Head To Farm Attraction To See The New Arrivals Making Little Piggies Of Themselves
Head to hands on North East farm attraction, Down at the Farm, over the next few weeks and see how some very new arrivals are already making little piggies of themselves!
A litter of rare breed, baby Kune Kunes, which arrived over Easter, are already causing squeals of delight at the family focused farm attraction based at Houghton-le-Spring near Sunderland and just ten minutes from Durham.
These little piglets are of a breed native to New Zealand with Kune Kune meaning ‘fat and round’ in Maori and pronounced as coonie coonie.
When fully grown, they are hairy, dumpy and coloured in various shades of black, white, gold, ginger and tortoiseshell. They also have unusual tassels (pire pire in Maori) hanging from their lower jaw, making them quite unique.
The new litter of seven piglets are just plain cute at present, being tiny little bundles of hair suckling on their mum Lobster.
No names have yet been determined for these little angels, but the adult Kune Kunes are named Grumpy, Lobster, Pimple, Violet, Pumpy and Big Bob.
Children are already falling in love with the little piglets, who are being kept warm and safe, but still on show to visitors to the interactive farm.
Families wishing to head to see them can enter the farm between 10am and 5pm each day during school holidays, Tuesday to Sunday until the beginning of May and seven days a week from May to September.
Admission costs £4.75 for an adult and £3.75 for children aged over two and for concessions. Family tickets cost £15 for two adults and two children and £18.75 for two adults and three children.
Admission allows families to see lots of other baby creatures and the lambs can be bottle-fed by children. There are lots of other animals, including alpacas, raccoons, donkeys, pygmy goats, prairie dogs and mini Dexter cow and children can engage in activities such as grooming Thistle, the Shetland pony, and washing the pigs.
A free tractor ride is also available at the farm, taking visitors to see the cows that head over on hearing owner Will Weightman’s “Hup Hup Girlies” call.
For more information about a great day out at Down at the Farm visit www.downatthefarm.co.uk
