Farm Animals

Meet Hilda, Bluey, George and their friends!

Visit the farm and meet our mischievous goat Bluey, Hilda our wild boar cross pig, George our resident goose and all their friends! Be sure to pick up some animal feed from our shop and enjoy time petting our interacting with our animals - you’ll have some new friends in no time – at least until you run out of food!

The animals we have on our farm are similar to those the Anglo-Saxons would have kept, and are generally smaller than those we usually see today – giving a feel for what animals would have been like during Bede’s time.

We also keep a wide variety of chickens, ducks and geese. Anglo-Saxons kept these animals for their meat, eggs and feathers. We keep a host of breeds, including some rare ones such as Old English pheasant fowl and Scots Dumpy bantams. George, our resident male goose, will no doubt greet you with a squawk when you arrive!

Our oxen on site are Dexter cattle, black or brown in colour and smaller than most modern cows – which is about the same size and shape as the cows of the Anglo-Saxon era.

2011 Additions

This year has seen some new arrivals on our farm, like many other years. Our lambs are now quite some size, as are our rare breed mangalitza pigs who now have well established burnt orange and beautiful blonde curly coats.

Our young Dexter Cattle are also gaining in size too - and in 2012 will hopefully see them beginning to plough the fields at Bede's World.

2012 will no doubt see another few additions to our friendly family of animals, with lambs being common around Easter time.