Visiting a Turkey Farm!
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- We got to take a tour of our local Oakdale Turkey Farm just before thanksgiving! We got to experience some of the jobs they do on a daily basis to care for their birds and maintain a successful farm.
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Watching this 2 years later and thinking about Onyx currently with the Covid makes me sad. He's such a precious child, I know you are proud of him and love him very much! The girls are so sweet, too! You are such good parents. Prayers are with you all. Get well soon Onyx!
Hahahaha... ending was great...👍
Thanks Zach and Oakdale Turkey Farm! Interesting, my father raised chickens for many years. Was at one time had been growing chickens for Gold'n Plump longer than any other grower. When he started it was all about cleanliness between flocks. Toward the end it was the opposite where they figured there were more immunities in an established building and they would actually buy our chicken manure and take it to brand new barns and spread it on everything inside a new barn before the first flock arrived. We would just add another 6 inches of sawdust between flocks, clean up any wet areas, and only do a complete clean-out once a year. Broilers have a lot shorter cycle on the farm, 8 weeks to grow them, and 10-14 days to get ready for the next batch.
I love the end when she said thank god I thought he would never leave
Thank God, I’d thought the video would never end...’takes a bite of my thanksgiving dinner’
Your best video ever, love seeing women involved, kids interested, and the telling to the urban folk food comes from farms not Walmart
I’m glad these people are knowledgeable about the turkeys.
Schools should use your videos as part of their educating kids to know where (some of) their food comes from!
I so agree. The school used to come out to our farm. And we show them like in this video. And how the cows are milked. And where does the milk go before storage refrigerator. And what else we do on the farm. The school they don't do feild trips anymire. They just do for kindergarten through 2nd grade.
@@Jesse_Jessie_James may be they prefer to take kids to organic farms
@@azurbleu4335 they used to bring students grades 10-12 for argifure classes. And they see what we go through on a daily basics. The school brought kids the day before school was out. And we showed them the process of hauling corn from the fields to going through the combine and through storage bins. And how they are dried and the whole nine yards. Parents was like wow that's cool. We showed them how we do square bails of hay and round bails of hay. Some parents said they came out when they was kids. We was like cool 👍👍 they said the school doesn't do field trips like these anymore. We was like dam. The collage students had hand on experiences working the machines. We have them sign waivers before operation the machines. Lucky none got hurt. Except 5 or 6 years ago a kid wandered off in the corn field. Lucky we have a drone. And we have it where u can talk on a mic. And people can hear u. The wife found him and said helps coming o got him he was happy. Dad took the mom aside and said why u on ur cellphone and not watching ur kid. Her husband grabbed her cellphone. Takes a look then throws it down and smashes it. Tells her mom (grandma) she was cheating. He left with his baby. The school closed up to get back. The mom (cheater) had to ride with a parent back to town.
Jesse James that’s an amazing story sir
ABSOLUTLY ANDREW
I remember that episode of dirty jobs. Man I miss that show
I had went back and watched that episode.
By showing other types of farming this is a learning experience for us all. Onyx is getting what most other children dream about, the best way to learn is to be a part of the operation. At being close to 70, it’s wonderful to see that you have a rarity, a loving, intact family. Something a lot of people dream about.
They are alert and calm. Must be very content. Love the ending...TOUCHE'. Great visit.
Zach I think this is really smart the way you do this. As an adult we're always so busy and forget all the work, and the things that other people have to do so that we eat good healthy food. Thank you, for taking the time to show us where how this all works!
Thank you for sharing the very well narrated video ! Another reason to love America.
Haven't had a good thanksgiving dinner sence 2002 after my mama passed away !! Miss all that good stuff !
I went from never having heard of MN Millenial Farmer, to now getting instant alerts on my phone whenever a new video is posted. I truly appreciate the diversity of topics you produce. In fact it was the ethanol plant video that I stumbled onto initially, and then got sucked into the farming videos from there. This turkey farm video is just yet another fascinating topic that helps me stay informed about other parts of the country that most of us aren't regularly exposed to. Love it!
