Our aim is to breed and raise top quality animals that produce succulent, full flavoured meat. We believe that happy, stress-free animals produce a higher quality, more tender meat. With this in mind, our animals are traditionally reared allowing a good quality of life in a low stress environment.
Our cows are a cross between Simmentals and Aberdeen Angus. The Simmental cow is a large breed which finishes well, and by crossing these with the Angus breed, we have developed more marbling in the meat.
Our cattle roam the fields during the spring, summer and autumn, and come into the warm, straw filled barn for the wet winter weather. They are a bit molly-coddled and let us know when they think that it is time that they were tucked up inside for the winter by standing at the gate and bellowing at us!
We rear Gloucester Old Spot cross pigs. The Old Spot is noted for producing wonderful tasting pork and bacon, and by crossing these with a commercial breed we get a slightly longer back on the animal for better bacon.
They spend most of their lives with us outside, in our fields and lightly wooded areas.
Our main flock of sheep are the Lleyn breed. The breed originates from Wales and are noted as being exceptional mothers producing healthy, live lambs.
We also have a few Badger Faced Welsh Mountain and Kerry Hill Sheep, which we keep mainly because they look pretty.
We have a flock of one hundred hens on the farm. They are a breed called Piggott’s Brown and lay lovely large, brown eggs. They are kept in a wooded area on the farm where they enjoy scratching about amongst the trees.
