Spring means baby animals for many farms. There may
be lambs (baby sheep) or kids (baby goats) or calves (baby cows) or
chicks (baby chickens). Test your baby nameology. What kind of
animal is a cria, a gosling, or a foal? (ANSWER: baby alpaca, baby
goose, baby horse)
Barns become nurseries and pastures become playgrounds.
You can sometimes watch these baby animals being born and, if they
need it, help with bottle feeding. It's here you come closest to
new life and here where kids are often fascinated to see something
younger and smaller than themselves.
Holding a baby lamb or chick can be magical, if the farmer lets
you. Just be careful. Kids love baby animals and want
to take them home, so it's sometimes hard to explain to a weeping
child that the lamb will eventually grow into a sheep, too big for
the backyard and with nowhere to run and play in the city.