Pippa is our gorgeous miniature shetland pony.
She pulls our trap for every pony and trap ride.
She loves the children who stay and enjoys a stroke.

George is Pippa’s younger brother. We bought him because she is such a wonderful little pony.
At the moment he’s not earning his keep but he’s soon to be broken in to pull a double trap with Pippa by our son Will.
Will runs a wedding carriage driving business near by and spends much of his time breaking ponies to drive.

Very sadly this year saw the loss of our wonderful Ruby the matriarch of our herd of pygmy goats, the biggest personality on the farm. However we still have Ben and Bart her children and Jason and James Rubys’ brothers to keep us all busy and entertained.

We have a suckler herd of pedigree Belted Galloways that Farmer Andrew breeds to sell as pedigree breeding cows and bulls. They’re the most beautiful friendly cows and we graze them here on gthe farm on up on Bodmin Moor where we make the most of outr ancient grazing rights.

We breed our own hens here on the farm, we breed a first hybrid cross (light sussex x rhode island red) so you can see them from hatchlings to fully grown laying birds and every stage in between. In the height of summer we’ll be collecting 40-50 eggs a day. Our hens are all egg laying and not table birds so the live out a long and happy life here scratching about in our chicken field.

We hatch chicks on a 3 week rotation through out the season.
So from late March to the end of October there’s always a chick to hold and learn about.
Our chicks go on to be part of our egg laying flock and live a long and happy life outdoors.

Wonderfully stroppy like bad tempered teenagers our three geese rule the chicken field with panache.
Although they need to be treated with respect (keep a little bit of distance between you and them!!)
Your children will love watching them come out of their house honking every morning.

Once our orphan lambs have been weaned they join our flock of ‘tame’ ewes. Unlike other sheep if they see a dog they chase it!!