Last week, we went on our field work to the Gibson Green Acre Dairy Farm! We were able to learn about dairy cattle nutrition and care, how technology helps the dairy farmers and the animals, how dairy cows are milked and my favorite part feeding the baby calves!
Gibson Farms is a family owned farm with over 1500 dairy cows. They have been milking cows for 150 years.
Three questions you can ask your kiddo are:
Why are baby calves separated from their mothers after birth?
How has the technology changed on a dairy farm?
What do dairy cows milk produce?
We had an amazing time! Thanks for all of your help!
Memorable moments...
- stepping in cow poop
- one of the mom's arm being sucked by a thirsty calf
- petting Miley, the Jersey cow
- seeing the yellow slime that helps the cows' utters
- feeling hot milk and cold milk 30 seconds later
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