DID YOU KNOW
Cows can smell odours up to 10 kilometers away?
COWS
We have seven cows currently living with us, all female - Unipleasher, Sprinkles, Mistletoe, Coco, Boudica, Brownie and Aphrodite.
Cows are deeply social animals who form strong friendships and experience a wide range of emotions. Their gentle nature and ability to bond make them especially responsive to patient, compassionate care.
They’re also perceptive and intelligent, with excellent memories and a keen awareness of their surroundings. Through vocalisations and subtle body language, cows communicate clearly with their herd—revealing just how unique and sensitive they truly are.
MEET THE ANIMALS
SHEEP
Amberwood began with 21 sheep and now home 38 including four newly rescued orphaned lambs named Daffodil, Buttercup, Daisy and Dandelion.
20 of them were part of the flock already at the farm where Amberwood began - 17 others have been rescued from other situations and one, Amber, was born here from a mother who was rescued whilst pregnant. All mothers and babies who we've managed to rescue have remained deeply bonded together.
Dave, Walter, Nettle, Thorn, Bramble, Shelley are some of the sheep you'll meet amongst the flock.
Amber and Dave are two of the sheep available to adopt...no one can say no to Dave!
DID YOU KNOW
Despite their reputation for being fickle and flighty some sheep really enjoy human contact and when given the opportunity often ask for gentle loving attention from humans they trust.
PIGS
We have 5 pigs - Mable, Bella, Piglet, Pooh and Olive. All very uniquely different personlities and require their own specific care and attention.
Although Piglet and Pooh are sisters they are proof that pigs have complex personalities just like humans and can fall in and out of relationships. As they’ve got older they have become happiest living in separate houses so they don’t have sisterly squabbles!
Mable and Bella are both blind but have mapped out their enclosure so they move around with confidence.
Olive is Olive - unlike any other, everyone needs an Olive in their life!
DID YOU KNOW
They can smell food buried under 25ft underground!
Pigs are known to eat absolutely anything but there are certain foods like raw potatoes that are poisonus to them.
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