When you plan a visit to Winterpast Farm you can bring along food to feed the animals.
Some things they like include:
Apple slices
Carrots (big, small, they esp love the ones with greens still attached! New visitors may like to hold a long carrot as they learn how to feed the animals)
grapes
kale
Cabbage
collards
Celery
Peppers
Cereal- any is fine, but Cheerios type plain is best and the most popular
Crackers
Bread (whole wheat is best, and sturdy slices are easier to hold out for feeding, or to throw to the ducks and turtles in the pond)
Popped popcorn
Raisins, dried fruit of any sort
green beans
Almost anything but meat or cheese, and please, nothing moldy. Feel free to clean out your cupboards and pantry and bring outdated or stale food. Farmer Mary can use outdated cans of food for the pigs so bring it along! Some frequent farm visitors bring food when they clear out their refrigerator before vacation.
This fall bring your pumpkin innards to feed the pigs after you carve your Halloween pumpkin!
If you have extra oranges, Farmer Mary gives the bunnies and Guinea pigs orange slices regularly for the vitamin C.
If you are clearing out your garden bring the vines and too big beans and other veggies..someone will eat it!
Favorites of the animals (this can change a bit!)
LUCKY the Llama: apples, carrots, grapes, celery, sometimes orange slices, green beans
Bunnies:apples, carrots, celery, kale and other greens, crackers, raisins, veggies
Guniea pigs:same as bunnies
Peacocks: bread, crackers, kale, apple slices, grapes, dry dog food
goats: apple slices, carrots, celery, kale sometimes, crackers, bread, veggies
MABEL and CLAIRE the Donkeys: apple slices, carrots, sometimes celery, crackers
Ducks and chickens:crackers, bread, corn, cereal, apple slices (if thin)
DORIS the goose: carrots, apple slices, kale, lettuce, bread, crackers, cereal, corn
EMU: dry dog food, apple slices, kLe, grapes, crackers, bread
Dislikes: onions, leeks,
They will eventually eat sweet potatoes and squash of any sort, but may not take it from your hand. These can be left in bunny and guniea pig cages for them to snack on.
Farmer Mary is happy to take unwanted dry cat and dog food. She often has a rescue pup living at the farm.
The food visitors bring are just treats for the animals. Farmer Mary regularly heads to Tractor Supply or Southern States for feed for all her animals.
and the emu eat high protein dog food.
The Traveling Tortoise brought a wide variety of lizards to Winterpast Farm today for LIZARD DAY.
Michelle Tilley and son, Jack, helped visitors hold, pet and learn about lizards.
One lizard that looked like a snake is actually a LEGLESS lizard!
Some lizards looked like fake, plastic lizards, until they moved!
Visitors to Winterpast Farm learned alot and The Traveling Tortoise has plans to return soon..watch for an announcement about a TURTLE DAY and a SNAKE DAY this Fall.
The Traveling Tortoise is also available to bring reptiles to birthday parties at Winterpast Farm. Ask Farmer Mary about this new opportunity!
See The Traveling Tortoise on Facebook for more information and pictures.
Farmer Mary’s friend, The Traveling Tortoise, will bring a wide variety of really cool lizards to Winterpast Farm THIS SATURDAY from 10-12. Regular farm admission of $10. Bring along a picnic lunch and food for the animals like apple slices, carrots, kale, cereal, wheat bread, grapes, any fruit or veg.
Let Farmer Mary know you’re coming. Texting is always best. 919-244-1800
Students from Franklin Academy arranged to volunteer some Community Service hours at Winterpast Farm today. What alot of work they did!!
They painted old bunny hutches and animal houses.
The students, teacher, and Moms also helped replace some tarps that Farmer Mary uses to shade her animals and which protect the animals from rain. One group also helped put up more of the bamboo wall around the pond. Few loose bunnies were rounded up, and lunch was eaten amongst many chicken friends.
At the end of the work day the group toured the barnyard pasture, met the pigs and llama, walked the ten acres of pastureland with goats and sheep and donkeys. The students had plenty of chances to feed and hold chickens, guinea pigs, bunnies, a baby turkey, a duck, and baby goats.
Farmer Mary always has ideas for individuals or groups who want to help out at the farm. Just ask!
