WEST SPRINGFIELD – When it comes to watching the chicks hatch in the Big E’s Farm-A-Rama, the old kids sometimes outnumber the young ones. A recent visit there found in the Stroh Building found a crowd of more than 30 people, mostly adults, rapt before the hatchery. “It still amazes me,” 47-year-old Tracie L. Carrier, of Enfield, said Monday....
Three-year-olds are shown during the Northeast Brown Swiss Show Tuesday at the Big E in West Springfield Tuesday. WEST SPRINGFIELD – When it comes to watching the chicks hatch in the Big E’s Farm-A-Rama, the old kids sometimes outnumber the young ones. A recent visit there found in the Stroh Building found a crowd of more than 30 people, mostly adults, rapt before the hatchery.
“It still amazes me,” 47-year-old Tracie L. Carrier, of Enfield, said Monday. Carrier has come to the fair every year since she was a kid and still can’t get over the hatchery.
“I guess it’s the whole cycle of life,” she said. “They sleep because it is such hard work getting out of the egg. Plus, they are cute.”
Seven-year-old Matthew F. Parizo, of Easthampton, saw chicks peck their way out of eggs for the first time Monday.
“It’s pretty cool how I see them get out of their eggs,” Matthew said.
Joey Collins, 2, of Watertown, Conn., checks at the chickens the Stroh Building at the Big E in West Springfield. His father, David P. Parizo, said he always likes to stop by the hatchery because he just likes chickens.
“Actually, I try to talk my wife into getting chickens,” Parizo said. “She says rabbits are enough.”
The huge Clydesdale horses were another popular draw when it comes to attracting kids of all ages.
“I love ’em,” 69-year-old Sharon Lintner, of Plainville, Conn., said.
“I think it is pretty interesting. How big they are,” 10-year-old Molly R. Wojnicki said of the Clydesdales.
Her grandmother, 62-year-old Linda M. Reardon, of Clarksburg, had brought her to the Big E.
Even though the Clydesdales impressed her, Molly said her favorite part of the fair is the display of giant pumpkins.