We’re empty nesters now. There are no children living on the farm.
But it’s fun when we have them as visitors.
Two of last week’s farm stay guests, feeding the chickens
They enjoyed the goats as well.
Later in the week our granddaughter spent a couple of days with us.
Catching grasshoppers
This is a kid-friendly place, and it’s nice to see them enjoying themselves here.
There is just something about kids and chickens…we sell apples in the fall. This is the first time in years we don’t have any chickens on the property. Few weeks ago, a family that comes every year to buy Cortlands..got out of the van (3 boys) and instantly they made a bee line for the place where the chickens were last year. hated to break it to them, there were not chickens 😦
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When we give farm tours I try to mix fun activities in with my spiel about our ethics and practices. Feeding cracked corn to the chickens is always a big hit with the children (and often with the grown-ups too).
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Children usually head for our chickens too, rather than watch the cute and cuddly alpacas 😀
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Children and chickens (or cows, or goats, or pigs, or…) are one of the best combinations in the world. The photos do a good job of communicating their delight with your world.
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Look carefully and you’ll see our goat Nellie’s tongue. A squeal of delight seems an appropriate response to having your hand licked by a goat. 🙂
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One of my fave childhood memories was visiting the Meyers at their farm. I hope you don’t mind me sharing the link here because this post awakened my reverie… ❤
Diana xo
https://talktodiana.wordpress.com/2014/01/08/road-trips-to-franklin-centre-quebec/
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Thanks for sharing Diana. I’m hoping that we’re helping make those kind of memories here. 🙂
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I bet you are Bill!
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It sounds like an everybody-friendly place! I hope we can come visit you this coming year!
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We aim for it to be. 🙂 It would be great to have you visit. 🙂
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Would love to visit too, but a tad too far. I love having children around the place too, we would like our place to become more of an educational place and something we are working towards
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The farm stay has been a great addition to our farm. We’ve had several families with young children. In each case the parents wanted their children to be exposed a little to farm life.
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Catching grasshoppers was once a favorite sport of mine, especially when I was going fishing. Almost better than earthworms for live bait. –Curt
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Your comment reminds me of how little fishing I’ve done this year. I really need to make that a priority before it’s too late! And the grasshoppers are much easier to catch when it’s cool outside.
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