Welcome to Gower Heritage Centre's Animal Park
Animal Park News
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Gower Heritage Centre's animal park hosts a wide range of animals including miniature horses, Pygmy goats, chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits and guinea pigs.
Our aim is to ensure that all visitors have positive interactions with our animals. We achieve this with handling and feeding sessions. There are also feeding stations located around the animal park which you can use at any time at a small cost.
All of our animal carers are very friendly and are happy to help you with any questions or queries. Some of our animals (chickens, ducks and goats) are free-ranging and walk about the animal park as they please. Some of our chickens may follow you about the animal park waiting to be hand fed. It is very entertaining to watch their antics and each has their own name and individual personality. We breed chickens and ducklings all year round using top of the quality incubators. We also use broody hens whenever they are available. The varieties that we breed are Salmon Faverolles, Light Sussex, Polish (Frizzles starting Spring 2012) and Pekin bantams (mottled, buff and lavender).
Animals for Re-homing
We currently have 2 rabbits available (Mimzi & Hermione). They are both Netherland Dwarves. Mimzi is agouti and white, and Hermione is a black self. These little girls are quite naughty and would be most suitable to children over 10 years of age or adults. They would be best suited as outdoor rabbits as they can be a little destructive. They have both had their myxomatosis vaccination.
We have several guinea pigs that are available for re-homing. Of several different colours, sizes and ages. We have both males and females available. We only re-home our guinea pigs in same-sex pairs (with the exception of a neutered male) as they are highly social animals and should always live with other guinea pigs.
We have loads of cockerels that are free to a good home. Cockerels make lovely pets and will do a good job of protecting your hens. The smaller breeds do not tend to be as noisy.
If you are interested in re-homing any of our animals please do not hesitate to contact us.
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We
like to ensure that our animals are as happy as possible. We
achieve this by not only adhering to the five freedoms set by
the Animal Welfare Act (2006) but through also providing each
of our animals with environmental enrichment. Each of our animals
are provided with the oppurtunities for them to exhibit their
natural behavioural patterns. This is an important aspect of
animal welfare which we are trying to promote. All of our animals
that are social species are housed with their own kind.
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New Arrivals
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This Winter we have had a few new arrivals to the park. Introducing: Bullseye and Philip Bullseye and Philip are two baby Pygmy goats. They are wethers (castrated males) that came from a breeder in Brigend. Gertrude (our older Nanny) took to Bullseye straight away, but is not fond of Philip. Phililp sleeps on his own but walks around the park with Gertrude and Bullseye. We are getting a friend for Philip end of March.
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Coming Soon
We are getting a Giant rabbit this Spring!
We are getting a new baby goat at the end of March.
We are hoping to introduce new chicken breeds to the park including Red and Chocolate Buff Orpingtons.
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