Odds Farm Blog

There's Plenty Of Lambs Due At Odds Farm Park

With Spring lambing taking place, February and March are two of the most special months of the year within the children’s farm, Odds Farm Park.  

Currently there are very cute Jacob and Greyface Dartmoor lambs, including triplets to meet in the Undercover Animal Barns!  Plus, with many more ewes due to give birth in the next few weeks, some fortunate visitors on a day out may even be lucky enough to see a lamb born!  

Open from 10am to 5.30pm, 362 days a year, there’s always something new at Odds Farm Park.   Children on a day out can meet plenty of furry friends, enjoy the daily Animal Activities and Demonstrations, as well as discover the NEW Giant Indoor Playbarn – a massive adventure play area with stacks of fun for all ages.  Combined with the outdoor Adventure Maze, Go-Karts, Log Play Areas and Crazy Golf, plus fun Tractor and Trailer Rides (Apr to Oct), there’s so much to do.

Award winning Odds Farm Park is easily reached from West London, North London, Harrow, Uxbridge, Ealing, Slough and Maidenhead. For more information, directions and prices visit the family days out website www.oddsfarm.co.uk

Bottle Feed Kid Goats At Odds Farm Park

It’s back! Every day at family day out favourite, Odds Farm Park, youngsters can help the farmers bottle feed the cheeky kid goats during a special activity. The cute kid goats are specially trained to drink from bottles, and children on a day out can get close to them with this great hands-on experience.

The fun activity is very popular with visitors on a day out and is just one of a number of daily Animal Activities and Demonstrations to take part in or watch.  The activities vary week to week - from Piggies Tea Time, Goat Show, Cow Milking and Meet The Animals Show to Sheep Racing, Bottle Feeding Kid Goats & Lambs and Egg Collecting, there’s always something new to discover at Odds Farm Park.

For more information on daily Animal Activities & Demonstrations, families should visit the Daily Activities page of the Odds Farm Park website at www.oddsfarm.co.uk

Open from 10am to 5.30pm, 362 days a year, children on a day out can also discover the NEW Giant Indoor Playbarn – a massive adventure play area with stacks of fun for all ages.  Combined with the outdoor Adventure Maze, Go-Karts, Log Play Areas and Crazy Golf, plus fun Tractor and Trailer Rides (Apr to Oct), there’s so much to do.  

Odds Farm Park is easily reached from Amersham, Chesham, Gerrards Cross, High Wycombe, Slough and Windsor.  For more information, directions and prices visit the family days out website www.oddsfarm.co.uk

Christmas Holiday Fun At Odds Farm Park

Looking for ideas for on where to take the children between Christmas and New Year?  Look no further than children’s farm Odds Farm Park!  

Open nearly every day over the Christmas Holidays (closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day only), there’s plenty of Furry Friends to meet – including very cute newborn Jacob and Greyface Dartmoor lambs - a huge NEW Giant Indoor Playbarn to discover and much more. 

Plus, more great news for those on a day out!  From 2 January 2012, Odds Farm Park will remain open until 5.30pm every day, 362 days a year.   

Christmas Lambs At Odds Farm Park

Award winning kid’s farm Odds Farm Park provides a fantastic day out for all the family and is easily reached from West London, London, Berkshire, North London, Buckinghamshire and Oxford. It is very close to Maidenhead, Marlow, Uxbridge and Beaconsfield. For more information, directions and prices visit the family days out website www.oddsfarm.co.uk

Meet The Animals At Odds Farm Park

It’s back!  As part of family day out favourite, Odds Farm Park’s, daily Animal Activity & Demonstration Programme, the extremely popular “Meet The Animals” show is back for Autumn!

From cows, horses and donkeys to sheep, goats, guinea pigs, bunnies and chickens, visitors on a day out will love to meet the cute and very friendly animals!  

Every day, whatever the weather, there are a number of animal based activities for visitors on a day out to enjoy, which are supervised by the livestock staff. The sessions have all been developed in-house to make them fun, educational, and hands-on wherever possible to help families on a day out get the most out of their visit.

Award winning kid’s farm Odds Farm Park provides a fantastic day out for all the family and is easily reached from West London, London, Berkshire, North London, Buckinghamshire and Oxford. It is very close to Maidenhead, Marlow, Uxbridge and Beaconsfield. For more information, directions and prices visit the family days out website www.oddsfarm.co.uk

Piglets Galore At Odds Farm Park!

Families on a day out at children’s farm Odds Farm Park will love to meet the piglets!  Born recently to mum Pippin, a Middle White sow and dad Arthur, a Gloucestershire Old Spot boar, they are so adorable and very cute!  Children on a day out can see the latest arrivals now in the Pig Paddocks.

Elsewhere at Odds Farm Park, families on a day out can meet even more four-legged friends and even get close up to them in the Designated Animal Feeding Area in the Undercover Animal Barns.   Combined with a jam-packed Animal Activity and Demonstration Programme, there’s so much to do!

Award winning kid’s farm Odds Farm Park provides a fantastic day out for all the family and is easily reached from London, North London, West London, Middlesex and Berkshire. For more information, directions and prices visit the family days out website www.oddsfarm.co.uk

Pygmy Billy Goat Rufus At Odds Farm Park

It’s very exciting at children’s farm Odds Farm Park because, as well as preparing for Spring lambing, the staff have put the billy goats in with the nanny goats in the hope of having even more new arrivals next year.

