RARE BREEDS IN YORKSHIRE

This site is designed to provide links information for people with a
shared interest in keeping rare and minority breeds of livestock.
The page was originally set up for rare breeds in Yorkshire only but,
due to interest from other areas, we now include any rare breed site.

If you would like an entry on this page please fill in our link request form

 

Rare Breeds in Yorkshire (and elsewhere)

Name Breeds Further information Contact
Pepperfield Farm
(North Yorkshire)
Gloucester Old Spot and Tamworth pigs,
Wiltshire Horn sheep,
buff and blue Orpington chickens
website e-mail
Woodpightel Cottage
(North Yorkshire)
"not quite a smallholding"
Ryeland sheep, rare breeds poultry
website contact via website
Traditional Pigs
(North Yorkshire)
Old Spot pigs, Pietrain and Welsh X Old Spot growers. Poultry: Embden geese, Black Rocks, Light Sussex. Supplies hatching eggs and live birds - growers and point of lay website e-mail
Yorkshire Meats Oxford Sandy & Black pigs, Highland cattle website Contact via website
KiriseDexters
(East Yorkshire)
Dexter cattle, Oxford Sandy & Black pigs website e-mail
Marans hens
(North Yorkshire)
Marans poultry website contact via website
Strathmore Farm
(West Yorkshire)
Dexter and Highland cattle, Ryeland sheep website e-mail
The Meads Flock
(North Yorkshire)
Badgerface Welsh Mountain sheep website contact via website
RosewoodFarms
(East Yorkshire)
Dexter cattle, Kerry Hill sheep,
Saddleback, Tamworth,
Large Black and Gloucester Old Spot pigs
website e-mail
Temple Newsam Farm
(Leeds, West Yorkshire)
Many breeds of cattle, sheep
goats, pigs & poultry
website e-mail
Cruckley Farm
(Driffield, East Yorkshire)
White Park cattle, Greyfaced Dartmoor sheep
and Tamworth pigs
website e-mail
Cleveland Bay Society
(North Yorkshire)
Cleveland Bay horses website e-mail
Nigel Stock Old English pheasant fowl, Campine, Dorking and Australorp chickens North Yorkshire e-mail
Cannon Hall Open Farm
(near Barnsley, Yorkshire)
Gloucester and Highland cattle,
Soay and Jacob sheep,
Saddleback and Kune Kune pigs,
Shire horse,  Shetland and Welsh ponies
website e-mail
Heeley City Farm
(Sheffield, Yorkshire)
Soay sheep, Large Black pigs,
Irish Moiled cattle
website e-mail
Island Heritage
(North Yorkshire)
Hebridean, Manx Loghtan,
North Ronaldsay and Shetland sheep
website e-mail
Glencroft Poultry
(North Yorkshire)
Bovans Nera laying hens,
Cochins, Brahmas, Silkies,
Bantam Laced Wyandottes.Garden doves.
White Star and Blue Star hens
website e-mail
Coloured Ryeland sheep Coloured Ryeland sheep website contact via website
South Yeo Farm West
(Devon)
Welsh Mountain Badger Face sheep (Torwen and Torddu) website e-mail
Rich Peckings Rhea, swans, ornamental ducks and geese, rare breeds and endangered breeds including Ixworth, Sabelpoot and Orpington. Bantams: Dutch, Belgiums
and traditional farm breeds
website e-mail
Back Forest Flocks
(Cheshire)
Soay and Boreray sheep website e-mail
Old English Farmyard Breeds
(Lincolnshire)
Old English Pheasant Fowl website contact via website
Penborn Goat Farm
(Devon)
Golden Guernsey and pygmy goats website e-mail
Heathylee House Farm
(Staffordshire)
White Park cattle, Middle White pigs, Whitefaced Woodland and Jacob sheep,
rare breed poultry
website e-mail
new buttonRoston Ryelands
