Experience the magic of spring at Sacrewell with our VIP Lamb Feeding Experience
£150 per session (approx. £25 per person)
During our Easter event, our livestock team will be busy bottle-feeding our gorgeous cade (orphan) lambs, but if you’d love to get a little closer and have a go yourself, this is a truly special, after-hours experience just for you.
To make sure our lambs are happy, healthy, and well cared for (while following the five freedoms), we’re offering exclusive, small-group sessions for up to 8 people. These relaxed, one-to-one experiences run from 5:30pm to 7pm, outside of our usual opening hours, between 27th March-29th April. You’ll get the chance to meet our cade lambs up close and help give them their all-important evening feed.
What’s included in the VIP Lamb Feeding Experience?
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Entry for up to 8 people (with 6 hands-on helpers and 2 spectators)
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A 1 hour 30 minute guided experience
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Please arrive promptly at 5.30pm – our lambs won’t wait for their dinner!
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After feeding time, enjoy a guided farm tour with our knowledgeable livestock team, where you’ll learn more about our animals and have plenty of time to ask questions
Please note you will not have access to the play park, play barn or any other facilities at Sacrewell this is purely just a VIP lamb feeding experience. Toilets will remain open should you require them. The experience ends at 7pm and you will be guided off site.
Five Freedoms
- Freedom from hunger and thirst – bottle feeding at a set time to ensure they have the number of feeds required within a 24-hour period. This changes depending on their age. Access to a self-feeder overnight in case they require more. Water will be available once they reach the age that they will drink it.
- Freedom from discomfort – a clean and comfy straw bed is provided, and a heat lamp where necessary to keep them warm. They also have no access to anything that can hurt them and are kept in a barn away from loud noises and other animals.
- Freedom from pain, injury, or disease – foot dips are used before and after entering their enclosure to ensure no diseases are walked in. PPE is also worn to ensure there is no option of anything be transmitted from clothing. Only the Livestock team are able to pick them up to avoid them being handled incorrectly and potentially hurt. They also are well monitored to ensure they are healthy as they grow.
- Freedom to express normal behaviour – once old enough they will be provided with some enrichment in their enclosure, such as straw bales to jump on and off of. They also enjoy being in groups, and as cades create their own flock with the other lambs that they have grown up with.
- Freedom from fear and distress – Only the livestock team are able to pick them up and/or hold them in place. The lambs must always have the freedom to walk away if they want to, this is to ensure that they do not become scared or distressed. Such young lambs can be very vulnerable, and we are very passionate about making sure that all our animals feel happy and safe. This is vital to their welfare.
T&C’s apply: Please only book one session this allows up to 8 people – 6 people interacting with lambs and 2 spectators. Following guidance from Public Health Agency (PHA), pregnant ladies are advised NOT to take part in this experience or have close contact with sheep or lambs during lambing season. All participants must wear wellies as they will be asked to dip their boots before entering the lamb pen. This is a preventative measure to stop the spreading of disease. VIP lamb feeding sessions are non-refundable and non-transferable.