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Animals
Animals are a big part of everyday life at Slide Ranch. They help us understand many functions in farming.
- Goats provide us with fresh milk and cheese and they are great everyday companions. They help us maintain the land by eating invasive plants such as thistle and fennel.
- Sheep provide us with great wool every spring, which is used for carding and spinning into yarn with program participants at Slide Ranch.
- Chickens lay tasty eggs every day and roosters wake us up every morning.
- Ducks like to eat weeds and slugs and swim in the pond.
Meet some of our animals:
  
Breed: La Mancha Goat
Distinguishing characteristic: Her most distinguishing feature is her really small ears which are typical for the La mancha breed. She is the youngest and the smallest of our milking does.
Favorite food: Cabbage leaves and banana peels.
Favorite activity: Climbing on rocks. She likes to have her chin scratched.
Personality: Very curious and smart. She likes to play and run around the barn.
 
Breed: Suffolk Sheep
Distinguishing characteristic: The biggest ewe at Slide Ranch. Her wool is soft and warm.
Favorite food: Alfalfa and fresh green pasture.
Personality: The leader of the herd. She decides where to go for the sweetest pasture.
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