Today marked the 26th year for the Seattle Tilth's annual Harvest Fair! We were invited to share our Oscars (broilers) and help educate those attending about the importance of knowing where your food is coming from and how easy it is to raise chickens for meat right here in the city. We were given advice, gave advice, played, danced, and networked with other urban farmers! It was a long day. It was exhausting to explain the process with every person that walked up. The girls created a display board that said what breed our birds were and a few facts about chickens and broilers. A lot of people read the board and a lot of people were surprised at what they learned. Good job girls!
The hardest part of the day was being set up right next to the GOATS! As many of you know, Matilde wants a goat more than any other pet, so being next to them was tough. She would sneak off and I'd panic for a second and realize she was watching the Eloise and Snowflake. She said (more than once), "I'm gonna get a goat, and I'm gonna name him Douglas!" We saw a lady get squirted by milk, so of course she ran over to check it out. When all of the sudden she was squirted too! The owner was milking Eloise and pointing the teat right at Tilly! It sprayed a stream of milk from her feet up her leg and on her face! Tilly was waiting with her mouth open and screamed with excitement when she was hit! She ran off laughing and told her papa what had happened. She is such a goof!
It really was a fun day, and all of us enjoyed being a part of it!
