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Things to See & Do at East Links Family Park
Our map of the farm below shows all the areas to see and do things. Click on the links to find out more information about all the animals and activities we have here.
Male - Macho
Female - Hembra
Young - Cria
The species ‘Lama’ include the types – llama, alpaca, guanaco and vicuna. They are related to camels and are used as pack animals. They have two-toed feet with toenails on the top and pads on the bottom.
FALLOW DEER
Male – Buck
Female – Doe
Young – Fawn
These deer are fawn and white in colour. They have broad palmed antlers (like the palm of a hand), which are shed in the late spring.
RED DEER
Male – Stag
Female – Hind
Young – Calf
Stags shed their antlers in the late spring. Antlers are made of keratin (like fingernails). Young are born in June/July and their coat is spotted to help them hide in the grass.
Male – Boar
Female - Sow
Young - Piglet
There can be between 10 and 12 piglets in a litter. Piglets always feed from the same teat! Pigs roll in the mud to keep cool. They have a very good sense of smell.
Male – Jack
Female – Jenny
Young - Foal
The females carry their foals just over a year! A male donkey crossed with a pony gives a Mule. A female donkey crossed with a pony gives a Hinnie.
Male – Billy
Female – Nanny
Young – Kid
Goats’ horns are hollow inside. They live in herds and are raised for milk, flesh, hair and wool. Cashmere comes from a Cashmere goat and mohair from an Angora goat.
Male - Cock
Female - Hen
Young - Chick
Rhea are flightless birds from South America. The male rhea builds the nest and incubates the eggs from a number of females. They spread their wings out and catch the wind to run faster.
Male – Ram
Female – Ewe
Young - Lamb
There are over 200 breeds of sheep. How many do you think we have at East Links? Sheep can be farmed to produce milk, yoghurt, cheese and lanolin (a fat used in ointments and hand creams) as well as wool.
Male – Bull
Female – Cow
Young - Calf
Cattle have four stomachs. Calves only use one when being milk fed. Cows can produce up to 11.5 litres of milk a day! It takes 22 litres of milk to produce 1kg of butter.
Male – Stallion
Female – Mare
Young – Foal
Horses are measured in hands – the size of an adult hand – from their hoof to their shoulders. Ponies are breeds of small horses not higher than 14 ½ hands.
CHICKENS
Male - Cockerel
Female - Pullet/Hen
Young - Chick
The fleshy crest on their head is called a comb and a fleshy hanging skin under their beak is a wattle.
TURKEYS
Male - Tom
Female - Hen
Young - Poult
They have distinctive red flaps over and under their beak called ‘combs’.
DUCKS
Male – Drake
Female – Duck
Young - Duckling
Within one hour of hatching a duckling can see, walk, swim and feed. Their webbed feet act as paddles.
There are two types of duck – Divers and Dabblers!
Divers feed underwater.
Dabblers feed at the surface.
GEESE
Male – Gander
Female – Goose
Young - Gosling
Their webbed feet act as paddles. Geese fly in a ‘V’ formation in large numbers during migration. They defend their territory by hissing and flapping their wings to scare predators.
CHIPMUNKS :
Chipmunks are rodents, which belong to the squirrel family. They have expandable cheek pouches which extend to the back of the head. They eat nuts, seeds, berries and insects.
CHINCHILLAS :
Chinchillas are small burrowing rodents. They are nocturnal, so sleep during the day and are active at night. They have the softest fur in the world as each hair is divided into 50 or more fine strands. Chinchillas bathe in fine sand.
RABBITS :
Male – Buck
Female – Doe
Young – Kitten!
Baby rabbits are born naked and blind. A rabbits white tail is called a scut. They live in big groups in underground burrows.
