A New Resident at Morvern Valley

A young guest and Braedon down near the creek at twilight spotted a new resident ‘digging in’ and we are pleased to announce we have a new wombat. We have called him Blackie as he is extremely dark – much blacker in colour than commonly seen. We are pleased as we have not had a wombat at Morvern for the past few years.

The Babies Have Started Already!

It’s certainly an early start for our Spring lambs, with little ‘Coca Cola’ being born this chilly July morning. She is a healthy, bouncey girl and suckling well on her mum ‘Baabara’.  She must be feeling the cold as she is sitting well down into a feed trough in the stable – very clever finding a place out of the winter winds. Look how mum checks the little lamb is suckling well, when properly latched on to mum’s milk a lambs little tail wiggles high in the air. Baabara is a good mum and knows to look for this important sign. 3 more little lambs are due in the next months at Morvern Valley Farm!

Excitement at the 2015 Sydney Royal Easter Show!

Baby Giant Flemish Rabbits

The other side of the Bantam enclosure houses our Giant Flemish Bunnies. They have 2 cute cottages and an above ground burrow system too. Sapphire has given birth to 7 kittens, tucked up in their fluffy comfortable nest made by their mum – they are very sweet and cute. They are almost all blue like their mum, with just one black boy.

Rabbit’s leave their kittens alone all day, only returning for feed times – this is instinctual as in the wild the mum doesn’t want to alert predators to the whereabouts of her nest.

2 Lambs and yet another due

Barbie and Barbara have already had their lambs, and another is due too! Morvern Valley chooses to breed Suffolk Sheep – the traditional English ‘Black faced sheep’ often depicted in children’s books and nursery rhymes. Sit down quietly and they will come right up to you as they are quite inquisitive and friendly.