Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Dairy Farm Trip

Today we went to a dairy farm and got up close and personal with some cows. We saw how the cows get milked, where they live, and learned about dairy foods as well.

We went to the milk house to see where the milk is stored.

We watched the workers hook the cows up to the milking machines.

We all watched as 16 cows got milked at the same time.

We went into the barn where the cows are when they are not getting milked.

We got up close and personal during the cows snack time.

It was a little chilly in the barn, but the kids loved seeing the cows.

We got to test out the waterbed that the cows get to relax on throughout the day.

We met 2 calves that were just 5 days old.

The kids loved getting to pet the baby cows.

We learned about making sure we are getting 3 servings of dairy each day to build strong bones.

We played a matching memory game to finish our trip.