Yesterday I was a chaperone for my son's class at Animal Acres. It was a very educational trip for me. This was the very first field trip I attended with my son and it was fun. Of course I took my camera along. There were so many thing I didn't know.
Animal Acres rescues animals. I think that's way cool! Some of these animals have very sad stories! The little guy below (I forgot his name) was attacked by dogs. During the attack his ear was ripped off and some nerves were damaged. Because of the damaged nerves he can't put his tongue back in his mouth. The good news is that it's totally fine and has learned to eat without problems.
This guy's name is Hee Haw. I think that's cute. His previous owners lost him when they lost there home. He was very well taken care of by the original owners.
Two emus. I don't remember their story. I should have had a notepad!
This is Mr. Ed. An Indian Brahma bull.
Did you know that turkeys are not naturally white? They are black or brown. This turkey is white due to iindustrialization.
This lady here is Felecia. She's a wild turkey. We were informed that Felecia is a force to be reckoned with. When she first arrived on the farm she was so vicious that she ran off the dogs. I stayed away from her. She actually raised her feathers when we all got close to her. She had them down at first like the one above. Turkeys make a barking sound and Felecia "barked" at us to let us know that she was NOT to be bothered.
Because of industrialization the turkeys get big really fast. Unfortunately their bodies aren't able ot handle the size. Their skin gets to tight that their feathers come out. Some of them had some purple spray on them that was like our neosporin.
The goat below is Hope. Hope was rescued after her owners lost their home. The real estate agent called Animal Acres to pick up a dead goat. As it turned out she wasn't dead. She hadn't had water, food or her hooves clipped, so she couldn't walk. Shortly after being rescued she gave birth. Hope has a 6-week-old kid named Faith.
This is Faith.
Again, I forgot this guy's name. Every single animal on the farm had a name. He has a birth defect that kinda saved his life. See his nose? He was given away because of it, which means that he didn't become someone's breakfast, lunch and dinner. He ended up becoming the pet of a homeless man who left him at an auto wrecking yard when he didn't want to keep him anymore.
Pigs can smell up to 5 feet underground. This big guy below must have liked me. Either that or he smelled the gum in my purse. He nudged me with his nose and nibbled on my purse. I had to wipe everything down because of the food he left on me. Gross. But I didn't freak out. I couldn't because all the children were watching. How could I freak out when I was telling them all to remember that the animals didn't want to hurt them.
There were two really large pigs on the farm. A 700-pound pig and a 1,000 pound pig. I'm sure the pig on the far right is the 1,000 pound one.
The goat on the left is Rose. Rose was the first to nibble and pull on my purse. Did you know that goats don't have round pupils like we do? They have rectangular slits.
My son got to hold a goose egg. Look at how huge it is!
I had a really good time. Learned a lot of animal facts. Research shows that if you give a new born baby the hormones given to beef up these farm animals, s/he'd weigh 1,800 pounds by age 1. WHOA! From here on out, I'm buying organic!
- Ke
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