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| Amanda with one of her rabbits and horse! |
On January
19th, Shippensburg High School had a snow day. On that day Mrs. Bier and I made sure that
our teaching continued, although it was not in the classroom setting. Mrs. Bier and I conducted an SAE (Supervised
Agriculture Experience) visit. I
absolutely loved this visit because the student grew up in a development in New
Jersey and then in the past 2-3 years her family moved to a rural part of
Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. Upon moving
her family had the goal to grasp the farm life and Amanda’s role with that
flourished when she became involved with the FFA. On their diversified farm they have two horses,
rabbits, goats, and even a pig.
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| Mrs. Bier checking out one of the Rabbits |
Amanda’s
main focus for her record books is the rabbits and the goats. Prior to the visit Amanda shared with me that
her rabbit just had babies and has started to eat them. This story took me back to an ANSCI 201 lab
where mice were eating their babies due to a feed deficiency. The first thing that Mrs. Bier and I did was to
evaluate the feed rations and made sure that the mother was separated from the
babies. Other things that we did, was
discuss with Amanda and her parents about how the temperature
or the housing
environment for the animals might affect their behaviors.
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| I am trying to feed one of the baby rabbits so it hopefully survives. |
As for her
goats Mrs. Bier and I reviewed items related to showing at the fair and
specific paperwork that she will have to fill out. We asked Amanda and her parents if they had
any questions related to their animals or how to care for them.
Ultimately the SAE visit with Amanda was very beneficial and it was fantastic to see how a city girl was able to completely embrace a different lifestyle.
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