Cow with some calves. 2006 Blanche 2006

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Children are very welcome to come and help with egg collection or feeding. The morning feed is rather early in summer, 6:30 - 7:15 or in the afternoon 4:00 - 5:00. (Times can vary, check with me in advance) Let me know so I can plan my day and try to bring some wellies!

 

                 Arthur with our Beef Cattle down the ditch.                           Pinkerton family down the ditch.

 

 

 

 
 Our Peacocks:

Peacock with the daffodils.      Peaco in spring 2006.         Peahen with her young 2008.

 

 

Bill and Ben.

We had some 20 year old ganders around, but no females (due to a fox), therefore no eggs. One day I found some goose eggs for sale at the local shop in Coombe Bissett, so we put them in the incubator and waited. Two of the four eggs hatched after 28 days. The result was Bill and Ben.

Two Goose eggs hatching 2003   Out at last- after 48 hours.      First day.

 Bill and Ben two weeks old.      Bill and Ben two months old.         Ben Today

They have now been joined by Bubbles and Desiree, their two lady friends.

Bubbles and Desiree

Bubbles and Desiree with young goslings 2006.

and a few more...

 

 

Some of our Ornamental Ducks.

These ducks are not for eating of egg laying, their only function is to look pretty and amuse us by their antics!

    Our family of Tufted Ducks.        A male Mandarin .

Mr and Mrs. Carolina.     A male Pintail.

Some free flying Carolinas.

 

 

Some Domestic Ducks:

Lucky, Sue and Tiny             Apricot Call Ducks

Lucky with Sue Duck and Peggy                                               Some of our Apricot call ducks.

                                                           

Some of our Chickens:

Our chickens provide us with all our eggs. They live here until they die of old age, so we have some very old ladies running around.

 

Dennis the Cream Legbar. Our cream legbar hen. She lays lovely green eggs.
Dennis the Legbar and his wife - she lays green/blue eggs.

              Nelson the Mottled Pekin.             Lady Nelson laying an egg.
Our Mottled Peking bantams

       Lavender Pekin            Archie and Rosie, the Rosecombs.

Buffy hen as a foster mother.

This is a buff orpington fostering two goslings.

Our Guinea Fowl
Our Guinea Fowl