Farms are great places for kids, particularly if they are working farms. Only one thing I remember not liking about growing up on one. I had to gather and wash the eggs so we could sell them. Had to be real careful when gathering eggs and carefully poke under the hen first with a small stick. On occasion a black snake would slither out from under one of the them. I still have a huge fear of anything that looks like a snake to this day.
Miserable beasts, all of them. I especially enjoy eating them, though. :-)
My family's farm is animal-free, for now. Other than barn cats. And dogs. And a large flock of wild turkeys (family harvests a couple each year for T'giving / Christmas). And whatever other wild animals wander in.
Mostly, it's all hayfield now. My cousin is dabbling in beekeeping.....started with a few different berry patches and needed a way to pollinate them, found that he had a pretty good hand for bees. And the honey tastes good, too.