Farm Day

Once a year the farms in central NY host an open farm day where the public is invited to tour their farms.  We visited three different farms.  The first farm was an all organic farm with chickens, cows, horses, pigs, and sheep...all the standard farm animals, but they do everything without gas powered machines, so they till the fields with an old piece of farm equipment and the two draft horses.  The kids got to hold baby chicks and drink raw milk.  It was a pretty cool farm.  The second farm was an all chicken farm.  The chickens were free range and the kids got to visit the chicken "coop", which was like a chicken coop Hyatt.  The third farm had prize cattle and sheep.  The cattle were used for showing and breeding, and the sheep were used for milk products and meat.  The kids still haven't stopped talking about the farms and keep asking to see more.