Wednesday, May 17, 2006

We milked a cow!

We went on a tour this last week of a local dairy. Besides the cows they also had some other animals, so this was a really fun opportunity for us to introduce Jenna to some real live farm animals up close and personal!


As you can see the horse was a hit! She really like touching his head. I must say this was an extremely patient horse, especially since Jenna tried to poke his eye a couple of times.

Here's Little Robby on the hay ride. They took us around the dairy so we could see the different areas. One thing I found interesting was that cows eat 50 gallons of food per day! And the average cow can give 7 gallons of milk per day (15 gallons if they have just given birth)!
Jenna and Dad enjoy the shade. (The Arizona summer has begun. It was well over 100 that day!)

Jenna's first taste of chocolate milk! Yum, yum!

Robby's in the pig pen (sometimes I think that his room is one too!)
Evidently, the pig got too up close and personal for Jenna's taste. She lost it when he tried to stick his snout through the fence to say hello.

Fortunately, Jenna recovered from her scare with the pig and decided to be friendly with the sheep.
Okay so here's the reason we came... to milk a cow! I must say that it was totally different that I thought it would be. Their udders feel like very thick skin (Robby described it as like the skin of an elderly person only thicker.)

Initially, Little Robby didn't want to try and milk the cow, but we eventually convinced him! Click here and watch the Let's Milk a Cow! video to see what Chap thought about milking a cow!


And last of all, our two sweet cuties taking a ride on the tractor! Watch where you are going Chap!