Explore Our Farm
Come Meet Our Animals
While you stroll about our farm and visiting the animals. Herman, one of our barn cats who loves attention and people, will guide you as you walk. He also has the habit of waiting by the parking lot to greet you when you arrive.
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Chickens, Ducks, Pigs and Goats
Our colorful, multi-breed, flock of more than 50 chickens freely roam the paddocks and property each day doing what chickens do naturally to make good, fresh, and nutritious eggs. You can hear the four roosters announce the day and while keeping an eye on their girls throughout the day.
The 30 Indian Runner ducks are fun to watch, with their distinctive long, slim, and upright body style. They spend their day freely foraging about the acre behind the house, providing jumbo size, fresh eggs that weigh roughly 3 ounces each. Watch them run and waddle about from the big window of the Seventh Heaven room while enjoying your morning coffee.
Playful and lively pigs are behind the barn. They love rolling in the mud (it’s how they stay cool), digging their nose in the dirt, sleeping in the middle of the day, but always ready to eat. Pigs will eat most anything. It’s why we waste no leftover food or food scraps; they get a healthy diverse diet.
Zonk and Cash are the two crazy goats usually seen hanging out behind our house. They tend to be rather curious, will pretty much eat anything vegetative, and love to playfully spar and head-butt each other on occasion. They’ve been known to climb the fire escape, look in the window of the Country Folk room and say hi to the guests. What a fun way to wake up.
Raymond in many ways reminds us of Eeyore from the Winnie the Pooh stories. He’s an old grey donkey, just walks about grazing and appears cautious, but is actually very friendly and loves his scratches. His occasional loud call or bray can be heard no matter where you are on the farm. While seeming passive, Raymond guards our chicken coop. Donkeys are great guard animals and will challenge any perceived threat, scaring away a snooping fox.
Our three horses can be seen grazing out in the paddocks when not in their stalls at night: Miss Lisa, Bingo, and Eve.
Eve, a Belgian draft horse, was born here 6 years ago on New Year’s Eve. She’s now the mother of three colts of her own. Miss Lisa, a 26-year-old Arabian, is the matriarch of the herd, a beautiful old lady. And Bingo, our mixed-blood draft horse, is the alpha male. He’ll tend to push to the front of the group for apple or carrot treats. Over the years we’ve owned other Belgian horses we have bought and sold and we will occasionally board a horse or two for a guest while they stay with us.