There aren’t a whole lot of videos where I say out loud afterwards “damn that was a good video” but this is one of them, keep up the awesome videos and happy Thanksgiving
very well organized turkey farm and very nice people too.
the world is proud of you guys you are feeding mankind .
best regards from Marrakech Morocco
You know, I'm an aviator. I eat(with old United Airlines metal flatware), sleep (I have a blanket from Southwest Airlines more the dog than me though), and live aviation. I'm an aircraft mechanic, and an aircraft mechanic instructor(14 CFR Part 147). For the life of me I do not know why I am so addicted to these videos. Ok, granted I did grow up with JD toys in Texas, and I worked on a tropical fish farm in Florida, and learned to drive on an old Kubota tractor(don't know the year or model) but, I just can't explain why I love all of your videos. Maybe it my since of discovery because I love to learn new things, maybe it's because your farm is wall to wall Deere, or maybe is just my love of machines, but even this video with you and your son doing some wholesome Q & A with the turkey wranglers, just made sit and watch from start to finish. I am jumping around as they come up in my feed buy I have watched everything from JAN19 to present, and I think most of 2018 now. Keep up the good work from an old aviation nut in Florida.
You farmers are all such good looking people. Must be all the fresh air. I love turkey.
Camera tricks!
Good manure.
Well get out of the city and enjoy the country every now and again !
Where is emma
Just finished the Off the Husk podcast with the Turkey crew, and can’t wait to rewatch the Dirty Jobs episode from earlier years.
The turkeys looked very healthy, and the farmers really knew about their birds.
Excellent stuff and a great day to go live with it ! Well done 👍👏🏻
This has GOT to be my favorite one so far. Keep it up, Zach!
Only a "real farm girl" can pull off the boots/coveralls/farmer cap ensemble and still look so beautiful! Came across as a very nice person as well.Good job explaining what they do.
WHAT A GREAT INTRODUCTION TO TURKEY FARMING....THXS VERY MUCH.
I’ve been chicken farming for 12 years now here in Georgia.. Same exact concept and process just with chickens .. I’ve only been on one turkey farm so I appreciate the video and enjoyed it very much. Thanks for all your videos I love watching your channel ..
Then maybe you can answer a couple questions I have. 1) how do they fertilize all those hens, and 2) how often do they need to be fertilized? thanks!
wally man we usually run 1 male per 100 hens .. If fertilization drops at any time during the laying process new younger roosters can be added ..
Very interesting video. Especially for this middle aged city boy in L.A.
I'm with Onyx. Running the Go Pro through the egg washer was a great idea! LOL.
Great questions and answers from both of you, different type of, farmers.
Oh, and loved the ending. LOL! Be safe!!
That was the most interesting video I have seen on youtube in quite a long time. The turkey farmers were very nice and accommodating for the tour. THANK YOU!!
Love the content always looking forward to the next video keep up the good work
I love the ending priceless
I would just like to say I’m 13 and your videos have inspired me to become a farmer thank you MN Millennial Farmer!
I loved the video but I have a couple things to add.
- as a poultry farmer you are basically a glorified janitor.
- in Canada all the turkey breeding is done in Manitoba/Ontario in 4 places and all with artificial insemination.
- bio security is the biggest and most important part of any poultry operation.
- turkeys will eat feed out of your hand.
- turkeys are naturally afraid of the colour orange and we use orange garbage bags to heard them into the next stage of the barn.
- white feathers are also alot easier to see on the meat during final inspection of the birds at the processing plant.
Proud to be a Canadian turkey farmer!
Ummmm Cold Springs Farms ( recently purchased by Cuddy ) are major breeders located in south western Ontario. So that isn't in Manitoba.
@@mcfritter that's interesting, we have always gotten turkeys shipped from Manitoba but I will have to do some more research on where they breed them all in Canada. Thx
@@ledgviewbiker started as Cold Springs in Thamesford Ontario, purchased by Maple Leaf Foods and then purchased again by Cuddy foods. I worked in Live haul. We moved broilers, poults and commercial birds. The Schlaegel family are HUGE Turkey farmers in this area.
That was a pure kick butt video. A huge thanks to everyone involved.
awesome information for a city slicker, great hosts and good questions Zach!
Thank you Oakdale Farm for allowing us to visit and happy Thanksgiving
Mr. MMF, this is one of the best ones. Ericka from the turkey farm is so smart, pretty, and FUN!
