When presented with the opportunity to visit a farm with our friends the Joyce family, I was internally SUPER excited :) I was finally going to get to see what it was all about. (At least an hours worth of work). We had arrived just in time to help feed the cows.
Luke and Chris jumped on the back of a truck with bags and bags of cow feed. Jess and I jumped into the front and off we went into the pasture. We drove right through the cows who proceeded to follow the truck. Some of them walked, other literally RAN after us in order to be the first at the food. It took minutes to feed all the cows. They ate so quickly. I'm also thankful the boys were doing it because I'm not sure we could have lifted the bags of food.
We pulled off into another pasture to stir up the automatic feeders that were jammed up with food. The boys found big sticks and stirred the food around until it flowed normally.
While the boys were working hard, Jess and I were admiring the cows in the field. They walked closer and closer to the feeders, but were so afraid of us that when Jess tried to go say hello, they ran away. Obviously they didn't know they were 10x our size.
All in all.. a great first experience, but I don't think I actually participated in any work. Maybe I'll offer to help next time :/
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