Livestock and meat

Our farm is the home of the Yeoman herd of pedigree Berkshire pigs and the Kington flock of Welsh Mountain Badger Face sheep.  We rear native, traditional and rare breed livestock, and in addition to the pigs and sheep we keep Aylesbury and Black Indian Runner ducks and domestic geese.

We usually have livestock (ewe lambs, ram lambs, wethers, ducks and geese) for sale, and take orders for meat (lamb, hogget, mutton, pork, bacon, gammon) all year round.  To ensure we make use of every part of our livestock we sell Torwen (black with white belly) and Torddu (white with black belly) fleeces and lambskins.  Please contact us for further information.

Our meat is couriered fresh in chilled polyboxes direct to your home, or can be collected.  Email us if you want to be put on our contact list to be alerted when we have fresh meat available.

Why kill rare breeds for meat? The answers are many and various: there are always far more males than are needed and only the best specimens (of either sex) should be kept for breeding; ensuring rare breeds have a firm footing in the food chain and not purely as exhibition animals is the best way to ensure their long term survival; rare breeds become rare because they are not being eaten and therefore not being bred.  In most cases the hardy characteristics of rare breeds means that they are easier to keep in an outdoor, natural environment than those animals bred for size or other more commercial traits.  Lastly, and most importantly, the taste of the resulting meat is truly superior.