"Erica" is hot!! Whoooweee Very knowledgeable video. Thanks for sharing and Happy Thanksgiving
As the unbiased reporter I can not comment on that. Happy Thanksgiving!
@@MillennialFarmer unbiased or dont feel like sleeping on the couch?
Very good video and educational and very funny, And I do remember seeing the episode with dirty jobs, Thanks for bringing us along with you and son.
I really enjoyed the video and the ride on the belt and through the washer
great video. A Big Thank You to ALL that feed us! Yea Oakdale Farms!
Look at all those turkeys crammed into that building, I'll make sure to eat some extra today so they have a little more room.
Same here. We all have to do our part.
Erica, doesn't matter what you wear, you still look good! AND you are smart.
Such a fowl video. Happy Thanksgiving
I see what you did there!
@@MillennialFarmer Keep up the great content.
Informative- Labor intensive-wow!! Thanks Oakdale Farms.
excellent video -- you do a very good job of educating -- growing up in SE MN on a small farm in the 50's we switched from dairy to poultry laying hens about '56 due to the demands of the times to maintain Grade A dairy sales one need a closed containment/cooler system -- 90 acres and 14 cows were deemed not enough for the upgrade investment -- our chicks came to us from a local hatchery day old and were moved from the brooder houses to the laying barns at about 4 and 1/2 months after the previous years layers had been sold off for meat -- our largest flocks were only in the 1500 bird range but still the day to day operation of labor is the same as what was described in the video -- changing profit margins forced the switch from poultry to horse boarding by the late 60's but the 10 plus cycles of the hens taught one much about responsibility and the need to stay job focused much more than TV, video games and computers do for the current generation of children today
After listening to your Off the Husk podcast recently on the turkey farm, I had to come back and rewatch this video. Very educational. Thank you.
Nice to learn about a different industry! Great video!
Erika is 🔥🥰😍
She knows her 🦃
This goes to show that farmers care about their products! Vegetables, grain and animal included. Farmers care more about their product than consumers think. Keep up the excellent work!!!
😂😂 i used to run 2 turkey barns. Down by Owatonna. What an awsome video for Turkey day
Great job on this video. The world obviously needs all types of farmers. Happy Thanksgiving to your family.
Happy Thanksgiving Zach and to you family, my son watches your videos everyday. Thank you for keeping him entertained, he is 5 and says he is going to be a farmer just like you. Have a great day!
I am a third generation chicken farmer down in Alabama. Really enjoyed the video
Great tour!! Thanks for sharing the field trip!!
Happy Thanksgiving !!
I don't know how you and wife aren't at 1 million subs yet. These videos are extremely well made.
They are now.
That was interesting, and the fact it was multi generational makes it special.
I think the gererational thing should help cement the uniqueness of your operation. It is becoming less and less as time goes on. But, sitting behind a desk pushing buttons, knowing that you are expendable...the job in the city isn't all it is cracked up to be.
Great video, as always.
I appreciate that many you tubers put out a quality product. The insight to those who only drive by an operation like yours and the turkey farm show the diversity, the work, and the heart felt devotion to "The Craft" is so important for the urban communities to understand.
Nice video! Greetings from the Netherlands / Holland!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your Family. I am thankful for people who work so hard to feed the nation. God bless you.
That was really cool, thank you to oakdale farms. And thank you fboth for taking us on that tour.
Iam on the transportation side of the system so I pick up and deliver all different kinds of stuff across the country.
Watching them inspect eggs I couldn't help but think of Lucille Ball working at the candy factory...
Hahahaha!!!
I think that’s probably everyone’s favorite episode...I know it is mine...along with grape stomping and Vidavitavegamin..(sp)...
@@85308arizonaboy And the one where Lucy dances the tango with her shirt full of eggs :D Couldn't resist!
Hey Zach, I thought the company slogan for those red tractors was. " If its red it's suppose to stay in the shed" lol
Thanks for talking us along with you. A lot of great information about Turkey's.
That was truly fascinating. In high school a friend raised turkeys for meat and I would help him with chores, but I never knew much about where the turkeys came from before they arrived at his farm.