(Staffordshire)
Ryeland sheep website e-mail
South Yeo Farm
(Devon)
Balwen sheep, Large Black pigs, poultry - Ixworth, Old English Pheasant Fowl, Dorking, Vorwerk, Lakenvelder, Andalusian, Speckled Sussex, Silver Spangled Hamburgh, Barnevelder, Welsummer, Marans, Cayuga,
West of England geese.
website e-mail
Wain Lee Farm
(Staffordshire)
Mangalitza curly coated pigs website e-mail
Bidgiemire Pig Company
(Lanarkshire)
Tamworth, Berkshire, Large Black and
Sandy and Black pigs
website e-mail
The Wheatley Park Flock
(West Devon)
Oxford Sandy and Black pigs, chocolate Muscovy ducks, Sebastapol geese, Cayuga ducks,
poultry - Vorwerk chickens
website e-mail
Higher Oxhey Farm
(Lancashire)
Mangalitza pigs and llamas website Contact via website
Manx Loghtan
Breeders Group
Manx Loghtan Sheep website contact via website
Woodbine Cottage Meats
(Warwickshire)
Manx Loghtan sheep, Dexter cattle,
Tamworth, Berkshire, Saddleback
and Gloucester Old Spot pigs
website contact via website
Brooks Farm
(East London)
Shorthorn cattle, Jacob and Ryeland sheep,
Gloucester Old Spot pigs, Saanen goat
website contact via website
Eden Livestock
(Hampshire)
Wiltshire Horn sheep,
Large Polish, Pekin Bantam
and garden hybrid poultry
website e-mail
Pigs 'r' Us
(South Cumbria)
Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs website contact via website
Chalk Hill Poultry
(near Salisbury, England)
Orpington, Cochin, Brahma, Sussex and Wyandotte hens and bantams. Tamworth pigs.
geese and turkeys
website e-mail
Chapel herd/flock
(North Cheshire/
South Manchester)
Belted and White Galloway cattle,
British Saddleback, Berkshire and
 Gloucester Old Spot pigs, Southdown sheep.
Scots Grey bantams
website contact via website
Radley Rare Breeds
(North Devon)
Berkshire & Gloucester Old Spot pigs,
Red Ruby cattle, Dorking, Orpington,
Brahma & Wyandotte hens, ducks and geese
website e-mail
Penpethick Farm
(Cornwall)
Gloucester Old Spot pigs website e-mail
Native Breeds @ Rook House
(County Cleveland)
White Galloway and Highland cattle,
Shetland and Jacob sheep,
Yorkshire and Berkshire pigs,
poultry and free range eggs
Stock occasionally available e-mail
Traditional British Fowl Company
(Lancashire)
Cream Legbar, Rhodebar, Marsh Daisy, Ixworth, Redcap and Red Sussex poultry website contact via website
LPH Poultry
(West Sussex)
Light Sussex, copper black and French wheaten Marans, Sultan, white Silkie, black, buff and gold laced Orpington, Coad Langshan and Exchequer Leghorn hens.
Wyandotte bantams
website e-mail
English Goat Breeders Association English goats website e-mail
Shadowland Coloured
Ryeland sheep
Coloured Ryeland sheep website e-mail
Dowlaw Farm
(Berwickshire)
Soay sheep website contact via website
Traditional and
Rare Breed Meat
Company
(Derbyshire)
British Saddleback, Middle White
and Gloucester Old Spot pigs,
Dexter cattle, Soay, Portland
and Shetland sheep
website e-mail
Island Poultry
(Isle of Lewis,
Scotland)
Scots Grey, Silver Sussex, White Wyandotte
and Buff Orpington hens,
Indian Runner, Welsh Harlequin,
Aylesbury and Saxony ducks,
Mini Lop rabbits
website e-mail
Salvation Army -
Hadleigh Farm
Rare Breeds Centre
Gloucester Old Spot and Large Black pigs, Bagot and Golden Guernsey goats,
Greyfaced Dartmoor sheep, Ixworth
and Derbyshire Redcap chickens
