COWS

A baby cow is called a calf.

A cow eats about 25 pounds of food per day!

The average adult human eats about 3 to 4 pounds of food per day.

​Most dairy farms have more than 1,000 cows!

CHICKENS

Baby chickens are called chicks.

Some chickens can produce up to 300 eggs a year!

Chickens were not always found in America but today there are more chickens than people in the United States.

Many scientists think first chickens came here over 500 hundred years ago.

SHEEP

Do you know what a baby sheep is called?

A baby sheep is called a lamb.

Their thick wool can be used to make clothing. 

Once a year sheep are sheared which means that they get a super short haircut. 

Farmers shave off most off a sheep's wool and then sell it to companies that make clothing. 

HORSE

Some farms have horses. People raise horses to work on farms and sometimes they raise horses to race. 

Ranchers or cowboys use horses to help them move cows to new places. People even like to ride horses for fun. 

A baby horse is called a pony.

There were no horses in America until about 600 years ago.

There are other kinds of animals that might live on a farm like: ducks, pigs, donkeys, mules, goats, rabbits, dogs and cats.

If you could choose one farm animal as your favorite which would you choose?

FACTS:

Let's Review!

1. True of False - One kind of animal you might find on a farm is an alligator.

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2. Cows are milked at a special kind of farm called a ___________ farm.

3. What do farmers shave off of sheep to sell to make clothes?

Answers

1. False

2. Dairy

3. Wool

Note: Words that sound the same but have different spellings are called homophones. These words have the same sound, but different meanings and spellings. For example: raise and race 

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