Lake Villa BSA Troop 274 visits Farmer Sam’s setup

Here are some photos of our visit to Farmer Sam‘s hobby farm in Lake Villa. The boys learned about animal husbandry including how to feed, shelter, and protect chickens, the differences between various breeds and types, and the care of pigs and vegetable gardens. It was a lot of fun!

Later, we attended a meeting at the Round Lake Area Park District on Hart Road where Ed Furhrmann and Adrian Plante walked an audience through the process of owning chickens as well as how to approach and lobby their local municipalities to alter the animal control ordinances to be more favorable towards hen raising.

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