Animals at Puxton Park
Puxton Park is home to an array of different animals, ranging from rabbits to our more unusual alpaca's. As you walk through the park you will see many different breeds of mainly farm animals, for example Alex and Apollo (our Anglo Nubian cross goats) will do their utmost to attract your attention, this is largely because grass nuts can be purchased from reception to be hand fed to the goats - Make sure you hold onto the paper bag as they have been known to eat these too! Contrary to common belief just because a cow has horns does not mean it's a bull, an example of which can be seen with our highland and longhorn cows. All our cattle on the park are females, so look out for their baby calves throughout the year.
Another firm favourite recently introduced has been our sheep racing, this take place at Summer weekends and school holidays. Our six racing sheep have been selected from the flock of 900 within our farming enterprise, to take place in races twice a day, watch the spectacle as they are rounded up into the stalls where jockeys are selected and helped onto their chosen sheep. It is then up to you to decide which team of jockey and sheep you think looks the fastest, place a free bet into our ballot box and make sure you can be heard at the finish line cheering on your sheep.
If you need time away from all this excitement, why not take a stroll down to the bottom end of the lake where we have installed a decked area for you to admire our ducks, see what other wildlife you can spot in and around the lake.
When you have seen all our outside animals, why not come and see us in 'pets village' where you can see an assortment of domestic pets, we have a variety of chipmunks, degus, chinchilla, rabbits and guinea pigs indoors. Outside we have differing varieties of poultry to include, ducks, chickens, bantams and geese.
We hold petting sessions throughout the day where you can stroke and hold a selection of our pets and meet some of our infamous celebrities in the pet world, they may be small in nature but are very big in personality!
Keep a frequent check in with us if you are looking for a new member to your family, we regularly have baby pets for sale. We have had a fantastic response from these sales as we offer care advice and help, but our biggest positive to this is that our animals are handled well and consistently especially under supervision by children which makes them perfect for the family home. Once reserved, families are most welcome to come and visit their newest addition whilst still with us to get to know them better and to bond with them until they are ready to be taken home, we can still offer advice and help from this point if it is required.
Keep a frequent check in with us if you are looking for a new member to your family, we regularly have baby pets for sale. We have had a fantastic response from these sales as we offer care advice and help, but our biggest positive to this is that our animals are handled well and consistently especially under supervision by children which makes them perfect for the family home. Once reserved, families are most welcome to come and visit their newest addition whilst still with us to get to know them better and to bond with them until they are ready to be taken home, we can still offer advice and help from this point if it is required.
We also sell feathered friends; check in on these as they come into the hatchery through to joining our flock outside.
Another of our busy attractions is our on-site dairy. Here at Puxton Park, we have an organic herd of 150 pedigree Holstein cows. Daily events are plentiful down on the farm, could you be lucky enough to see a baby calf being born in our maternity paddock (through the conservation area) in summer, or in the main shed in winter?! Twice a day every day our girls are milked by a 'real life' farmer! Although we are not open when the cows are milked at the crack of dawn, afternoon sessions are a daily event where all are welcome to watch. Access to the farm is at the bottom of the park past the ponies, approach the dairy and enter the building over our bridge where you can see our calf pre-school section, all our calves are reared on sight and fed our wholesome organic milk produced by their mothers.
At weekends and in school holidays we hold a fun and informative dairy talk where you can see how milking is done, and be talked through the process as it happens, we also hold a question and answer session should you wish to know more. If you come in on a normal weekday you can chat to the farmer whilst he is milking. Although you cannot milk one of our real cows, we have a realistic cow up in the classroom called 'Daisy' she is very popular especially in our school educational visits as she has an udder and teats which we love people to have a go at milking, it's not as easy as it looks if you think that our cows average about 30 litres a day! We have viewing windows all around the shed where you get an insight into the life of our cows and farmer.
Any of our animal team will be more than happy to chat to you or answer any questions you may have about the animals on the park, after all these are the people that spend the most time with them, looking after and caring for them and know all their quirks and behaviours good and bad!
Another of our busy attractions is our on-site dairy. Here at Puxton Park, we have an organic herd of 150 pedigree Holstein cows. Daily events are plentiful down on the farm, could you be lucky enough to see a baby calf being born in our maternity paddock (through the conservation area) in summer, or in the main shed in winter?! Twice a day every day our girls are milked by a 'real life' farmer! Although we are not open when the cows are milked at the crack of dawn, afternoon sessions are a daily event where all are welcome to watch. Access to the farm is at the bottom of the park past the ponies, approach the dairy and enter the building over our bridge where you can see our calf pre-school section, all our calves are reared on sight and fed our wholesome organic milk produced by their mothers.
At weekends and in school holidays we hold a fun and informative dairy talk where you can see how milking is done, and be talked through the process as it happens, we also hold a question and answer session should you wish to know more. If you come in on a normal weekday you can chat to the farmer whilst he is milking. Although you cannot milk one of our real cows, we have a realistic cow up in the classroom called 'Daisy' she is very popular especially in our school educational visits as she has an udder and teats which we love people to have a go at milking, it's not as easy as it looks if you think that our cows average about 30 litres a day! We have viewing windows all around the shed where you get an insight into the life of our cows and farmer.
Any of our animal team will be more than happy to chat to you or answer any questions you may have about the animals on the park, after all these are the people that spend the most time with them, looking after and caring for them and know all their quirks and behaviours good and bad!
