They were absolutely adorable that we needed to get a closer look. Tania was kind enough to take them out of the pen and allow us to pet them. I kept on saying "piggy, oink, oink" and my darling son Jaxon immediately started signing for food. Too funny! We were able to pick up some interesting facts about pigs such as their gestation cycle is 3-3-3: three months, three weeks and three days and the little ones give out an ear piercing high pitched squeal as a way to communicate that they are in distress.
We then headed up to the loft to see the chickens. There were about 75 chickens that produce approximately 6 dozen eggs daily that needed to be collected. So we put the kids to work gathering the eggs from each of the coupes. A chicken lays one egg per day for the first year and then starts to slow down to one egg every 2-3 days. by the time they get to the end of their cycle, the eggs that are produced are less frequent but larger and tend to have a double yolk.
We braved the rain as Mark took us outside and guided us around the property and down to the creek. We were able to see signs of the beavers busy at work building a dam, the place where some deer had laid down for the night and even picked up a toad in our travels.
When we got back to the barn, there was a refreshing batch of lemonade and chocolate covered bacon for us to sample. It sure sounded like an odd combination but once we bit into it, we were asking for more. We also did a little bit of shopping and picked up some farm fresh eggs and bacon to take home with us.
A big thank you goes out to Rhonda our tour guide and Mark and Tania the owners of the Boar & Chick for having momstown Milton & momstown Burlington as their guests. We had a terrific adventure!
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I love that the rain doesn't slow you down! Way to go:)
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