Odds Farm Blog

Tractor & Trailer Ride at Odds Farm

Odds Farm Park has just launched their new web video, showing all the activities kids can enjoy on a day out at this hands-on children’s farm.

Lasting 1 minute, the video shows children on a fun day out; feeding the farm animals; Egg Collecting; Sheep Racing; Tractor & Trailer Rides, Rabbit World, as well as Go Karts, Animal Shows & Demonstrations, Crazy Golf and the indoor Playbarn with Astra Slide!  In fact, a day out at Odds Farm Park offers so much it was impossible to show all the animals and children’s activities in just one video! You can view the web video now by clicking here to visit the Odds Farm Park Days Out home page.

This children’s farm is easily reached from Berkshire, Oxfordshire, North London, West London and Buckinghamshire. Offering a perfect summer day out venue for the family, Odds Farm Park opens at 10 am daily.

Desiree & Kid at Odds Farm

Matilda & Kid at Odds Farm

The Bagot Goats at Odds Farm Park had a bumper week last week with plenty of new additions to the herd.

Seven year old Desiree gave birth to the first Bagot Goat kid of the year born on Monday 29 June.  On Wednesday 1 July five year old Matilda also gave birth to a cute baby boy and Matilda’s sister Milly gave birth to an adorable baby girl on the same day.  Delphine, who is also the mother of Matilda and Milly, gave birth herself to boy and girl twins on Thursday 2 July, making her a grandmother and mother in the same week!  Plus on Thursday 2 July, seven year old Diantha and Dominica both gave birth to a girl. All the mums are very proud and they are looking after their beautiful new babies really well.

Children can see the Bagot Goats up close as they are kept indoors for a week or so before they go out to play in the fields this summer.  We hope to keep one or two of the female kids here at the farm to join our herd.

Bagot Goats are classed as ‘Endangered’ on the Rare Breed Survival Trust Watch List, making them just as rare as the Orangutan or Sumatran Tiger. With less than 200 breeding Bagot Goat nannies left, all of Odds Farm Park’s Bagot Goats are part of an active breeding programme. Having Bagot Goats at this children’s farm, enables kids on a family day out to see these very special and rare goats. Altogether, Odds Farm Park has 7 breeds of goats for children to see around the farm and meet in the fun Goat Show which will be on later in the year. Very entertaining!

Odds Farm Park is a children’s farm offering a great family day out. It is easily reached from Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, West London, North London and Oxfordshire. Just minutes away from Junction 2 of the M40. To plan a family day out, visit www.oddsfarm.co.uk

Hay Making at Odds Farm

Hay Making at Odds Farm

With the warmer days now here, Odds Farm Park have just undertaken their Hay Harvest, used to feed all the Furry Friends at this childrens farm during winter. Hay is basically long grass that has been cut and dried so it can be stored and then fed to the farm animals in winter when it is too wet and cold for them to be outside.

This year, due to perfect weather conditions, with hot sun and a firm breeze, it took just 3 days to cut the grass in the three Odds Farm Park fields, dry out the leaves and stalks, bale the hay up and cart it into the barns. Considering it usually takes 6 days, this was an excellent result for all at Odds Farm Park! If it rains during the harvest we can risk losing the whole crop, so the quicker the harvest is completed the better.

Modern farming methods also speed up the harvest as the bales used today are much larger, enabling them to be collected and stacked in the barn faster. One big bale equals 12-15 traditional small bales and, due to their weight, they have to be moved by a tractor. For the childrens farm in winter, one or two bales are used each day to feed all the farm animals.

On a family day out at Odds Farm Park, visitors will meet horses, donkeys, cows, pigs, sheep, goats, chickens, rabbits and guinea pigs. In addition to many baby animals to see, there is also a daily programme of hands-on children’s activities, enabling visitors to get really close.

Odds Farm Park is an award winning childrens farm near Beaconsfield and is a member of the National Farm Attraction Network. Just minutes away from Junction 2 of the M40, the farm is easily reached from Berkshire, West London, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire.