Day as a zoo keeper - Otters and sheep racing

After the zoo keeper experience (and lunch), we had free access tot he rest of the farm. Craig was happy because they had otters!

After a swim

Water ninja!

Sun bathing

It's a tough life.

We were on time to see them being fed. Warning: some pictures are a tiny bit graphic. They feed them chicks. Dead ones, but otters are not the tidiest or cleanest of eaters.

Waiting for lunch

Lunch!

Tasting

Trying to hide it.

The latest look.

After a swim

They also had some skunks. Apparently some people keep them as pets. They only spray when they really need to, when they really feel threatened, because it really hurts them to do so. But I could still smell it. 

Skunk

We had a walk around. The farm is a lot bigger than we expected with lots of different animals.

Deer

Donkey

Quiet

Trying to figure out how to get more food.

Kerry and Craig got us some animal food. The goats were very happy to see this. We tried to feed some of the lambs in the lambing shed but the momma sheep keep butting in and shoving the babies out of the way. So we worked out a system of one feeding the mom and distracting her, while the other feed the baby.

Mom has just noticed

We (Kerry mainly) wanted to feed the pigs. They were not interested, much more interested in sleeping. But they did have some of the cutest piglets.

Big pig

:)

Summer!

And there was sheep racing! I was not sure what to expect but it was actually really good fun. I put a bet on Number 7, Texas Joe. I think Kerry and Craig took 3 and 5.

Over the hurdles

Round the bend

Number 2 getting in front

And number 2 wins.

My sheep tried his best. But came last or second to last. At least the bet was only 50p. None of us won a winners rosette. :(

Mine came last!

The happy riders.

At the end we came across duck racing! With rubber ducks. But it was rigged. The far right one gushed water, middle a bit, and the far left, which mom picked, had no water at all. It was a fix.

Mom's didn't work!

Trying a new one.

Still Craig tried to beat Kerry on the slower one. It did not work.

And Kerry wins!

It was am amazing day, but we all exhausted when we got home. :)