Feed the animals

-sEvery morning (yes, 7 days a week) the Clydey Farmers will guide little guests (and big guests too!) to help feed our growing menagerie of animals. This is truly an interactive activity, not just a viewing spectacle. Guests can get up-close and personal with our gorgeous mini pigs, Bert and Ernie, who love to be brushed and tickled by little guests. If you manage to tickle just the right spot, they will keel over and lie down in delight.

Our chickens eat their corn from cups offered by the children and from outstretched palms of those feeling brave enough to feel ‘the peck’.

Discovering warm, freshly laid eggs from the chicken house is always a sight to behold and dispels any myths that eggs only come from supermarkets. Our inquisitive Alpacas, Mo, Monti, Willow and Wispa, eat their morning muesli from bowls held by outstretched hands.

The rabbits and guinea pigs squeak happily as they smell the chopped carrots and greens offered by the little farmers.

All of this farming activity can take up to an hour every morning. Children can join in as much or as little as they like but each week we see children’s confidence grow as the week progresses and they become more familiar and relaxed around animals.

At the end of their farm holiday, children are awarded a Clydey Young Farmers Certificate for all of their help and to proudly take home.