website contact via website
Allandoo Pheasantry
(Southwest Scotland)
Ornamental and rare pheasants website e-mail
Pig Paradise Farm
(Staffordshire & Derbyshire)
Berkshire, Gloucester Old Spot, Oxford
Sandy & Black, Tamworth, British Lop,
Large Black, Middle White
Kune Kune, Potbellied and German Micro pigs
website e-mail
Sherwood Forest Farm Park
(Nottinghamshire)
Highland and Longhorn cattle, Tamworth and
Gloucester Old Spot pigs,
Shetland, Leicester Longwool
and Portland sheep,
Bagot and Golden Guernsey goats
website e-mail
Oban Rare Breeds Farm Tamworth pigs, Golden Guernsey goats
and Castlemilk Moorit sheep
website e-mail
Langley Chase Organic Farm
(Wiltshire)
Manx Loghtan sheep website e-mail
Brian and Hilary Howell
(Somerset)
Portland sheep website e-mail
Brandel Rare Breeds
(Somerset)
Poultry & waterfowl website e-mail
Chris and Kate Impey
(South Wales)
Berkshire and British Lop pigs, Balwen sheep Stock available e-mail
Tel. 01291
641218
Kinlockroag Cattle
(Isle of Lewis
Scotland)
Highland cattle website e-mail
Romesdal Cattle
(Isle of Skye
Scotland)
Highland cattle website e-mail
Baylham House Farm
(Suffolk)
Cattle, goats, pigs, sheep, poultry website contact via website
Chinashop Rare Breeds
(Isle of Wight)
Cleveland Bay Horses, Irish Moiled
and White Park cattle,
Wensleydale and
Whitefaced Woodland sheep
website e-mail
Seven Sisters Sheep Centre
(East Sussex)
Balwen, Castlemilk Moorit, Cotswold, Dorset Down, Greyfaced Dartmoor, Hebridean, Hill Radnor, Kerry Hill, Leicester Longwool, Lincoln Longwool, Llanwenog, Manx Loghtan, North Ronaldsay, Oxford Down, Portland, Shetland, Shropshire, Soay,
Southdown, Teeswater, Wensleydale,
Whitefaced Woodland and Wiltshire Horn sheep
website contact via website
Old Hall Rare Breeds
(Norfolk)
British White and Jersey cattle,
Greyfaced Dartmoor and Norfolk Horn sheep,
Gloucester Old Spot, Large Black
and Tamworth pigs
website e-mail
Spered Breizh Ouessants
(Brittany)
Ouessant sheep website contact via website
Broederey de Weyde Gansch
(Netherlands)
American Buff geese, American Tufted Buff geese website e-mail
Pear Tree Farm
(Ballarat, Australia)
Ryeland sheep website e-mail
Randall Cattle Registry
(Connecticut, USA)
Randall cattle website e-mail
Dolce Farm
(Oregon, USA)
Icelandic sheep website e-mail
Apache Hill Wool
and Fibre Company
(Arizona, USA)
Navajo-Churro and Wensleydale sheep website e-mail
Cynthia's Randall Cattle
(Connecticut, USA)
Randall cattle website contact via website
Tongue River Farm
(Missouri, USA)
Icelandic sheep website e-mail
Howland Homestead Farm
(Connecticut, USA)
Randall cattle website contact via website
Cabbage Hill Farm
(New York, USA)
Highland cattle, Devon cattle, Shetland sheep,
Shetland geese and ducks,
Large Black and Tamworth pigs, Marans hens
website contact via website
Robert Elliott
(Virginia, USA)
Katahdin sheep website e-mail
Peaceful Pastures
(Tennessee, USA)
Alpine, Nubian and Saanen goats,
Red Angus cattle, Tamworth pigs,
Lincoln Longwool  sheep, Hereford hogs,
Dominique, Astrolorp, Wyandotte and Rhode Island Red hens, American Bronze turkeys
website e-mail

 

rare breeds picture pages :

British Rare Sheep Breeds slideshow (opens in a new window)

Poultry Breeds photographs (opens in a new window)

 

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