This story is about Farm Animals. I made this story for a project. If you read this story,the first thing is about egg layer Chickens. Next goats. Did you know that egg layer Chickens lay about 250 to 300 eggs per year.

1. By: SamuelEichenlaub Farm Animals(true story) 4-28-2016
Thingsaboutegg layerchickens. People askhowdo chickenslay their eggs.
The answer is
The Little Miracle
The strengthening contractions essentially turn the chickens’canaland cloaca inside out,forcing the egg
to drop free onto the ground.Ta da! An egg has been laid.
Female’s lays250 to 300 per year.95% are layinghens.5 to 10 hens per cage.
Some peopleasks why do hen’s unfertilized eggs.Hens lay between250to 300 eggs per year.USA:6.6
billion dozen eggs peryear. The top egg-producing state is Iowa.
The chickenscan eat whole
grain bread! The chickenswill
eat apples,pears,and other
fruits.

2. How chickswere born above.
Angus Cows
Basic Terms

3. Cow: An adultfemalethat has produced a calf
Bull: Male animal
Steer: Male animalthat has been castratedand cannotbreed
Heifer: Young femalethat has not produceda calf
Veal: Calves thatare raisedto 475-500 pound
Over 98% of the beef animalis used when it is processed.About45% of the animal isused for
meatand the rest is used for other byproducts includingleather,china,glue,film,soap,
pharmaceuticals,insulin,and gelatins.
The meatfrom cattle is called beef.The average American eats about65 pounds of beefeach
year.
Fun Facts
• Cattle produce about25 billion poundsof meateach year.
• The combined valueof the cattle and beefindustryis $200 billion.
• The hide from one cow can make 144 baseballs,20 footballsor 12 basketballs.
• Disneyland (CA)sells over 4 millionhamburgers eachyear.

4. Cattles AmazingStomachs
Cattle are ruminants.This meansthey have one stomach with fourseparate compartments.Their
digestive system allowsthem to digestplantmaterialby repeatedlyregurgitatingit and chewing itagain
as cud.This digestive processallowscattle to thrive on grasses,othervegetation,and feed.A cow
chews its cud for abouteighthours a day. When an animalchewsits cud it is a sign of health and
contentment.Otherruminantanimalsinclude deer,elk,sheep,and goats.
Goat’s facts:
Goats were not known to the Americas untilColumbus broughtthem in 1493.
The native range of this species is from southeastAlaska to Washington,western Montana,and central
Idaho.Mountaingoats, Oreamnos Americanos,are native to the northern RockyMountains.They have
also been introduced to parts of South Dakota,Colorado,and Washington.

5. Habitat
Mountain goats prefersteep,rocky areas with cliffs or bluffs in alpine or sub-alpineregions.They prefer
areas with sufficientescape terrain (steep rocky areas),moderate slopes,mid-elevations,and southern
exposures.They migrate between lowland winterareas and high elevation summerranges.
Old farm houses
Pigs facts:
Pigs have four toes on each hoof,but only walk on two toes perfoot.
Domestic pigsare rarely aggressive.The only exceptions are sowswith a young litterand boars if
provoked.
Pigs are much moretolerant of cold than heat.Pigs have no sweatglands,so they can'tsweat.They roll
around in the mud to cool theirskin.The layerof dried mud protects theirskin from the sun.If available,
pigs,who are great swimmers,preferwater to mud.
Some pigshave straightand some havecurly tails.

6. Teacup pigs

7. Pigs eating fruit
 Donkey’s information at the farm:
 Donkeys arethe same size of a horse.
 Donkeys and goats can live with each other.
 Donkeys will attackother predators if they try to heart other animals or other people
 BABY SITTER. The donkey naturally loves children. While there are a few exceptions, the donkey is not usually a
biter or kicker. They have the patience of Job and therefore are ideally suited to being around children. For use
around children, the handicapped and formost uses (except jacks kept forbreeding) a jennet or gelding is the
preferred animal.
 WORKING DONKEY. The donkey is used all over the world foran infinite variety of jobs. Here in this country,
some common uses are recreational riding; recreational driving, both single and in teams; packing, many
backpackers use a donkey (which they oftencall a burro), to carry the heavy load since the animals walk at
about a human's foot pace and are such enjoyable companions on the trail; skidding or pulling things on the
homestead such as firewood, trash, etc.; pulling a sledge, travois or wheeled cart to carry things for the small
farm such as barb wire for fencing, trash, or anything that needs to be moved; the donkey canalso carry such

8. items on its back in panniers if that is more convenient than pulling it; showing, many adults and children enjoy
showing their animals in the donkey and mule shows around the country; the different kinds of work your
animal can do to help you are limited only by your imagination.
 Baby goats are kids. Males are bucks, females are does. Neutered males are withers.
Ducks on a farm:

9. The Muscovy is a good big duck, the mature drake weighing 10 pounds and the duck 7 pounds, and they are a very hardy,
self-reliant breed. The Indian Runners weigh only 4 to 4-1/2 pounds at maturity. One important advantage of the Muscovy
is that it is quickness and won't bother your neighbors. Muscovites are fliers, though, and if your fencing isn't pretty high,
you may have toclip the outermost feathers from one wing. Cement bathing and drinking trough which can be easily kept
clean. Only while ducks are sitting on eggs is water for bathing really necessary. Ducks are messy feeders and will waste
less if pellets instead of mash are used. Here is cross section of pellet hopper used by commercial duck raisers. It can be
made any size to hold from one to severalhundred pounds of pellets, thus saving much labor. "Flaps" can be closed to cut
down time pellets are available to the ducks, thus forcing them to forage.