Animal Feeding
Join Us On A Family-Friendly Farm Holiday
Come and meet the animals on a family-friendly farm holiday in Cornwall.
Our small hobby farm is home to a range of animals, popular with adults and children alike. In fact, feeding the goats is more popular with the grown-ups than the children – they’re irresistibly cute!
We have 7 glorious acres for you to explore, with magnificent views across Cornwall. It’s the perfect place for an evening stroll or a lunchtime picnic. Or a rounders match. Or just a roll down the hill. And there’s oodles of open space for children to run, play and generally let off steam before heading in for a bath and bed.
If you’d like a tour, to learn a little more of what we do and get up close and personal with the animals, then please do come and join us on one of our animal feeding sessions.
Meet The Gang
Pygmy Goats
We have four rather cheeky pygmy goats, all named after Poldark characters: Ossy, Jud, Drake and Captain Ross. We actually only meant to have two but it turns out it’s very easy to get carried away when you go goat shopping!
They love to be fed by hand and will delight you with their antics. Smaller children, and anyone of a nervous disposition, can opt to feed them through the fence.
Sheep
We’ve had 5G installed! Gina, Ghia, Galaxy, Gracie and Gypsy, our five pet Zwartbles ewes. They’re mismarked, meaning they’ve got too many or not enough white bits to be of pedigree standard, but we think they’re beautiful. And so do they!
They love nothing more than a good neck scratch and a sheep nut or three. In return they do an excellent job of mowing the paddock.
Indian Runner Ducks
Our Indian Runner ducks, with their comical upright waddle, are a delight to watch, if a little nervous. They lay beautiful blue/green eggs during the spring and early summer and are extremely chatty!
Chickens
We have lots of chickens who love to be fed corn and will reward you with a fresh egg for your tea. Some will even tolerate being cuddled – if you can catch them!
You’ll find a cockerel or two as well, strutting proudly as they look after their ladies. And if you don’t see them you’ll hear them, as they cock-a-doodle-do at seemingly random times of the day.
Update autumn 25: our chicken numbers are now sadly depleted, after a visit from Mr Fox. We’re now waiting for spring and some new arrivals.
Simon & Mandy
Safely fenced off in their own paddock at the bottom of the farm are our elderly Embden geese.
Simon and Mandy were advertised on Facebook as needing a retirement home and we were happy to oblige. They now have their own retirement bungalow and we reckon they must be over 20 years old now. They enjoy spending their autumn years waddling around the paddock, mowing the lawn, and swimming in the old drainage pond under the trees.
Update Autumn 25: sadly Mandy passed away but we hope to find a new lady friend for Simon in the near future.
Buzzy Bees
One of Graham’s hobbies is beekeeping and he has three hives at the moment in the paddock, safely tucked away with the goose.
They thrive on the abundance of wildflowers here, and produce lots of yummy honey in the summer, which they happily share with us. Depending on the time of year, you may find some for sale in our mini farmshop on site.
