Agricultural Science Unit

11/06/2026

These 2 boys are very sweet and growing fast at 8 weeks old!

They are looking for their new 🏡, drop us an email [email protected]

10/06/2026

Some of our goats have taken a trip to Peterhouse College, Cambridge today for some goat walking 🐐 thankfully the rain has taken a break

08/06/2026

Thankful for the rain ☔️

As inconvenient as it can be, we are very grateful to have finally had some rain, the ground, the grass, and the other crops all really needed it and our animals got some much needed relief from the hot weather ☀️

07/06/2026

Making plans for the summer holidays?

Don’t forget our kids holiday camp will be running for 4 weeks of the summer, from Monday to Thursday.

For children age 5-11 days run from 9am-3pm and include a range of activities with our different species of animals.

Booking available now through our website: www.agriculturalscienceunit.net

Or get in touch via [email protected] to pay via childcare vouchers

05/06/2026

The ferrets enjoying some tactile enrichment (not for eating!)

03/06/2026

3 Pedigree Whitefaced Woodland Breeding Lambs

3 pedigree registered Whitefaced Woodland ewe lambs Vaccinated heptavac P Plus, treated Tolracol and Clik Will come to a bucket and would stand up in

03/06/2026

Our members enjoyed some guinea pig grooming yesterday lunchtime- we think the guinea pigs enjoyed a little pamper too!

26/05/2026

Acorn our donkey foal was perfectly behaved as he accompanied his mum, Doris, at Hertfordshire County Show for his second show ever!

He took it all in his stride like he’d been doing it forever and won best foal for the second time.

Acorn is good to handle, picks up all 4 feet, has seen the farrier, is bold and inquisitive.

Photos of dam and sire can be seen, sire has won supreme national in hand champion and Dam has the sweetest personality.

He will need a home with another donkey for company.

Please email [email protected] with any interest

24/05/2026

We are so proud of our students for the showmanship and team work they have displayed today in very warm temperatures and very competitive classes.

We entered the most sheep classes we have ever entered on a single day and from 8.30am-2.30pm we were pretty much constantly in the ring, with all students cheering each other on and supporting smooth class change overs.

Highlights of the day include;
🐑 3rd placing in Hill and Heath shearling ewe out of a very strong class of over 15 sheep
🐑 1st placed intermediate young handler qualifying for the RBST Young Shepherds Grand Final
🐑 1st placed senior shepherd in an enormous and competitive class
🐑 Reserve Champion young handler with Kiera the handler and Theasu Kiera the sheep
🐑 Plus some students first time in the ring looking like they’ve been doing it for years!

All thanks to Hertfordshire County Show for a lovely day for our students, staff, and sheep

24/05/2026

Another wonderful weekend of showing, and this one was a scorcher 🥵

Saturday saw a return to the donkey ring at Hertfordshire County Show. All donkeys and handlers went well in their classes for a flurry of rosettes including Annabel going 1st in Young handlers 👏🏻

Our foal Acorn was foot perfect for his second show, finding the whole thing utterly exhausting but still managing to go round with his mum Doris in the mares class, and 1/2 the young handlers class.

Today (Sunday) we are showing sheep- update to follow!