You can be a part of the farm life at Blackacre State Nature Preserve & Historic Homestead

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The farm stays busy all year long at Blackacre State Nature Preserve & Historic Homestead.

WDRB's Keith Kaiser learns how you can stay busy at Blackacre.

Saturday morning farm animal feeding is where visitors get to feed the goats, sheep, and donkeys in the meadow with grain bowls.

You will learn how they care for the them and afterwards, you can explore the homestead and hike the preserve.

Blackacre is a part of the Cultural Pass, an innovative initiative to promote art and culture and improve summer learning in our community.

This winter, Blackacre has had more than 18 baby goats born with seven more goats waiting to deliver!

Weather permitting, you can participate in goat cuddle time.

It’s $10 per person and proceeds go toward Blackacre's operating costs.

Fun facts about goats:

They have no top teeth.
Their milk is universal.
You can use their milk to nurse other animals.
They are clean.
They don't like food that drops to the ground or where another animal has touched it with their lips.
They climb to higher ground when it rains to keep their foot pads dry.
They have almost a 320-340 degree view of their surroundings.
Goats communicate by bleating.
They like to eat invasives like honeysuckle and poison ivy.
They are great at clearing out thickets.
They love to be pet.

Visit Blackacre, explore and drop off a donation to help support the animal care and education programs.