Camp Photos!

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We Missed You!

Hey Brooke!
So sorry you had to miss the last day of farm camp, I hope you feel better real soon!
We had Cassidy show your goat (Candy) in the goat show today. Candy got 5th place (out of 10). I hope to see you at Family day on Sunday, from 5-7pm!!

SonRidge Farm

this is a picture of me wearing my helmet about to get on the horse.

here is a picture of the vet that came to tell us about poo.

here is a picture of me feeding my baby goat, sprite. if you look at the bottle im holding, you wil notice its a sprite bottle.sprite drinking milk in a sprite bottle.

here is a pic of the boys doing blacksmithing

here is a pic of me stamping an eggbox.

here is a pic of me and my team doing eggboxes as our chores

my 4th day of farm camp

my 4th day of farm camp started out by me feeding my goat.but i thought my goats twin was my goat so i ended up feeding my goats twin.then since it was really wet we couldnt ride the horses, so we got to put a saddle on a horse by ourselves. after ashley showed us, of course. then we put the bridle on the horse.then it was time for chores. we were supposed to do fenceline, which is where you go around the whole fence and look for any holes or scratches but instead we did bee work again. then we had an angora goat fiber lesson. we got to feel the fiber curly and straight. it was fun.afterwards we got to grate soap. it was fun. then we got to milk our goats. today was one of the days when candy wasnt mean. it was fun.

goats info

i just learned my goats birthdays and tatoos.

my 3rd day of farm camp

my 3rd day of farm camp started with me giving my goat some milk. but my goat wouldnt take the milk unless allie would feed it. but then she finally took it. i went horsebackriding and it was fun. i rode patches and i got to steer it by myself and ashley didnt have to walk right beside me. it was fun. i hadd to do goat showing as 1 of my chores. it was kinda fun. i had to get my milking goat (candy) and i had to walk her around in a circle and when the judge said to stop, we have to take our goats and put their front hooves together equally and spread the back hooves apart equally. it was hard but fun. when meridith was the judge, my goat won. it was awesome.aftewards we had a bee lesson. we had to go across the street to this ladies' house to see a garden. we learned that without bees we wouldnt have squash or cucumbers. bees are very important.we also got to see bees in their natural habitat.then we had to do some stuff with angoa fiber. we took fiber and carfully put it in a bucket, then we had to bring it to another bucket and another and another and another. and to add to that, the water in the bucket was super hot.

my 2nd day of farm camp

my 2nd day of farm camp started when i was giving milk to my goat. my sprite is a twin. the girl with the other twin goat thought my goat was her goat so my goat ended up getting more milk than anyone elses. then we had horsebackriding. we got to have 2 horses out today and everyone got to ride both at least 1 time. the horses names were bella and patches. bella trots. i got to be on a trotting horse. it was really fun.then we had chores. team 4 which is my team had to do bee work. it was fun.we got to make lip balm and it was fun. now a vet is here telling us important facts.its alright.

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Goat Parts

my first day at farm camp

My day started off by feeding our baby goats.My goats' name is Sprite. it is really cute. it really likes milk.After feeding my goat, you could choose to either ride horses or do blacksmithing. i chose horseback riding. we got to brush the horses. then we got to ride them!Then we had to clean out egg boxes. we had to take the hay out of the boxes that the chickens lay eggs in. but when we opened the gate, a huuuuuuge chicken came running out and i screamed.Then we had to separate cream. it took a looooooooooooooooooooong time. then it was blog time. We are about to do soapmaking and then we are milking goats. i cant wait. I'll write after i finish. I'm back. Soapmaking is fun. my soap is gonna be shaped as a horse. its cool. milking a goat is sooooooo awesome. you squeeze the top of the utter, then you squeeze the other part. but you have to watch out. sometimes the goat might try to put his/her leg/. i also went on the zipline. it was awesome.

My Assignment

My Milking doe is : Candy

My baby goat (kid) is: Sprite

My team mates are: Meridith Wyte and Lauren Brooks

Im on team 4

SonRidge Snack Shack

**Note from SonRidge**
For your convenience the SonRidge Snack Shack will be open 3 separate times each day of farm camp, and also be open on each Family Day. On Family Days the Farm Store will be located near the purple Snack Shack.
At farm camp items will range from $0.25 - $1.00 (with the exception of Gatorade at $1.50 - and color changing cups (with the farm logo) at $2.50)
Selection includes:
Cold drinks, 100% juice boxes, sodas, and Gatorade.
Crackers, snack bars, chilled candy bars, popsicles, and ice cream.
On Family Days additional food items, homemade from our farm products, may be available. The costs will vary and may range from $0.25-$5.00

Please make sure to bring a couple dollars if you are interested in purchasing some snacks.

SonRidge Farm

I will be attending a 4-H Farm Camp in August.
While there I will learn things from tacking up and riding a horse...



















to learning about processing Angora Goat Fiber.









I will also be assigned a dairy goat; which I will be responsible for milking, feeding, everyday care & even learn how to show her.















I will learn how to make blacksmith items in a forge

and even make cheese, butter, and ice cream. I'll learn about bees and get to make my own beeswax lip balm.

I'm going to have so much fun that I can't wait for the week to start. I will even be keeping my own blog of the week and updating it each day. Please follow my blog so you can see all the things I'm doing and learning. We can even come to family day on the farm...for free! I know that I'll want to introduce all my family to each of the animals on the farm.

Family Days on the Farm

Sunday August 22 5:00 – 7:00pm