more rescued chicks Today was another day where more rescued baby chicks came in, the lady didn't want them anymore after she found out there was a male in the group. Of course Tali took them in and they are being closely watched for immediate health conditions. Today was extra awesome because it was time to move the young chicks into a different area so the new young ones can have more room and an enclosed place to practice their flying. We got really muddy because the chickens didn't want to be caught, when we did get them they rubbed their feet all over us. Getting muddy is all part of the job and makes something to laugh about later when I tell my family what I did today. daily reflection Like I have said before this farm is non-profit and is run mostly with volunteers, most of the time they are either seniors in high school or in college. I talked to a couple of the ones in college and they said they always have wanted to work with animals so working here is really cool. It takes a different kind of person to want to work in this field, wanting to get up and get dirty is a big part of what this job consists of. Some of the other interns are pursuing careers in the animal field but more on the medical side, but others just work here for fun and as a stress reliever. I know I have always wanted to work with animals in a way, working on this farm has helped me realize that I love getting muddy with the animals. I am majoring in Animal Sciences in college and couldn't be more excited to work with livestock animals in my career after college. I thought I wanted to be a vet until this year when I read books by Temple Grandin (an animal sciences professor at Colorado State University). Her books inspired me to work with slaughterhouses and make them more humane for the animals that are being killed. Having this amazing opportunity to work with these amazing compassionate people has taken my love of farm animals to the next level.
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Makenna albanoMy name is Makenna Albano and I am a senior at High Tech High International, I am attending Colorado State University in the fall and I am majoring in animal science. I have a lot of experience with animals but not as much with larger animals and farm animals. For my senior year externship I chose to fly to New York and work on a farm that rescues and rehabilitates all kinds of animals. I am very excited to get the farm animal experience, at this farm they have all kinds of animals such as goats, horses,bunnies, cats, chickens, pigs, rats, ferrets and more!!! |