Last week we left the farm for a very exciting excursion… One of our lambs went to the big smoke to find a new home at Mudchute City Farm in east London! ‘Juliet’ was hand-reared by farm staff earlier this year, as her mother developed a problem with her udders and couldn’t feed both of her twins. As we are a working farm, many of our animals are sent to the abattoir to finance their upkeep and bring in a little extra income, but we all grew so attached to Juliet that we wanted to try and spare her from being turned into chops. After a few emails, Mudchute City Farm kindly offered to give her a new home where she will interact daily with visitors as part of their educational facility, and she will be allowed to live out her natural years on 32 acres of land with a new flock of sheep!
Our journey took us through the delightful scenery of the M25 and through the beloved Blackwall Tunnel, and Juliet was certainly a little confused by her journey in the back of our truck… We tried to soothe her with food and cuddles but as soon as we got back in the front she wailed, so eventually we had to just get going and hope for the best!
After an uneventful journey, we managed to find Mudchute and deliver our babe to her new home. The farm is a beautiful community project with completely free entry, and we would certainly recommend visiting if you like open spaces and farm animals! Their menagerie includes horses, pigs, sheep, alpacas, donkeys, bunnies, birds and more, many of which are rare breeds enjoying a happy retirement.
You can read how Juliet is getting on at Mudchute on their blog here, and we know our visitors will all wish her the very best! We just hope she can work out the Oyster system…