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Polyface Designs
A Comprehensive Construction Guide for Scalable Farming Infrastructure

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Paperback, 568 pages
Published
United States, 1 March 2021

A comprehensive how-to manual of Polyface Farm's signature designs--with tips, tricks, and a half century of lessons learned through trial and error



Have you wondered how to build the Polyface broiler shelter, or the dolly to move it, or an Eggmobile, Gobbledygo or Shademobile? For folks getting started, folks adding enterprises, or folks wanting a cheaper bootstrap way to build portable livestock infrastructure, Polyface Designs has all the diagrams and do-it-yourself building specifications. Joel Salatin wrote the text and Polyface former apprentice and engineer extraordinaire Chris Slattery did the drawings. Ultimately practical, the book includes how to build a corral, a home-made head gate and even how to select the right axle for your project. Square footage requirements for the deep bedding hay shed and area advice for pig pastures make this the definitive repository for a lifetime of Polyface experimentation.



A massive volume, its 568 pages are in full color and beautiful enough to be a coffee table book even though you'll use it in your shop. Don't let the cover price scare you; one building tip can more than save the price of the book.

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A comprehensive how-to manual of Polyface Farm's signature designs--with tips, tricks, and a half century of lessons learned through trial and error



Have you wondered how to build the Polyface broiler shelter, or the dolly to move it, or an Eggmobile, Gobbledygo or Shademobile? For folks getting started, folks adding enterprises, or folks wanting a cheaper bootstrap way to build portable livestock infrastructure, Polyface Designs has all the diagrams and do-it-yourself building specifications. Joel Salatin wrote the text and Polyface former apprentice and engineer extraordinaire Chris Slattery did the drawings. Ultimately practical, the book includes how to build a corral, a home-made head gate and even how to select the right axle for your project. Square footage requirements for the deep bedding hay shed and area advice for pig pastures make this the definitive repository for a lifetime of Polyface experimentation.



A massive volume, its 568 pages are in full color and beautiful enough to be a coffee table book even though you'll use it in your shop. Don't let the cover price scare you; one building tip can more than save the price of the book.

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Product Details
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9781733686617
ISBN
1733686614
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Dimensions
26.9 x 20.8 x 3.8 centimeters (1.57 kg)

Table of Contents

Introduction
Chickens

  • Broiler Shelter
  • Shelter Dolly
  • Egg Mobile
  • Millennium Feathernet
  • Mini-Brooder

Cows

  • Shademobile
  • Cattle Working SHute
  • Homemade Head Gate
  • Winter Hay Feeding

Pigs

  • Basics
  • Pasture Infrastructure
  • Handling

Rabbits

  • Raken
  • Harepen

Turkeys

  • Gobbledygo

Winter Hoop Houses

  • Basic Layout
  • Bulk Feeder Platform
  • Standing Nest Boxes
  • Waterer Cover
  • Mobile Mezzanine

Materials Handling

  • Bulk Feed Buggy
  • Hay Wagon Chassis
  • Log Forwarding Cart

Appendix

  • Poultry Watering
  • Shade Cloth Tips
  • Fencing Basics
  • How to Cut Notches
  • Templates

About the Author

Joel Salatin and his family own and operate Polyface Farm in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. The farm produces pastured beef, pork, chicken, eggs, turkeys, rabbits, lamb and ducks, servicing roughly 6,000 families and 50 restaurants in the farm’s bioregion. He has written 14 books to date, is editor of Stockman Grass Farmer Magazine, and lectures around the world on land healing and local food systems. Polyface Farm operates a formal apprenticeship program and conducts many educational workshops and events. 

Chris Slattery is a mechanical engineer turned farmer/homesteader. With years of experience in CAD/3D modeling coupled with his experience working with his father in the trades and a formal apprenticeship at Polyface, he is uniquely gifted to bring drawings to life. He currently resides on his family's 112-acre farm in south central Kentucky.

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