The alpacas are doing fine in their temporary quarters, but since you cannot see them here are a couple photos. Come and see them on October 20 when the Farmyard reopens. Read more
Posts tagged: #farmyard
Painting the Roses Red
Patches, the goat, decided to add his own artistic touch to the freshly painted barns. Who needs thumbs or a prehensile lip to hold a paintbrush when you’ve got a tail?Read more
Time For a Tune-Up
Now that we’re 1 month away from the grand re-opening of the Farmyard, it’s time to trade-in your well practiced sheep “baa” and try out your newly acquired alpaca “hum.” Here’s Retro, short for “Retroversion,” one of our new alpaca moms– and by far the most vocal– giving you a lesson in alpaca communication. So get practicing and in 30 days you will be ready to welcome the humming quartet into their new Farmyard home. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUVKqObrlvM[/youtube]Read more
The Plot Thickens…
Scout seems to have overheard Lightning and Max plotting a few months back and Lightning and Auggie, too! It’s time for some investigation into what all the fuss is about. What do you think all the chatter is about? Maybe our former interns were right, it is all about the sheep.Read more
Watermelons for the farm yard bunch
Here is a video of the animals in the farm yard enjoying some watermelon. Its rare that everyone can agree on one food and watermelon seems to be it. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYzKP7l2JgM&list=UUltZ6FbBazxe_A58DRBfjGA&index=3&feature=plcp[/youtube]Read more
Trash anyone?
Anyone who has been in the animal keeping profession knows that part of the job includes the unfortunate task of pulling trash out of the animal exhibits. On some level it is expected that a random object will occasionally be found in an animal’s enclosure, due to a visitor accidentally dropping something and not being able to recover it (please don’t try to retrieve the item yourself!). However, we have noticed the amount of trash in the exhibits increase significantlyRead more