The little town of La Grange is probably the most widely known as the headquarters for the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, however, I would have to disagree! Yesterday afternoon our little family decided to visit The Jersey Barnyard. We've traveled past this place several times during our comings and goings back and forth between going to see Texas artists at Swiss Alp Dance Hall, shopping at the awesome little boutiques on the square and of course, getting our fix of the best Kolaches in the world from Weikel's Bakery. So yesterday we decided to stop and check it out....and we are SO glad we did! We decided to take the guided tour and it did not disappoint - in fact, I may have talked Brad into adding some of these barnyard animals to our family!
The guided tour allowed the kids and parents to feed and pet many of the animals. From the miniature horse named Midnight to the goats, rabbits and chickens.
Did you know that Jersey cows produce milk with the highest milk fat content and that is why Blue Bell only uses milk from Jersey cows for their ice cream. The higher milk fat content makes it the creamiest! AND, you know Belle from those Blue Bell commercials? Yeah, she lives on the farm...she's a celebrity around those parts....
She wasn't there yesterday though...I think she was out getting her tail washed and a hoof-icure!
The guided tour allowed the kids and parents to feed and pet many of the animals. From the miniature horse named Midnight to the goats, rabbits and chickens.
Then the excitement came when we got to meet the baby calves and actually bottle feed them. Addyson's little calf sure did get mad when his milk ran out...he tried to plow through the fence!
Next on the tour was the hayride to the dairy processing center. The hayride was actually pretty long, so it was really nice to relax and take in the scenery. Their farm sits on right at 900 acres and it's been a working dairy for the last 100 years.
We made a pit stop along the way during the hayride...and that was to meet this hunk of burnin love! This dude weighed in at a whopping 600LBS! Holy moly!
We finally got to go into the milking center where the heifers line up and are hooked up to the milking pumps. And then - what I had been waiting for the entire time....we got to try milking a cow for ourselves! I was a pro... I wonder if they're hiring?? :)
Did you know that Jersey cows produce milk with the highest milk fat content and that is why Blue Bell only uses milk from Jersey cows for their ice cream. The higher milk fat content makes it the creamiest! AND, you know Belle from those Blue Bell commercials? Yeah, she lives on the farm...she's a celebrity around those parts....
She wasn't there yesterday though...I think she was out getting her tail washed and a hoof-icure!
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