Kids Corner: The Vesbaches

Nicole
Vesbach
12 years old
Seventh grade

When do you do chores and what chores do you do? We do chores at 6 in the morning and at night. I do all the extra chores like pushing feed in, scraping behind cows and feeding calves.

What is your favorite and least favorite chore? My favorite chore is pushing feed in because it’s quick and easy. My least favorite chore during the winter is feeding calves because you have to go out in the cold, and when there is a newborn calf, you have to hold the bottle a long time.

Do you have a favorite animal on your farm? We have two horses that are my favorite. Their names are Shiloh and Shorty. One is a quarter horse and the other is a Pony of America. Shiloh is brown, and Shorty is white with brown speckles.

What is your favorite subject in school? The agricultural classes are my favorite because they are more fun, and the teacher makes it pretty interesting.

Tell us about something you have recently learned in school. In art, we made sketchbooks and made cool designs and our own covers.

What do you want to be when you grow up? I don’t know yet.

What is your favorite dairy treat? Ice cream.

What do you like to do on the farm during the winter? Go sledding down the steep hill.

McKenna Vesbach
9 years old
Fourth grade

When do you do chores and what chores do you do? At 6 o’clock, I help milk and wash cows.

What is your favorite and least favorite chore? My favorite chore is helping move the milkers because it is better than being outside. My least favorite chore is washing cows because it takes longer than moving milkers.

Do you have a favorite animal on your farm? We have about 12 ducks. They are really pretty. Most of them are brothers and sisters, and they are different colors.

What is your favorite subject in school? Reading, because I like to read books. My favorite books are nonfiction.

Tell us about something you have recently learned in school. Multiplication and division.

What do you want to be when you grow up? A teacher.

What is your favorite dairy treat? Hot chocolate.

What do you like to do on the farm during the winter? Slide on the ice.

Wyatt Vesbach
7 years old
Second grade

When do you do chores and what chores do you do? We start at 6 o’clock. We bed, lime, scrape stanchions and push feed in.

What is your favorite and least favorite chore? My favorite chore is pushing feed in because it’s easy. My least favorite chore is watering calves because it’s freezing out there.

Do you have a favorite animal on your farm? The calves are my favorite. One that is the oldest is Missy. She is tiny, and she is red and white.

What is your favorite subject in school? Math because I like doing it.

Tell us about something you have recently learned in school. Measurements.

What do you want to be when you grow up? A farmer.

What is your favorite dairy treat? Ice cream.

What do you like to do on the farm during the winter? Go back inside where it is warm.