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Pencuke Farm Holiday Cottages & Yurts Pencuke St Gennys Bude Cornwall EX23 0BH tel 01840 230360 email info@pencukefarm.co.uk web www.pencukefarm.co.uk
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Our animals

Chickens

We have seventeen hens at Pencuke Farm, all producing lovely fresh eggs. Fourteen of our hens were bought as organic pullets from a farm in Devon and they produce a mix of white, brown and speckled eggs. Within our flock we have breeds including Cuckoo Maran, Columbian Blacktail, Utility White Sussex and White Leghorn.

Pigs

We have three pedigree British Lop pigs who are being fattened up for the farm shop to provide really tasty bacon, sausage and pork burgers - perfect for the bbq or a hearty breakfast. They are also doing a great job of turning over and fertilising the area we plan to use to extend the market garden next year. British Lops are a very rare breed of pig, originating from the South West. By raising these pigs for meat we are creating a demand and supporting breeders of the British Lop. We hope in the future to have our own sow and breed our own herd of these rare and special pigs.

Ponies and horses

We are very fortunate to be fostering two, rare breed Exmoor Ponies from the Moorland Mousie Trust - Alex and Jasper. These young ponies are staying with us until they mature and are ready to be trained as ridden ponies. They really enjoy our bottom paddock and at the moment have almost 7 acres to themselves. They are very playful with each other (and cheeky with me), but can be quite shy with guests. We also have two horses staying on the farm; Mouse - a Shire Cross, and Ebony - a Welsh Cob crossed with Arab. They provide a super amount of manure which we compost down to make fantastic manure for the market garden.

Sheep

In August we hope to see the arrival of our first sheep. We are looking to work with two rare breeds. The White Faced Dartmoor, one of Britians most ancient breeds, is classed as 'At Risk' by the Rare Breed Survival Trust. It is a hardy breed with the ability to thrive on exposed pasture during the grazing season. The Castlemilk Moorit, more endangered and classed as 'Vulunerable', is a smaller, horned, more primitive sheep with a lovely brown fleece.