included in  General Admission.

Enjoy a clean, safe, friendly and informative experience of agriculture with your family. The Farmyard, located in the south wing of the Farm Barn, opened in 1991.

How do you get to the Farmyard?

• Stroll the Walking Trail from Welcome Ctr. (3/4 mile)
• Ride a 15-minute tractor wagon shuttle from the Welcome Ctr. to the Farm Barn.
  • First shuttle leaves at 10 am, then runs every half hour.
  • Last shuttle leaves at 4 pm.
  • From the Farm Barn, the last shuttle leaves to return to the Welcome Ctr. at 4:45 pm.  

What can you do at the Farmyard?

Explore on your own or join a number of activities throughout the day. The first activity (Chicken Parade) is at 10:30 am. Trained educators and volunteers are on hand to answer questions.

• Chicken Parade (10:30 am)
• Milk a cow (11 am & 2 pm daily) Watch the video!
• Collect eggs.
• Brush the horses and donkey.
• Pet and brush a rabbit.
• Milk a goat. Watch the video!
• Card and spin wool.
• Self-guided activities (scavenger hunt, crafts).
• Chores with the public in the late afternoon.
• RAPTORS in RESIDENCE: STARTING JUNE 11, 2013, every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday @1:00 pm in the woods near the farmyard. Meet and learn about live birds of prey. Presented by Outreach for Earth Stewardship

What animals do we have?

• Brown Swiss milk cow
• Brown Swiss calves
• Goats and kids
• Sheep and lambs
• Pigs and piglets
• Several breeds of rabbits
• Polish Crested hens and Bantams, laying hens and roosters, meat birds
• Turkeys
• Miniature Sicilian Donkeys
• Alpacas