i have been taking various members of my family to temple hall farm for years. this time i went for myself, and to introduce a neighborhood family to its immersive farm experience. farmer emily made sure our time there was entertaining and educational. she knows so much about the farm!
i got to feed a five week old calf his bottle, and then let him suck on my fingers to pacify him. the inside of a cow's mouth is, as expected, wet, but the tongue is soft and there are no top teeth to bite and it's like a massage for my hand.
i was also too busy petting the chickens to take a picture of them. we got to be right in the enclosure with them. i remember wanting to keep hens when we lived in california. i wish we could have some here, but we don't have the space or the permissions to do so.
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| these boys had rock star names like ozzy and motley |
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| kevin the peacock |
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| mama peahen has three chicks |
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| male turkeys showing off but keeping their distance from the peacock chicks |
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| african geese are loud |
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| dolly, reba, and another country music star i can't remember |
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| goats |
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| kit the draft horse and his pygmy donkey companion |
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| sheep |