A Visit to the Barn

Last week, I went to Little Brook Farm with Leanne. I learned many things about baby bunnies, horses, ponies, chickens and even miniature horses.

The first activity we accomplished was grooming a horse named Chelsea who is 32 years old. Chelsea has Cushing's Disease and Uveitis. Because she had Uveitis, her eye popped and now because it is dead, it shrinks each day. Cushings disease causes her to not to be able to control shedding, so she is a lot of work to groom!

Chelsea-

After Chelsea, we groomed Rosy, the pony. She is an example of a different type of horse, thus showing a different combination of gene alleles.

Rosy-

After grooming Rosy and a few more healthy horses, we went and checked out the 3 week old baby bunnies. They are a cross between a completely white rabbit and a black/brown rabbit. As you can see, they are white, black and gray.

baby bunnies-

Overall, we saw a variety of biological concepts. Between gene information, diseases, and new life we realized that a farm is a great place to learn about biology!

( i even made a new friend with Katie the horse! Here i am giving her a big hug!)

I had so much fun!