It is always exciting when we have new arrivals on the farm and this time it was double the excitement. Kelsy and Katie our Shetland ponies both gave birth on the same day, they were both boys and have been called Ocean and Opal. They were born at the end of April on a warm sunny day and they are both doing well.The arrival of Oscar in July made up the trio and they have become great friends, so when you come to the farm ask one of our staff where you can see them playing as they are enjoying themselves in one of our fields. 

 

 

We have 40 sheep on the farm and lambing has now finished for this year. You can see the lambs out in the field with their mothers, we had a very good lambing season and had over 50 lambs. Some sheep produce twins and some singles,  lambs grow very quickly and soon it is difficult to tell which are the lambs and which are the mothers. Now the warmer weather is here the sheep need to be sheared and this was done one day in July. They looked very naked without their wooly coats but they must have felt much more comfortable.

 

 

 

Our muscovy duck chicks have now hatched and you can see the ducklings playing in the water near the pig yard.Here they are having their afternoon siesta with their mother while proud dad looks on.

 

Our Saddleback pigs, Rosie & Thyme both have litters of piglets, they are the pigs with a wide white stripe round their middle. Have a look and see if all the piglets have a white stripe or are some different?

 

 

Rhianna, our rhea, and her partner, Rio, have successfully hatched their chicks.You can now see them running around in the field behind Pippin the Peacock. Here is the entire family enjoying a stroll.They are very protective of their young and if you get too close they will soon warn you off.

 

 

 

 

Baby chicks for the children to hold can been found in the Rabbit Warren where they can also stroke our friendly rabbits.

 

Woody, a twenty year old toroise, is our latest addition, he is a friend for George who has been with us for quite some time. George is 32 years old. They will live together in a new home in the Rabbit Warren.

 

In the animal yard the children are able to get up close to some of the larger animals. Jack, the llama, is always looking for a stroke and the shetland ponies love their noses to be rubbed. 

 

We also have cows, goats, donkeys, alpacas, llamas, ponies, chickens, chinchillas, tortoise, reptiles, pheasants and numerous smaller creatures to delight your children.

 

 

 

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