Gold Brahma chicken

The Gold Brahma chicken is a large and impressive bird, they are calm and friendly.

Males are calm and generally not aggressive towards humans. They are not skittish or easily scared, making them a popular choice for families with children. Due to their docile demeanour, they can be handled by almost anyone.

Cream Legbar chicken

An alert and active breed, Cream Legbar chickens can be a little flighty. They have pretty feathers with black, grey and tan markings and a delightful feather crests behind their comb.

Cream legbar hens lay beautifully coloured eggs- varying from light blue to light green in colour.

Buff Orpington chicken

The large size and soft appearance of Buff Orpington chickens with their rich colour makes them a very attractive and popular bird. They are often broody and make great mothers. Being rather heavy, they are unable to fly, so are good backyard birds. The fluff of their feathers means they are not waterproof so they must be kept out of the rain.

Ferret

Meet our playful badger-faced ferrets named Pod and Badger, and our albino ferrets called Al and Bino. We built them their own special enclosure across from the Discovery Zone, complete with ball pit and lots of play areas for these cute animals.

Ferrets are small, playful animals with long, skinny bodies and lots of energy. They love to explore, hide in small spaces, and sometimes even do a silly dance when they’re excited. Ferrets are friendly and curious, and they enjoy spending time with people and other ferrets. These animals were domesticated thousands of years ago.

Narragansett turkey

The Narragansett turkey is known for its calm nature and maternal instincts. They are good egg layers and produce good quality meat.

This breed of turkey has a striking appearance; the plumage is black, grey, tan and white with white bars on the wings and the head is red to a blueish colour.

Sebastopol goose

Long trailing or frizzled feathers is the key feature that identifies the Sebastopol goose.

It is the only breed with these unusual curly feathers. The curly feathers mean that the bird cannot fly.

White and buff coloured birds are accepted in the breed standard.

Guinea pig

Our guinea pigs can be found in our Children’s Barn. Guinea pigs were originally found in the mountains of South America, but became domesticated about 7,000 years ago. Some breeds you can see here on the farm are; American Crested, Peruvian, Rex and Self Beige. They are very friendly and social rodents that are great for families with young children. They typically live from 4-6 years, and love attention. They can have litters of up to 6 pups, but 3 is average.

Netherland Dwarf rabbit

Meet Smokey and Bandit, our Netherland Dwarf rabbits. This is the tiniest rabbit breed in the world that makes super friendly pets! Rabbits have special teeth that grow all the time, so they need lots of toys and yummy food to chew on.

Smokey & Bandit are brothers who are very different from each other. Smokey is the calm, well-behaved one in the barn, and Bandit is the cheeky troublemaker! But no matter what, you’ll always find them together. They were born on 16th May 2022.

Pygmy goat

A Pygmy Goat is a small breed of domestic goat.  Although they produce a very large amount of milk for their size, they are not typically used for milk or meat.  Pygmy goats tend to be more robust and breed more continually throughout the year than either dairy or meat goats.

The Pygmy Goat is quite hardy, and can adapt to virtually all climates.  A  fully grown adult male will  weigh  18  –  27  kgs  (40  –  60  lbs), while the females are slightly smaller weighing in around 15 – 22 kgs (35-50 lbs).

You’ll find our friendly Pygmy goats in the Children’s Barn.

Golden Guernsey goat

Meet Marley and Tango, our Golden Guernsey goats. As the name implies, the Golden Guernsey is golden in colour (although fur colour can vary from pale blonde to deep bronze) and originates from Guernsey.

The Golden Guernsey was first introduced to Britain in 1965, and is a lot smaller than the British breed. They are very conservative and make ideal ‘household’ pets due to their docile nature. They were bred for milk which contains high fat and protein levels, making it suitable for milk and yogurt production.

You can meet Marley and Tango in our Children’s Barn.