I never knew much about turkey’s, very informative and entertaining. Thank you for taking us and a big thank you to the farm for allowing us in to see their operation. Really something to see, thank you !!!!
Awesome video. Thank you for the education on turkeys.
Thanks you and to Oakdale farms, interesting and informative. Happy Thanksgiving to you all.
I would like to honestly say thank you. Thank you for bringing these great, quality videos to us. The effort and work you guys put into these shows. The educational aspect combined with the light humor makes these a joy to watch. These are the kind of good hearted, honest videos I can watch with my daughters to educate them on what I see as important topics in today’s hectic world. 🤔 also, I think I need a job in agriculture, the girls all seem to be cute (🤫 don’t tell my wife I said that).
Wow! Great video! I didn't think I would watch the whole thing, but I did!
Thanks mate, very educational as with all your videos. Keep safe...
Greetings from a turkey farmer from Austria! Healthy and clean animals, looks like a great farm
Very educational video. Thanks to you and Oakdale Farms for the tour and information.
And yet in the UK bronze turkeys with richly coloured feathers are a premium product.
Very interesting video I really enjoyed it. Keep up the good work.
Such a great video. Very informative too. Must say everyone was very knowledgeable and you asked questions we the consumer wanted answers for. I would be doing Erica an injustice if I didn't mention her presence on camera. They way she took your questions but answered the camera, better then most professional presenters.
This was a great video. Great to see you interacting with other local farmers.
So glad you went to see them! Erica is awesome, we grow big commercial toms and have our own feed mill a couple hrs away from you if you ever wanna check it out.
Your videos are the best very educational help teach the non farm people what actually goes into growing their food
It was great learning about the turkey farms
Very interesting! I grew up in cattle country and didn’t know how turkey farming worked
Never seen anything like this farm, Thanks for sharing this, learn something new today,Nice!
Great video! I learned a lot about turkey farms in this video that I probably wouldn’t have gotten anywhere else. Loved the very ending too!😂👍🏻
Ive watch every harvest videos and i love them
Another great vid Zack. Glad to see you bringing your son along.
Really really awesome video. Thank you so much for all the educational videos you do. I've learned so much from this channel.
thank you, Zach
Your videos are always interesting and your kids are all adorable and so well mannered. Keep up the good work.
@ Zack, i really love your video's, educational and a good dose of humor. @ Alex , i hope to see a lot more of you. you ask all the right questions for a farmer your age.
i started following you because i liked to learn a lot about the technical side of farming. i learned a lot more. .!
Greetings from the Netherlandss
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I know I submitted to your surgery to rebuild the tractor. I just ran across this video and it was VERY interesting!!! Perhaps you can do both!
Good Good Good! This is an important video on growing food. I agree with those who say that schools should use this video. Thanks.
INCREDIBLE and informative!!! But i ALMOST bust a gut at the end when they said "thank god, I thought he would never leave!" ANNNNND yes, we are watching this video on Thanksgiving while my wife prepares our Thanksgiving dinner for our family! You must be psychic!!!!
Very cool. Thanks for continuing to educate folks on what it means to be a farmer.
sounds like a 1,000 kids scratching their fingernails on the chalkboard. Wait, that is something most of our kids never experienced. :)
Been watching your videos for a couple months now! Can't wait for the next one! Happy Thanksgiving from southern Indiana
Wow - what a great and educational video...thanks.
I was surprised that none of the hens were "de-Beaked". When I was in high school (mid '60's)I worked on a turkey farm part time. We used electric debeakers on babies to cut down on the pecking of each other. We caught each chick one at a time and burned off about 1/2 inch of their upper beak.
I thought he'd never leave classic. There was a lot of information and answers to questions I didn't even think to ask. Awesome video.
Great content, real insight into a well taken care of Turkey farm! Thank you Millenial Farmer and Oakdale Farms!
Thanks for the video. Keep the good work 👌 👌 👌
Have a good thanksgiving Zack and your family too!
That was a really great video. I was around a turkey farmer years ago and boy have things changed‼️ Can't tell you how interesting that was.
Very interesting video and tour; thanks to you and Oakdale Turkey Farm. Y'all Be Safe!