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This is an extract from our educational DVD 'Out and About - On the Farm - Amazing Animals!' This high-quality DVD is designed to educate and entertain children aged 3 - 8 years and is narrated by BBC children's star Justin Fletcher (Mr Tumble). The DVD has 4 x 30minute films which look at a range of farm animals and how they are cared for: COWS: See how cows are milked by machine and by hand, watch silage being made, see a newborn calf take it's first ever steps, and find out what happens to all that poo! SHEEP: Watch the lambs arriving in springtime and see the farmer struggle to keep the sheep fed and watered in the winter snow. See how the flock is rounded up using dogs before being sheared. PIGS: We visit a large free-range pig farm and see how the pigs are allowed to roam the fields and wallow in the mud. See how the pig's food is fired through the air with an amazing machine! We see a litter of cute, newborn piglets and follow their progress as they venture outside. See how the pig's food is made in a mill and even visit the cheese farm which supplies the whey which is used to mix the pig's food. CHICKENS: Visit a large free-range chicken farm and see how the thousands of hens are kept happy. See how the eggs are collected by a special machine before being delivered to the packing factory where they are graded and packed into boxes. See a broody hen hatch some eggs and then see how the farmer hatches eggs using an incubator. As well as the animals, these films are filled with all kinds of exciting machines including feeder wagons, forage harvesters, muck spreaders, straw choppers, quad bikes, and LOTS of tractors! Available from the bee bright website as well as Amazon and ebay. www.beebright.co.uk