLION QUESTIONS!
• Asked next is our question by someone else, Why doesn’t Joel raise heritage meat birds. It goes back to being a nudist Buddhist.
Why Joel doesn’t raise Heritage
Joel with Ruby the Jersey milk cow
Short look at the Dairy Cows
She is 3 days over when she was supposed to have her calf here!
Adding Values To Products
US-DUH our Government Officials
The next three videos are taken at the Pigs area and the
slaughterhouse site
• That’s it after the three, hope you enjoyed the tour we got to
experience, we know we did!
Joel on pigs
Problems with regulations
Vilifying the small farms
