Innovative farmers in the ailing farm industry have been transforming their working farms into Farm Parks, and there is a difference. The whole raison d’être of farm parks is to welcome visitors, particularly children, to feed, pet, cuddle and generally enjoy baby animals. It’s a matter of out with the Friesians and in with the pet bunnies, lambs, goats and other long-suffering creatures.
Farm parks are going one step further, and several have live webcams to view the young animals. Leader of the pack, as you might say, is Denbury Farm in Somerset. After dark there is even the opportunity to view badgers, foxes and other nocturnal creatures on the prowl.
The idea has been a great success and families now treat a day at the local farm park on a par with any other theme park or zoo. Along with the animals, farm parks offer tractor-pulled haycart rides, mini JCB’s in the sandpit, nature walks, picnic areas and playgrounds. Some even have campgrounds so families can have a holiday based on the farm.
Feeding time is great fun, as young calves and lambs can be bottlefed, and who can resist that. The live farm webcam on Peter’s farm in the Netherlands has great views of cows and calves in the barn, or search some of the many Lamb cams which pop up at this time of year. For the not-so-squeamish you may even witness the birth of a baby lamb. Aaaah!
Or should that be Baaaaa!
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