We keep rare breed Gloucester Old Spot and Berkshire registered
pigs. They are free range and live an extremely happy life rooting around their
enclosures.
Gloucester Old Spot
Our registered Old Spot sow is from the Princess Joan
line, and goes by the name of 'Gertrude'. The aim is of course to
produce not only top quality pork but also to breed really good examples of the breed
standard.
Berkshire
Our Berkshire sow's registered name is Ardilaun Royal Sapphire
9, affectionately known as 'Daisy'. Again, the aims are as above.
Kune Kune's
We also have 2 Kune Kune 'pets', Barley and Marble. These
are not for breeding or for pork production.....just for fun!!
Member
of the:
British Pig Association
Gloucester Old Spot Pig Breeders
Club
Berkshire Pig Breeders Club
Our Sheep
We are very proud of our small flocks of Registered Lleyns,
White and Coloured Ryelands. The Lleyns produce wonderful traditional Welsh
Lamb for the freezer and the Ryelands are more to produce show quality young stock.
Our Goats
We specialise in Anglo-Nubian goats which, although less
prolific in their milk production than some of the other breeds, produce a higher
butterfat milk and which is therefore EXTRA delicious - Well that's our opinion, anyway.
The goats are milked twice a day and produce more than enough milk to
not only supply the house, but also gets turned into soft and hard cheese as well as
yoghurt. Any excess milk goes to the weaner pigs and the whey (having
been seperated from the curds when cheese making) also goes to the pigs as a special
treat.
Ivans Jangalli and Ivans Della are our two registered Does and
at the moment whenever a 'buck' is required, we hire one in. This new
'Faithmead' Herd has, in 2009, produced its first offspring and the herd has increased by
3 'kids', one of which is Faithmead Angelica and who will will be one of the founder
'girls' for our herd. Her two siblings, Faithmead Blackthorn - is going
as a Stud Male to another West Wales Herd and Faithmead Bryony - another female, is to
join a well known showing herd near Aberystwyth.
Our Poultry and
Waterfowl
We run a fairly wide variety of hens for egg laying and these
include: Rhode Island Red X Light Sussex; Light Sussex; Auracana; Cream Leg Bars; Brahma;
White Star and Welsummer as well as Poland, Dominique and Pekin Bantams. From this
lot we get "all the colours, in all the sizes" !
We also have Indian Runner, Silver Appleyard and Khaki Campbell
ducks. There is also a pair of Geese (George and Gill) who do a fabulous job of
watching over the flock and anouncing any suspect 'visitors'.
Geese are currently being reared for this year's Christmas
(2009) dinner and again as with everything, are allowed to free-range and graze to their
hearts content all day.
Our Poultry and Waterfowl are DEFRA registered.
For
Sale
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Contact Us
Telephone: 01994 448760
Mobile: 07884 170627
eMail: faithmead@websdc.com
