Thursday, November 15, 2007

Ben's Animals

My nephew has been involved in FFA and 4-H for several years now. This year he is raising a pig, with hopes to show in "The Majors". "Pig is his Hartford pig. right now he weighs about 80 lbs. He feels he will be close to 270 when he shows. He has to behave and act politely while in front of the judges. Ben works with "Pig" everyday, so that he is ready.

Ben is also raising a Lamb for FFA this year. It also needs care and exercise (not his favorite activity). Since the lamb prefers his pen, Ben just ties him to his bike rides out away fro the pens and then let's him go -- the lamb runs full tilt back to his pen, safety and food. A couple of times a day and the lamb should be in great shape by show time.

1 comment:

Krista Debrick said...

HAHA! That's funny. I get a visual of Ben dragging this poor scared lamb behind his bike...and Ben is laughing the whole time!