Teens in Nature go to Cow College

Well they didn't go to college, but they did graduate from the Teens in Nature program today, after they worked with some dairy cows at Bull City Farm up near Bahama, NC.  First we got a brief introduction to the farm and then we went and walked the electric fence with two of the family members.  Our job while doing this was to make sure there were no breaks in the fence where the cows could get out.  Here are some pictures from our walk.

 Some of the pastures were getting nice and thick for when the cows are rotated over.

 We came to a group of the older cows and we learned how friendly cows can be.  Ben, as well as Ben's shirt became good friends with Piggy.

 We all got to pet a cow and see how social cows are.  This was a nice start to the day. 






Next came the real work, rounding up and doing some preventative maintenance on the cow.  We measured them for size and weight and helped give medicine.  At this point we were working with some of the younger cows.  The round up involved us walking in a spread out line and funneling the cows to where we wanted them, no horses and lassos, and such.  This was also the time where we learned how stubborn cows can be and how strong a cow can be.  This was a great experience. 





You can see the emu lurking in the background...
We ended our day getting to milk one of the cows, everyone took a turn and everyone was successful.  We would like to thank Bull City Farm for having us out and letting us get dirty with them.