All About Farm Animals
By Miss Todd’s Class
Facts About Sheep
-Fluffy wool
-Live for twenty years
-Ewes have lambs in the spring. (Usually twins) Male sheep are called rams.
-Lambs weigh less than fifteen pounds.
-Sheep chew cud.
-Sheep weigh between forty-four and four hundred and forty pounds.
-Sheep live in a pasture and eat grass, oats, and hay. Farmers raise sheep for their meat, wool, and milk.
Our Sheep
Our Sheep in Action
Facts About Chickens
-Chickens can weigh up to eighteen pounds.
-Their feathers can be yellow, brown, black, or white.
-Female chickens lay eggs every day.
-Chickens can not fly far.
-Male chickens are called roosters. Baby chickens are called chicks. Female chickens are called hens.
-Chickens eat grain and water and live on a farm.
-Chickens have a comb and a wattle.
Our Chickens
Our Chickens in Action
Facts About Horses
-Horses can weigh 1,000 pounds.
-Horses can race and jump.
-Horses run very fast.
-Horses can live for twenty-five years.
-Horses can be brown, bay (red-brown), black, and white.
-Horses eat hay and water.
-Horses live on the farm and sleep in the barn.
-Baby horses are called foals.
Our Horses
Our Horses in Action
Facts About Pigs
-Pigs can swim.
-Pigs can weigh up to seven hundred pounds.
-Pigs roll in mud to keep cool.
-Pigs have long bodies and short legs.
-Pigs eat worms, soybeans, and corn.
-Pigs live on a farm in a pigpen.
-Female pigs have a litter of baby pigs at one time.
-Pigs are pink.
Our Pigs
Our Pigs in Action
Facts About Cows
-Cows can weigh 800 to 1200 pounds. The babies weigh 100 pounds.
-People get milk from cows.
-Cows eat grass and live in a pasture.
-Cows sleep standing up.
-Cows chew their cud for eight hours a day.
-Cows have stomachs with four parts.
-In the winter, cows live in barns.
Our Cows
Our Cows in Action
Facts About Goats
-Goats can jump higher than five feet high.
-Goats have wavy soft hair or coarse hair.
-Goats can live for twelve to twenty-five years.
-Goats have large bodies and short legs.
-Baby goats are called kids.
-Goats eat hay, grass, and chew their cud.
-Male and female goats all have beards.
-Some goats called fainting goats fall over when excited.
Our Goats
Our Goats in Action