Farming Friends

Mystery Animal Puzzle 

The Farming Friends livestock consists of;

• Poultry - white leghorn hen and guinea fowl.
• Fattening beef cattle.
• Breeding beef cattle.
• British saddleback pigs.

Each morning the following jobs need to be done; (more…)

• Poultry
• Sheep
• Cattle
• Pigs

Having received a number of comments stating that the readers were finding it difficult to choose which was their favourite farm animal, me included and that some of their favourites were missing, I have decided to widen the categories to include more farm animals. If you had already voted then please accept my apologies but you now have a wider choice of farm animal. (more…)

Do you have a favourite farm animal? If so which farm animal is your favourite?

Is it?

• Poultry
• Cattle
• Sheep
• Pigs

Check out the poll on the sidebar to place your vote.

If I have omitted your favourite farm animal then leave a comment and I will add it to the poll.

Can you identify the following sounds of the farmingfriends farmyard?

Click on the Audio Mp3 icons to listen to the farmingfriends farmyard sounds. (more…)

Here are some of the amazing random animal facts I have observed and learnt whilst living on the farm;

• Cats don’t like to get their feet wet.
• When cats are poorly they prefer tuna fish to milk.
• Saddleback pigs love having their bodies rubbed.
• Guinea pigs squeak if they want something.
• Cattle love eating crushed barley.
• Guinea fowl like to lay their eggs in the undergrowth and particularly in nettles.
• Cats greet each other by rubbing faces and noses.
• Guinea fowl are social creatures that like to go about as a group.
• Cattle have a pecking order.
• Owls regurgitate the food that they cannot digest in the form of an owl pellet.
• Guinea fowl and chickens love eating lettuce.
• Magpies eat other birds eggs.
• Chickens and guinea fowl like to lay down in dry mud and have a mud bath.
• Guinea fowl hate snow.
• Cats are scared of guinea fowl.
• Cattle hate birds.
• Poultry and cats recognise voices.
• Guinea fowl prefer to run than fly.

If you have any amazing random animal facts then please let me know.

Farm animals can sometimes get frightened but what is it that frightens them?

Farm animals need to be managed and handled with care at all times.