Animal News

This page is devoted to news about all Kinder Farm Park animals (fauna, both domestic and wild). The 4H Livestock Club and the Farm & Livestock Education Program will be major contributors of news involving farm animals..

This page is also open anyone who has an animal related experience at Kinder Farm Park which they would like to share; for example, a photo of a wild animal or bird, or a unique time spent with an animal. If you would like to share something, send an email to contact@kinderfarmpark.org ; be sure to include the date that the experience occurred. All submissions will be reviewed, if found to be inappropriate it will be returned.

2026 News
Feb 7
Birth announcement. Laverne's babies
Jan 22
Birth announcement. Sweater's babies
Jan 22
Birth announcement. Fiona's babies
Jan 17
Birth announcement. Blue Snow's babies
2025 News
May 23
Birth announcement. Bacardi's babies
May 19
Birth announcement. Dinky's babies
May 16
Birth announcement. Dolly's babies
May 11
Birth announcement. Malibu's babies
Mar 31
Birth announcement. Fiona's babies
Mar 24
Birth announcement. Muffin and Rain's babies
Mar 23
Birth announcement. Sweater's babies
Mar 18
Birth announcement. Blossoms's babies
Jan 17
Birth announcement. Stella's baby
2024 News
May 7
Birth announcement. Mochi's baby
Apr 22
Birth announcement. Bacardi Blue's babies
Apr 17
Birth announcement. Astrid's babies
Apr 11
Birth announcement. Dolly's babies
Apr 7
Birth announcement. Malibu's babies
Feb 20
Birth announcement. Piper's baby
Jan 28
Dale and Blue Snow, new 4H animals have arrived.
Jan 21
Piper the Suffolk cross sheep arrived.
2023 News
May 5
Birth announcement. Ashlynn's babies
Apr 14
Birth announcement. Miku's babies
Mar 13
Birth announcement. Buttons' babies
Mar 8
Birth announcement. Teddy's baby
Feb 24
Birth announcement. Muffin's babies
Feb 24
Birth announcement. Dinky's babies
Feb 23
Census. Farm Education & Livestock Group has over 200 human volunteers take care of: 17 chickens, 4 rabbits, 3 beef cows, 2 dairy cows, 5 wool sheep, 5 breeding sheep, 11 dairy goats, 1 Nigerian goat buck, 3 eco goats, 5 Indian runner ducks, and a handful of quail.
2022 News
Oct 11
Bunny Trail Cam 2022 photos posted
Sep 10
Birth announcement. Babe's babies
Jul 12
Birth announcement. Ruby's baby
Mar 31
Birth announcement. Brie's baby
Mar 14
Birth announcement. Rosemary's babies
Mar 10
Birth announcement. Astrid's babies
Feb 26
Birth announcement. Dolly's babies
Feb 14
Birth announcement. Pig Daisy's babies
Feb 9
Census. Farm Education & Livestock Group has 250 human volunteers taking care of: 6 meat sheep, 5 wool sheep, 4 rabbits, 2 ducks, 5 chickens, A couple thousand bees, 10 quail (2 male/8 female), 8 eco goats, 5 large breed dairy goats, 8 small breed dairy goats (including the buck), and 7 pigs.
Feb 9
Census. 4H livestock club is taking care of: 6 market goats (2 will be breeding), 6 market pigs, 5 market sheep (1 will be breeding), 2 dairy goats, and 1 breeding sow.
Jan 23
Census. Farm Education & Livestock Group has 250 human volunteers taking care of: 5 meat sheep, 5 wool sheep, 5 rabbits, 2 ducks, 5 chickens, A couple thousand bees, 10 quail, 8 eco goats, 5 large breed dairy goats, 10 small breed dairy goats (including the buck), and 8 pigs (including one breeding sow).
2021 News
Nov 6
Evie the Jersey heifer arrived. She will be part of the dairy program.
Sep 3
Birth announcement. Peppa's babies
Aug 22
Census. 4H Livestock Club has 40 members taking care of: 1 sow, 8 piglets, 1 breeding meat goat, 3 market goats, 1 dairy goat, 6 lambs, 35 chickens, and 15 turkeys.
July 5
Birth announcement. Dakota's babies
Jun 29
Birth announcement. Edith's babies
Jun 29
Naming announcement. Brie's baby, Flora
Jun 29
Naming announcement. Mabel's babies, Cocoa and Marshmallow
Jun 29
Naming announcement. Gazelle's babies, Loki, Noodle and Conan the Lazy
Jun 29
Naming announcement. Martha's baby, Sugar
Jun 29
Renaming announcement. Sassy's boy, Zorro, is now Pluto
Jun 28
Birth announcement. Astrid's baby
Jun 12
Birth announcement. Martha's baby
Jun 6
Birth announcement. Rosa's babies
May 27
Birth announcement. Mabel's babies
May 25
Birth announcement. Gazelle's babies
May 15
Birth announcement. Brie's baby
May 10
Birth announcement. Sassy's babies
April 29
Birth announcement. Hermione's babies
April 26
Birth announcement. Ruby's baby
April 24
Birth announcement. Sweet Pea's baby
Apr 20
Census. Farm Education & Livestock Group has 250 human volunteers taking care of: 17 chickens, 5 rabbits, 4 beef cows, 3 dairy cows, 1 breeding sow (pigs), 12 piglets, 3 alpaca, 6 sheep, 5 dairy goats, 8 eco goats, 7 Nigerian goats, and a handful of quail.
April 17
Birth announcement. Muffins's babies
April 11
Birth announcement. Laney's babies and article
Feb 22
Birth announcement. Cow Daisy's baby
