Taking Care of Manure (cow poop)

This is Priscilla and today I have been taking care of the cows in the heifer barn.  It's been a lot of work.  We had to scrape all of the dirt and manure in their living space.  We worked so hard because if the heifers eat their manure they would get sick.  Also, if they get it on them, they might lick it and that could get them sick, too.  It was a whole second job to make their beds after we cleaned it.  In this picture I am holding manure in a shovel and I'm about to put a wheelbarrow.  The wheelbarrow will go on a mountain of compost - a classmate will wheel it there.  Many hands make light work.  Our whole class cleaned the heifer barn.  I'm sure glad I didn't have to do it by myself!  It was fun doing this even though we got our boots dirty.