momstown meets "Big Bird"

Our momstown Milton, Guelph and Kitchener-Waterloo little ones were so excited about meeting "Big Bird" today at our field trip to White Rock Ostrich Farm! You could see the excitement in their faces as they eagerly awaited for everyone to arrive. The kids definitely had a good lesson in patience as some of our mamas (including me) got lost and ended up being a tad bit late for the event. Thank goodness there was an awesome gift shop and play area to keep them occupied!

We began our tour by boarding a tractor pulled wagon and proceeded towards the cages where the adults and teen aged ostriches (yearlings) were housed. We learned that the adult males are separated into individual pens along with 3-4 females in order to keep them from fighting over the lovely ladies.



Next stop was the yearlings and were they ever excited to see us! They came running to us at top speeds ( DYK : ostriches can run 70kms per hour!) , pushing and shoving to get to the front for feeding time! Our moms and tots were a little overwhelmed by this massive stampede and most took a step back to avoid getting their fingers and toes nibbled on!





We then headed back to the nursery to take a peek in to see the cute, not so tiny babies. We learned that they need to stay in a well heated environment for the first 6 months and are then moved to the outside pens where they are able to survive even through our cold winter days. After seeing the babes, most of our moms opted not to try the ostrich burgers and munched on their brown bagged lunches instead. I on the other hand have had ostrich burgers in the past and know what a great treat they are so I wasn't shy to get my order in for lunch. Delicious!




A big shout out to our momstown Guelph mama Leanne for organizing such a wonderful and educational outing for our momstown mamas!