Traditional & Rare Breeds

We decided at the onset to focus on traditional and rare breeds for a number of reasons. Firstly we believe many of these breeds were better farm animals producing better quality meat, wool etc and that they are more suited for the type of farming we want to sustain. Many of them have been deselected over the years due to the focus on commercial farming where time to market is a key parameter in the financial model for farmers. In short we believe that these breeds:
  • rarely need help to birth their young
  • are healthy and need little or no medication
  • are good foragers and do not need high proportions of commercially grown grain or cereals in their diet
  • live well in our environment and climate

Sheep & Goats

We currently have one Sheep breed, an all rounder for Meat, Milk & Wool and one breed of goat which is a Milk breed. 
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Poultry

We have chickens, ducks, geese, quails, turkeys and guinea fowl. Some of our chickens lay blue, green and chocolate brown eggs!
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Pigs

Pork is an important part of the Italian diet and the rearing of pigs for the family is very much part of the culture. We have two ancient breeds

Rabbits

In addition to keeping traditional agricultural animals, we decided to rear other animals such as rabbits. We hope to expand this list in the future.
We regularly have livestock available for sale. Please visit our shop for current available stock.