Drakes Farm

This weekend - Saturday 13th June

Our Weekend ‘One Off’ Farm School Sessions are design for children aged 3 to 9 years.

Our session and activities start at 10:00am till 11:15am. This includes meeting and looking after our farm animals, followed by crafts, messy play & STEM activities & challenges. We finish our session with a fruit snack and drink.

You are welcome to arrive from 9.45am for a play on-site & stay until 12.00noon after the session has finished.

Bookable on our website www.drakes farm.net
Go to the ‘sessions booking’ tab.

I am excited to share that after approximately 35 days, our Muscovy ducklings have finally arrived.
Can you see the empty shells they have hatched from?

Once a Muscovy mother duck goes "broody" and begins sitting full-time, it typically takes 33 to 37 days for the eggs to hatch. This is longer than most other duck breeds, which usually hatch in about 28 days.

Throughout this period, the mother occasionally leaves the nest briefly to eat, drink, and wash. She plucks her own down feathers to insulate the eggs while she is away.

I think it’s going to have to be duck week this week at Little Farmers 🐥

Sausage special this weekend , Friday and Saturday !
Jacobs had a busy morning and brought back some old favourites, Sweet chilli and lime, Cumberland and also our own black pudding flavoured pork sausage.
10% off all Sausages in the shop this weekend!
More discount available on larger orders, please ask in shop !

It’s "Vehicle Week" at Little Farmers! To kick things off, Farmer Kim completed the school run in our Kioti utility vehicle this morning to bring it on-site. After a slightly loud and bumpy ride to school, the vehicle remained at our session for the children to explore and sit in.

As always, we started our day at Farm School by feeding all the animals. Once our morning chores were finished, we moved on to plenty of vehicle-themed fun!

Ps every farm vehicle needs a unicorn hair brush on the dash 🫣

This week marks the start of our second five-week block of Little Farmers. Designed for children aged 18 months to 5 years, these sessions offer fun, hands-on animal interactions, messy play, and crafts in a welcoming environment that we have refined over the last five years.

Spaces are still available for this block, particularly on Thursdays. We would love to see as many of you as possible.
Please note that after this June/July session, Little Farmers will take a break for the summer and return for a final block before Winter in September/October.

Additionally, our Summer Holiday and Weekend Farm School pop-up sessions are now live on our website. These are a great option for older siblings.

We also host birthday parties at the farm! We offer several packages and handle all catering, organisation, and cleanup to ensure an stress-free experience for you.

Also keep an eye out for our special Halloween sessions and Tea with Santa sessions coming this Autumn/Winter.

See you soon 🤗

Little farmers starts next week again- book now 🥰🤗

We have lots of bookable sessions currently available online:

- Little Farmers Sessions -educational, fun & interactive sessions for the under 5’s.
- Pop-up Play Sessions: Available for May Half Term and the Summer Holidays.
- Weekend Farm School: For children aged 3–9 years old.

Additionally, we are available to hire for memorable and fun-packed birthday parties. Please email us for more information.

We also have three remaining dates available for educational visits. Please contact Kim via email for further details.

For more information and to book, visit our website at www.drakesfarm.net or drop us an email at [email protected]

We are excited to offer fun, action-packed birthday party options at Drakes Farm. You can choose from the following packages:

- Little Farmers Birthday Party (feeding animals).
- Two-Option Party: Choose any two from Messy Play, Craft, or Little Farmers.
- The Ultimate Party: Includes Little Farmers, Messy Play, and Crafts.

All parties are private hire, meaning you will have the entire site to yourself. We take care of everything—from organising the activities and preparing a traditional party tea for the children to the final clean-up.

Our site features plenty of space, activities, onsite toys, and a sandpit to keep children entertained throughout the event.

During the party, our onsite cafe will be open for adults to purchase hot drinks, cakes, cookies, and snacks.

Bookings are available for weekends and evenings. For more information, please visit our website at www.drakesfarm.net or drop us an email [email protected]

When this lamb was born, his mother was unable to provide enough milk for both him and his brother. To ensure he remained healthy and well-fed, we raised him on a bottle in our tame lamb pen, where he was affectionately named "Buck."

Two weeks later, a ewe unfortunately lost her lamb during birth. Since she was healthy and had a good milk supply, we followed our usual practice of attempting to have her adopt a tame lamb.

The adoption was a success. Please see the attached photo of Buck with his adoptive mother out in the sunshine, three months later.

Buck now nearly lifts his mother off her feet when drinking milk. The mother is weaning Buck off her milk now and he is eating more grass & creep (a high protein feed supplement)