Farm Fun

On Friday we stayed at a farm. We didn’t have any hook ups, like water or electricity, but we only stayed for a day so it didn’t matter. We got to stay there for “free” because Mom and Dad pay for harvest host, which is something that allows us to stay at places like farms or breweries for a night. The farm had belonged to the owners family for six generations. It was primarily an alpaca farm, but they had other animals and also grew soybeans. We stayed next to a pond so we tried to catch some fish, but there were no bites.

One of the owners offered to take us on a tour of the farm, so we took her up on the offer. The first stop was in one of the alpaca pens. They had two pens, one for the boys and one for the girls. We fed the girls because they were more easily accessible and nicer. They also had emus in the pen, which was quite cool because I have never seen an emu before outside of liberty mutual commercials.

There had been a storm earlier in the day, and during the storm one of the alpacas gave birth, so we got to see a baby alpaca! She was super cute.

After the alpacas we headed over to a barn where most of the rest of their animals were. On the way over we saw a coop with turkeys and guinea fowl, and we heard some peacocks. There were also some cats around, and our guide told us they had over a dozen of them! I’m pretty sure Dad almost bolted at that. The first animals we saw were guinea fowl and peacock chicks. They were quite cute. We also saw rhea chicks, which is a kind of South American bird related to the ostrich.

They raise them because the woman who showed us around is allergic to beef and pork and rhea tastes like beef. There were also bunnys, chickens, sheep, goats and pigs. Outside there were miniature donkeys, mules and a miniature horse. There was definitely a lot too see on the farm.