Cute Pygmy billy goat Rufus has joined his nannies in the Undercover Animal Barns and extremely handsome Anglo Nubian billy goat Barnaby has joined his nannies in the Paddocks.  Both can be seen by visitors on a day out.

Pygmy goats originated in the Cameroon Valley of West Africa. They were imported into the United States from European zoos in the 1950s for use in zoos as well as research animals. They were eventually acquired by private breeders and quickly gained popularity as pets and exhibition animals due to their good-natured personalities, friendliness and hardy constitution.

Anglo Nubian Billy Goat Barnaby At Odds Farm Park

The Anglo Nubian goat was created in the UK at the end of the Nineteenth Century.  The breed was developed by crossing goats in England with those arriving on Ocean Liners from the East.  Anglo Nubian goats are renowned for creating the best tasting and highest quality goat’s milk.

Award winning kid’s farm Odds Farm Park provides a fantastic day out for all the family and is easily reached from West London, London, Berkshire, North London, Buckinghamshire and Oxford. It is very close to Maidenhead, Marlow, Uxbridge and Beaconsfield. For more information, directions and prices visit the family days out website www.oddsfarm.co.uk

Cow Milking At Odds Farm Park

It’s all change at children’s farm, Odds Farm Park, with the relocation of the daily Cow Milking demonstrations!

As work on the brand new Giant Playbarn gets underway, the Cow Milking demonstration has moved from the old Demonstration Barn to the Undercover Animal Barns.  Still offering the same experience as previously for visitors on a day out, children can watch the cows being milked using modern farming methods and learn where milk really comes from! 

Every day, whatever the weather, there are a number of animal based activities for visitors to enjoy which are supervised by the livestock staff. The sessions have all been developed in-house to make them fun, educational, and hands-on wherever possible to help families on a day out get the most out of their visit.

Award winning kid’s farm Odds Farm Park provides a fantastic day out for all the family and is easily reached from West London, London, Berkshire, North London, Buckinghamshire and Oxford. It is very close to Maidenhead, Marlow, Uxbridge and Beaconsfield. For more information, directions and prices visit the family days out website www.oddsfarm.co.uk

Barnaby The Anglo Nubian Billy Goat

A real treat awaits visitors on a day out to children’s farm, Odds Farm Park, as staff at the popular visitor attraction recently welcomed the arrival of Anglo Nubian billy goat, Barnaby!

Barnaby has recently relocated to Odds Farm Park from Cornwall and is settling in well in one of the paddocks, making friends with all the other billy goats!  Very friendly and extremely handsome, children on a day out will love to meet him.

The Anglo Nubian goat was created in the UK at the end of the Nineteenth Century.  The breed was developed by crossing goats in England with those arriving on Ocean Liners from the East.  Anglo Nubian goats are renowned for creating the best tasting and highest quality goat’s milk. 

On a day out to Odds Farm Park, children can identify the Anglo Nubian goats by their height (they are one of the tallest breeds of goat) and their long drooping ears.

Elsewhere at Odds Farm Park, families on a day out can meet even more furry friends and even get close up to them in the Designated Animal Feeding Area.   Combined with a jam-packed Animal Activity and Demonstration Programme, there’s so much to do! 

Odds Farm Park is an award winning children’s farm providing an ideal family day out and is easily reached from North London, West London, London and Buckinghamshire. To visit the family days out website, visit www.oddsfarm.co.uk

Educational Fun At Odds Farm Park

Did you know that family day out favourite, Odds Farm Park were the first Children’s Farm to offer a designated Hands-On Animal Area; giving schools on a day out the choice to get really close to the animals or to simply bypass the hands-on zone?

The “Hands on Area” is open all day long and permanently manned by Farmers to help children on a day out get the most from their time with the animals.  And with plenty of extra hand-washing facilities, schools can be assured that their health and safety is of the utmost importance to Odds Farm Park.

Combined with numerous daily Animal Activities and Demonstrations, plenty of baby animals, as well as Tractor and Trailer rides, for education and fun there’s no better place to visit than Odds Farm Park.

Family day out favourite, Odds Farm Park is easily reached from Beaconsfield, Amersham, Chesham, Gerrards Cross, High Wycombe, Great Missenden and Wendover. For more information, directions and prices visit the family days out website www.oddsfarm.co.uk

Bramble And Piglets At Odds Farm Park

It’s Piglets galore at family day out favourite, Odds Farm Park!  A litter of cheeky piglets were born on 4 August to second time mum Bramble, a Middle White sow and dad Arthur, a Gloucestershire Old Spot boar. 

Visitors on a day out can meet Bramble and her new arrivals now in the pig paddocks, next to the Go Karts.

In addition, just a few days ago, some lucky visitors on a day out to the children’s farm watched as even more piglets were born to Snoopy, a Saddleback sow!

Plus, children on a day out can also enjoy the Outdoor Adventure Play Areas, meet more furry friends in the paddocks and undercover Animal Barns, solve the Maize Maze, ride Go Karts and more.

Award winning kid’s farm Odds Farm Park provides a fantastic day out for all the family and is easily reached from West London, London, Berkshire, North London, Buckinghamshire and Oxford. It is very close to Maidenhead, Marlow, Uxbridge and Beaconsfield. For more information, directions and prices visit the family days out website www.oddsfarm.co.uk