Feb 22
Death announcement. Jersey cow, Daisy
Feb 6
Birth announcement. Pig Daisy's babies
Feb 11
Census. 4H Livestock Club has 40 members taking care of: 1 sow, 13 piglets, 2 breeding meat goats, 1 dairy goat, 25 chickens
Feb 2
2021 Birthing Schedule published
2020 News
Dec 7
Census. Farm Education & Livestock Group has 250 human volunteers taking care of: 17 chickens, 5 rabbits, 4 beef cows, 4 dairy cows, 2 breeding sows (pigs), 12 piglets, 3 alpaca, 3 breeding ewes (sheep), 1 ram (sheep), 3 dairy goats, 9 eco goats, 1 Nigerian goat buck, 1 Pygmy goat doeling, and a handful of quail.
Dec 5
Census. 4H Livestock Club has 40 members taking care of: 0 market pigs, 0 market sheep, 2 breeding meat goats, 0 market goats, 1 dairy goats, 25 chickens, and 0 turkeys
Oct 28
Census. 4H Livestock Club has 40 members taking care of: 0 market pigs, 0 market sheep, 2 breeding meat goats, 0 market goats, 1 dairy goats, 25 chickens, and 17 turkeys
Sep 11
Birth announcement. Peppa' babies
Aug 31
Census. 4H Livestock Club has 40 members taking care of: 7 market pigs, 0 market sheep, 2 breeding meat goats, 3 market goats, 2 dairy goats, 25 chickens, and 19 turkeys
Aug 24
Birth announcement. Ninja's baby
Aug 16
Census. Farm Education & Livestock Group has 250 human volunteers taking care of: 17 chickens, 5 rabbits, 4 beef cows, 4 dairy cows, 2 breeding sows (pigs), 2 alpaca, 3 breeding ewes (sheep), 3 dairy goats, 9 eco goats, and a handful of quail. Both pigs are pregnant and one Pygmy goat is pregnant.
July 21
Arrival. Jimbo
Jul 13
Article: Bobwhite Quail Project
Jul 13
Non-Birth announcement. Dolly the dairy goat was faking her pregnancy.
Jul 13
Non-Birth announcement. Blue. Alpacas are sneaky, it turns out Blue was not pregnant after all.
Jul 13
Departure. Ben the ram and Peggy (Pegasus) the ewe moved along to another farm in June. Peggy gets to be a pasture puff and is all done breeding. Ben still has lots of work to do and really loves his job making more lambs.
Jul 13
Departure. Tina the alpaca left in June for greener pastures and new people to kick and spit on.
Jul 12
Article: Piggybank Donation Center
May 7
Birth announcement. Buttons' babies, 2020
Apr 20
Birth announcement. Dakota's babies, 2020
Apr 15
Birth announcement. Seven's baby, 2020
Mar 25
Birth announcement. Brie's babies, 2020
Mar 25
Birth announcement. Muffin's babies
Mar 8
Birth announcement. Lady Ba Ba's babies 2020
Mar 7
Birth announcement. Freda's baby
Feb 26
Birth announcement. Hermione's baby
Jan 29
Birth announcement. Pegasus' baby
Jan 8
Article: Learning from Animals
2019 News
Dec 22
Birth announcement. Mabel's babies
Dec 22
Birth announcement. Edith's baby
Dec 22
Birth announcement. Gazelle's babies
Nov 10
Birth announcement. Tina's baby
Sep 20
Birth announcement. Bella's baby
Aug 31
Danielle Heffner's Nigerian Dwarf Pigmy Goat Dakota is named the 2019 Grand Champion at the Maryland state Fair. Read more.
Aug 31
Alpacas Olaf and Pearl were sold in August to Knot Farm in Southern Maryland. Two alpacas remain at Kinder Farm Park. Tina is due to give birth to a cria (a baby alpaca) in mid to late October and Blu is due in mid-Summer 2020.
Aug 31
Dot the Pig was sold. Due to a bad hip and back leg, she was not able to bear young. Her progeny, Papa will be bred for the 2020 Fall Harvest Festival.
Jul 9
Naming announcement. Penny's babies
Jul 9
Birth announcement. Penny's babies
Jun 13
Annual shearing of sheep and Alpaca in May. shearing
Jun 13
Due to her inability to be bred safely, Dot the pig, along with the three pigs from her last litter are going to market. She will be replaced with another pig that will already have been bred. pigs
Jun 13
Renaming announcement. Lady Ba Ba's babies, 2019. Lady Ba Ba the Sheep's son Jack, was sold to the 4H, and has been renamed Gordon Lambsy.
Jun 5
Naming announcement. Trixie's baby
Jun 3
Retirement announcement. Snickers
May 31
Naming announcement. Brie's babies
May 12
Birth announcement. Brie's babies, 2019
May 6
Birth announcement. Seven's baby, 2019
Apr 28
Naming announcement. Dakota's babies
Apr 23
Birth announcement. Dakota's babies, 2019
Apr 18
Birth announcement. Trixie's baby
Apr 13
New photos. Hermione's baby
Apr 13
New photos. Lady Ba Ba's babies, 2019
Apr 13
New photos. Tequila's babies
Mar 31
Birth announcement. Pegasus' babies
Mar 16
Birth announcement. Buttons' babies, 2019
Mar 7
Birth announcement. Mika's babies
Feb 23
Birth announcement. Hermione's babies
Feb 22
Birth announcement. Lady Ba Ba's babies, 2019
Feb 20
Death announcement. Clover the cow's death
Feb 14
Birth announcement. Mabel's babies
Feb 1
Birth announcement. Tequila's babies
Jan 30
Birth announcement. Brandi's babies
Jan 25
Article published. A Boy and a Goat
Jan 7
Farm Education Committee 2019 Birthing Schedule published. See animal photos and due dates.