Archive for September, 2008

Cow Milking at Odds Farm Park

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

 

Blossom at Odds Farm Park

Blossom at Odds Farm Park

 

Odds Farm Park is not only a fun place to visit, there is also so much to learn! Blossom our Jersey Cow has to be milked daily. Watch the Cow Milking Demonstration and see how a cow is milked in a modern milking parlour. The Cow Milking Demonstration is at 12.30 daily.

Piggies Tea Time

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

Piggies Tea Time at Odds Farm Park

Piggies Tea Time at Odds Farm Park

Tea Time! Tea Time! Come and help feed the pigs at Piggies Tea Time. Plus challenge your friends on the Go Karts on ‘Piglets Speedway Race Track’. The track circuits around the Kune Kune pig’s enclosure and offers heaps of fun. Go Karts are for over 6’s only. 

 

 

 

 

Hands-on Animal Fun

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Goat Feeding at Odds Farm Park

Goat Feeding at Odds Farm Park

Rabbit World at Odds Farm Park allows children to get really close to our friendly rabbits. Pet, pat and feed them in a safe enclosed area.

Plus children can hand feed all the sheep and goats at the farm. Just put the animal feed on your hand and keep it flat in front of the sheep and goats and they will gently take the feed off your hand. Our sheep and goats love all the attention you can give them. Make sure you get a bag of animal feed at the Entrance!

Late Summer Outdoor Fun

Friday, September 12th, 2008
Go karts at Odds Farm Park

Go karts at Odds Farm Park

With the autumn approacing, enjoy the last days of the summer. Odds Farm Park offers great Outdoor Log Play with a Sandpit, Net Climbers, plenty of Swings and fun Slides. With outdoor seating for the parents they can put their feet up whilst watching their little ones play (….or join in the fun with the kids!).

We also have a special Play Box where children can borrow balls and frisbees to use whilst playing at Odds Farm Park. Why not enjoy a fun tour of the farm with the popular Tractor & Trailer Ride. Plus with the Adventure Maze, Go Karts, Crazy Golf and all the animals at the farm, this guarantees for a perfect family day out.

Sheep Racing at Odds Farm Park

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

 

Sheep Racing at Odds Farm Park

Sheep Racing at Odds Farm Park

On your marks…get set…go! 

With a specially built mini race track with jumps and bends, eager sheep and miniature jockeys. Sheep Racing at Odds Farm Park will run daily from May Half Term until the end of October Half Term. Plus everyone who guesses the winning sheep will take home a free badge!

 

Meet our British White Calf Tiny

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

Molly and Tiny

Molly and Tiny

A British White calf, named Tiny, has just been born on 9 September 2008 at Odds Farm Park. Proud mother Molly was born at Odds Farm Park in 2004. Little girl Tiny is Molly’s 3rd calf at Odds Farm Park.
The Rare Breed Survival Trust has strengthened the British White breed to now recognise it as a Minority rather than an Endangered breed. The earliest recorded herd was kept in the “Lords Park” at Whalley Abbey, Lancashire. They are one of Britain’s oldest breed of cattle with a history going back more than 800 years. They were kept mainly as dairy cows up until 1960’s. Now they are mainly used as beef cows. They have white bodies with black points, which make them very attractive and also reduces the risk of sunburn. They can live for 15 to 25 years.

Fun Indoor Playbarn

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
Bale Climb at Odds Farm Park

Bale Climb at Odds Farm Park

Did you know Odds Farm Park has a fun indoor Playbarn, with a 3-lane Astra Slide, a huge Bale Climb and Ride-on Toys! Next to the Playbarn parents can sit back and relax in the Playbarn Gallery from where you can watch your children play. Plus for toddlers, they can play in the special Soft Play area in the Playbarn Gallery.

Rain or shine, Odds Farm Park offers loads of indoor and outdoor play whatever the weather!

Local Celebs Star in Mamma Mia Hit Film

Monday, September 8th, 2008

Crunchie

Crunchie

Sparkle

Sparkle

 

Hit film, Mamma Mia is giving Odd Farm Park goats, Sparkle and Crunchie their 15 minutes of fame. The two celebrity goats, aged 2, star alongside Meryl Streep in the film and attended Pinewood Studios for a full eleven days of filming last summer.

Said Clare Middleton, Livestock Manager at Odds Farm Park, “Sparkle and Crunchie are very friendly Toggenburg goats and they love meeting our visitors. They adore the extra attention.”

Cow Milking Returns to Odds Farm

Friday, September 5th, 2008
Cow Milking at Odds Farm Park

Cow Milking at Odds Farm Park

Cow Milking is back at Odds Farm Park. Proving milk doesn’t come from the supermarket, this fun to watch demonstration uses modern cow milking methods and enables children to meet and pat Blossom, Odds Farm Park’s friendly Jersey Cow.

With her amazing eyes and gentle personality, Blossom the cow is already proving an Odds Farm Park favourite.

Plus, don’t miss on the fun Sheep Racing whilst visiting us!

New Resident at Odds Farm Park

Thursday, September 4th, 2008
Snoopy the Saddleback Gilt pig

Snoopy the Saddleback Gilt pig

Snoopy, a Saddleback Gilt pig, is the newest resident at Odds Farm Park. With less than 500 registered breeding females, the breed is classed as ‘At Risk’. Snoopy is the first Saddleback pig at Odds Farm Park in 10 years.

 

 

 

Elsewhere at Odds Farm Park, there’s hundreds more furry friends to meet, pat and pet. Combined with the Indoor Playbarn, the Tractor & Trailer rides, the Adventure Maze and loads of daily ‘Hands-on’ Animal Demonstrations, Odds Farm Park guarantees fun for all types of weather.