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• Pygmy goats are generally quiet and docile animals who enjoy having company.
•  Pygmy goats remain a compact size, only growing up to 20 inches high. Despite their small size, they can produce large amounts of milk.
•  Pygmy goats are great climbers and love to jump on rocks and logs.

• Alpaca fleece has very fine fibres and unlike sheep's wool is shiny, hairlike and does not contain any lanolin.
• A baby alpaca is called a ‘cria’, they can weigh just 6-8kg at birth.
• Alpacas can spit, producing not only saliva, but also acidic stomach contents (a smelly, green mix of grass!).

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• Rabbits are the only mammals in the world that can see behind themselves without having to rotate their head.
• Rabbits aren’t native to Great Britain and were actually introduced about 900 years ago from France.
• The term ‘Warren’, which is used to describe rabbit colonies and burrows, comes from the name that was given to the walled enclosures that were built by Britons hundreds of years ago to keep their rabbits in.

We have the following breeds of sheep; Jacob, Black Welsh Mountain sheep and Llanwenog.

• Both male and female Jacob sheep have horns.
• Black Welsh Mountain sheep are an ancient Welsh breed.
• Llanwenogs produce some of the finest wool in the UK.

Pregnant women should avoid contact with sheep during the lambing season in early spring (March, April and May).

• Gloucester cattle are the oldest dairy cow breed in Britain, dating back to the 13th century
• Over 200 calves have been born in Margam Country Park since 1979.
• The cattle can be easily recognised by their chestnut coat and broad white stripe which runs along the backbone, down the tail and under the belly.
  
  
  

We have the following breeds of poultry:

• Khaki Campbell ducks
• Wild geese
• Guinea fowl
• Silkie chickens
• Road Island Red chickens
• Bluebell chickens
• White Sussex chickens
• White Leghorn chickens
• Warrens
• Turkey
• Peacock

• Donkeys can live for over 50 years, they are very strong and intelligent.
• They have an incredible memory - recognising areas and other donkeys that they were with up to 25 years ago.
• A donkey is able to hear the call of another 60 miles away.

We have Pietrain pigs.

• The Pietrain is renowned for its very high yield of lean meat, but this is often associated with the presence of the halothane gene for Porcine Stress Syndrome.
• For this reason, the use of purebred Pietrain in British pig production is relatively rare.
• It is most commonly found in crossbred and synthetic terminal sire lines.
• A small number of purebred herds are maintained to supply stock for these breeding programmes.
• The breed is of medium size and is white with black spots.
• Around the black spots, there are characteristic rings of light pigmentation that carry white hair.
• The breed is commonly referred to as being of piebald markings.