Albans Barnyard
Albans Barnyard – holiday cottages & smallholding + Pedigree Jacob Sheep & North Devon Red Ruby Cattle
Meet Tigger, our new Pest Control Officer!
This beautiful Bengal cat has just joined the team in an attempt to deter any 🐀.
Unfortunately the mild weather this year has led to an increase in rodents so off we went to the Cats Protection charity to see if they had any feral cats for rehoming.
Tigger came from a home where he had been used for breeding in the cat equivalent of a puppy farm. He has spent his entire life in a small cage with other cats and has never lived as a pet.
Bengal cats would naturally have a wide roaming range so the charity was delighted to find a home where he could roam freely but was well away from all main roads.
He will live in his cage for a couple of days, then be let into the barn, then after a week or so be let out into the big wide world.
We wait to see what he will make of that!
P.S. he is now neutered!!
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Freedom for Tigger at last! Well done 👏 x
Looking forward to hearing of his antics
He looks beautiful 😍
Oh my word he is gorgeous, watch out any little critters as bengals are amazing hunters, although I guess that's the point of having him, hopefully they will stay well clear of your barn. Hope he settles in well 😊 so pleased he has plenty of space now after a rubbish start in life
Awww! He’s lovely. Congratulations on your new family member.
He is going to have a wonderful life!
Lucky boy! 🐈
Is it the mild weather, or is it Elkie’s absence that had led to the increased rodent population 👀?
Enjoy yourself tigger down on the farm 😺🐂🐖🐏 Xx
We will be selling our honey, sheepskins and other produce at the St Luke’s Matfield Christmas Fayre in the village hall this Saturday (6th December).🍯🐝🎄🎁🎄
Do come along if you can!🤶🎅🙂
The candles are beautiful. Proper beeswax smell as they burn.
Greenbank Cartier won ‘best Ram’ in the Jacob Sheep Society Southern Region flock competition!!!!!🐏🥇🏆
And we came 3rd in best large flock!🥉
Thank you judges 😁
Here’s a lovely AI version of Cartier with his crown 😂😂 (I think he would actually wear this given a chance!)
Well done. He is a handsome Ram
Well done 👏👏
Congratulations, fabulous looking ram
Well done 😁
Congratulations 🎉❤️
He is gorgeous ❤️ 💖
Brought the rams back together yesterday – it’ s gone better than last year so far (see last photo!) 🐏🐏🖤🤍 #jacobsheep #jacobsheepuk #jacobsheepsociety #jacobsheepsocietyuk #jacobsheepofinstagram #albansbarnyard #rams
The boys are back! 🖤🤍🐏🐏🖤🤍
We walked Cartier home yesterday so now both rams have left their ladies & are back together again. This can be a tricky time as rams like nothing more than a really good fight when they get back together – and that doesn’t always end well!
So – they were penned up tight together last night so they couldn’t get a good run at each other & today we took them back to their own field.
They seem to be getting on OK,🤞 that continues🐏🐏