Kids Corner: The Brockpahler family

Izzy Brockpahler
15 years old

When do you do chores? Mornings, usually.

What is your favorite and least favorite chore? Favorite is feeding calves. Least favorite is cleaning mangers.

What project do you enjoy helping your parents with on the farm? Mowing the lawn.

Tell us a fun memory you have of living on the farm. Getting my animals ready for 4-H.

What is your favorite animal on your farm? Cows.

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

If you had a farm, describe what it would look like. Beef cows and sheep.

What is your favorite game to play on the farm? Kick the can.

What is your favorite meal that your mom or dad makes? Alfredo.

What is your favorite thing to do off the farm with your family? Go swimming.

What is your favorite thing to do on the farm during the summer? Ride the four-wheeler.

Henry Brockpahler
14 years old

When do you do chores? All throughout the day.

What is your favorite and least favorite chore? Favorite is feeding heifers. Least favorite is cleaning mangers.

 What project do you enjoy helping your parents with on the farm? Fixing stuff with my dad.

Tell us a fun memory you have of living on the farm. Training and getting animals ready for 4-H.

What is your favorite animal on your farm? A goat. We have boar meat goats, and they’re cool.

What do you want to be when you grow up? Farmer/rancher.

If you had a farm, describe what it would look like. Beef cows and goats or sheep with chickens and a dog.

What is your favorite game to play on the farm? Lawn mower rides.

What is your favorite meal that your mom or dad makes? Any grilled food.

What is your favorite thing to do off the farm with your family? Go swimming.

What is your favorite thing to do on the farm during the summer? Operate the equipment.

Kenna Brockpahler
6 years old

When do you do chores? In the mornings.

What is your favorite and least favorite chore? Favorite is feeding the kitties. Least favorite is walking in the poop.

What project do you enjoy helping your parents with on the farm? Helping in the garden.

Tell us a fun memory you have of living on the farm. Playing with the kitties.

What is your favorite animal on your farm? My kitty. He’s so cute, and his name is Max.

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

If you had a farm, describe what it would look like. Just like dad’s.

What is your favorite game to play on the farm? Hide and seek.

What is your favorite meal that your mom or dad makes? Alfredo.

What is your favorite thing to do off the farm with your family? Go swimming.

What is your favorite thing to do on the farm during the summer? Riding on the four-wheeler.

Tommy Brockpahler
3 years old

When do you do chores? In the morning.

What is your favorite and least favorite chore? Favorite is feeding the heifers with the four-wheeler. I don’t have a least favorite; I like everything.

What project do you enjoy helping your parents with on the farm? Helping in the garden.

Tell us a fun memory you have of living on the farm. Riding the four-wheeler.

What is your favorite animal on your farm? A dog. She’s big, and her name is Poppy.

What do you want to be when you grow up? A dad with the same work as my dad.

If you had a farm, describe what it would look like. I want a green barn with a giraffe.

What is your favorite game to play on the farm? Hide and seek.

What is your favorite meal that your mom or dad makes? Hotdish.

What is your favorite thing to do off the farm with your family? Eat supper.

What is your favorite thing to do on the farm during the summer? Riding in the tractor.