Our Animals
Cows
Our grass fed beef cattle, are a mix of Dexters , Belted Galloway and dairy crosses which are bought from farms locally as weaned calves aged between 6 and 7 months. They are raised on land in the nearby villages of Tangley and Clatford and are allowed to grow and mature slowly.
These traditional native breeds have been carefully selected for their superior quality and taste.
Sheep
We have a flock of over 150 sheep and lambs consisting of Welsh mixed breeds, Shetlands and Kerry Hill crosses.
Grazing in and around our small local parish, they live a natural life reared outside on a diet of grass and other leafy matter, only being brought back onto the smallholding for lambing so we can keep a closer eye on them.
Pigs
We breed and raise pedigree Oxford, Sandy and Black (OSB) pigs along with Berkshires that we cross
with an OSB boar. Our new boar is Clarence, from the pedigree Longash Clarence bloodline and is a year old.
Both breeds were carefully chosen as they are rare traditional breeds of pig noted not only for their
superior quality meat but also their excellent temperament and mothering abilities.
Our OSB breeding sows are currently Dolores, Clarissa, Clara, Cynthia and Milly. We also have two pure
Berkshire sows – Mindy and Misty
All of our pigs are raised outdoors and have plenty of space to roam around on the smallholding.
We chose to breed and raise pedigree Oxford, Sandy and Black pigs – a rare traditional breed of pig noted for its many qualities, particularly its excellent temperament and mothering abilities.
