Many of our regular visitors to
Baylham House establish a personal bond with a particular animal on the
farm by means of an adoption or a sponsorship. In addition, we now find
that more and more people are looking for that unusual or unique gift
to give to someone special and enquiries about adoption are becoming
more and more frequent, especially just before Christmas.
If you have ever thought about animal adoption either for yourself or
as an unusual gift for somebody else, read on and find out about the
Baylham House scheme.
We run a double purpose scheme which provides for both adoption and
sponsorship.
Both adoption and sponsorship will provide:
A pass to the farm allowing free
access for a twelve month period whenever the farm is open and at other
times by arrangement.
A
certificate which includes a photo of the chosen
animal and
A
notice on the animal's paddock
fence
giving details of the adopter or
sponsor.
Adoption provides a unique and
personal link to a particular animal
because nobody else can adopt or sponsor that animal.
Adoption
gives the adoptor the first option to buy any progeny
that the animal may produce and also, in the case of sheep, first
option to buy its fleece.
Adoptors
will receive updates to keep them informed of any significant
events in their animal's life.
Adoption is more expensive than
sponsorship and the cost varies with the kind of animal.
Any pig is £120.00 Any group of
poultry is £40.00 A
Golden Guernsey goat is £60.00
Any
cow £ 240.00 Any pygmy goat is
£50.00 An Alpaca is
£80.00 Any sheep is
£60.00.
Sponsorship costs £30
irrespective of the kind of animal.
Any
number of people can sponsor a particular animal.
A
currently adopted animal cannot be sponsored.
Please note that we
don't offer any young stock for adoption or sponsorship unless we
intend to keep it on the farm when it grows up.
This is a selection of some of our
animals which are currently available for adoption or sponsorship.
Freya,
one of our White Park cows.
Patience,
a Berkshire sow.
(Sponsorship only) Bess, a Kune
Kune sow.(Sponsorship only)
Pigwig,
a Kune Kune sow.
(Sponsorship only) Lucinda,
an Old Gloucester cow.
A
Scots Dumpy group.
Domino, a pygmy nanny.
Most of our Balwen sheep
are available
Most of our Greyface
Dartmoor sheep are available
Most
of our Herdwicks are available
All our
Llanwenogs are available.
All
our Norfolk Horns are available.
Most of our Ouessants
are available.
We also have a large selection of rams of various breeds, all with
names and all available for adoption or sponsorship.