animal guide

Please take our guidelines for protecting our animals seriously and discuss them with your children!

We can only continue to offer this program if we can ensure that animal welfare is our top priority!

Cats – Please Treat Them with Care 🐱

Our farm cats enjoy friendly interactions. Please only pet them if they approach you on their own and seem to want to be petted.

Even the friendliest cat can get startled or feel uncomfortable and may scratch or bite. Therefore: Please do not grab them firmly, do not carry them around, and leave them alone if they withdraw.

Thank you very much for treating our velvet-pawed friends with calm and respect—this way, both people and animals feel equally at home on our farm.

Rabbits

The rabbit hutch is divided into two areas; the left side is the quiet zone and must not be entered—this is where the rabbits can retreat. The right side of the hutch is the petting area. You’re welcome to enter this half of the hutch.

Here you can get close to the rabbits, gently pet them, or carefully hold them on your lap.

Once the rabbits have had enough petting, please let them hop back to their resting area.

We ask that children under 8 years of age remain in the enclosure only when accompanied by an adult. Children need assistance when interacting with the animals.

Please leave the food bowls where they are!

You’re welcome to feed the rabbits greens and carrots.

Goats Uschi, Liese & Lotte with Lui

You’re welcome to climb into the enclosure with the goats (maximum of 2 children at a time); they’re well-behaved, don’t butt, and love being petted.

Please do not feed our goats—we’ve already had cases of illness and death due to improper feeding.

During the weekly animal feeding session, we’ll give you the chance to feed the goats under our supervision.

Mini Pigs Bürste & Borsti

Our mini pigs also love to be petted; they’ll happily come up to the front of the gate so you can scratch their heads. In the evening, they always make their own straw beds and hide under the straw pile in the barn.

Please refrain from climbing into the enclosure; the pigs will defend their territory if necessary.

You’re welcome to feed the mini pigs vegetable scraps, but they don’t like onions, bell peppers, or fennel.

Be careful—pigs have sharp teeth!

The Sheep Family

Our four Ouessant sheep also enjoy being petted and are very approachable.

You’re welcome to climb into these pens to get close to the sheep.

Please do not feed our sheep!

During the animal feeding tour, you’ll have the chance to give our sheep some treats!

During the summer months, you’ll find the sheep family in the meadow behind the barns.

Chickens

Our chickens like to escape, even though they’re supposed to stay in their pen or the coop. Unfortunately, this means they lay their eggs in the most unlikely places.

Please collect only the eggs from the official chicken nest with the brown flap!

Under no circumstances should you put eggs found outside this nest into the egg cartons! They may be old, incubated, or rotten and must not end up for sale!!!

You’re welcome to try them for your own consumption!

Alpacas Tiffi & Ohbär

First, the good news: The alpacas don’t spit!

Alpacas don’t really like being touched on the face, so feel free to pet them on the neck and body.

Please only pet them and do not feed them. Otherwise, they’ll get sick!

During an alpaca walk, we’ll provide you with species-appropriate snacks for the two of them.

Horses & Ponies

Please refrain from feeding the horses. Not even with grass!

We feed our ponies and horses exclusively ourselves!

Horses can easily bite off fingers, get used to bad habits like begging, and can get sick if they’re given too much or the wrong food.

Quails

The quails like to hide under the straw, so we ask that you observe them only from the outside. We want to make sure that no one accidentally steps on them or lets them escape.

They eat only their special laying feed, which we give the quails in the morning during the animal feeding round.

We’re happy to help you with the egg hunt—then you’ll get an egg from us to try!

Piet the Donkey

Just like the ponies, please don’t feed Piet!

During the animal feeding round, you’re welcome to give Piet a treat or a carrot.