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 and area | Breeds | Further information | Contact |
| Yorkshire | |||
| Pepperfield Farm (North Yorkshire) |
Gloucester Old Spot and Tamworth pigs, Wiltshire Horn sheep, buff and blue Orpington chickens |
website | |
| Island Heritage (North Yorkshire) |
Hebridean, Manx Loghtan, North Ronaldsay and Shetland sheep |
website | |
| Ruston Fold of Highland Cattle (near Scarborough, North Yorkshire) |
Highland Cattle | 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 | |
| Yorkshire Meats (North Yorkshire) |
Oxford Sandy and Black pigs, Highland cattle | website | Contact via website |
| Glencroft Poultry (North Yorkshire) |
Bovans Nera laying hens, Cochins, Brahmas, Silkies, Bantam Laced Wyandottes.Garden doves. White Star and Blue Star hens |
website | |
| The Meads Flock (North Yorkshire) |
Badgerface Welsh Mountain sheep | website | contact via website |
| Ryedale Whitefaced Woodlands (North Yorkshire) |
Whitefaced Woodland sheep | e-mail for information | |
| Cleveland Bay Society (North Yorkshire) |
Cleveland Bay horses | website | |
| Nigel Stock | Old English pheasant fowl, Campine, Dorking and Australorp chickens | North Yorkshire | |
| Strathmore Farm (West Yorkshire) |
Dexter and Highland cattle, Ryeland sheep | website | |
| Temple Newsam Farm (Leeds, West Yorkshire) |
Many breeds of cattle, sheep goats, pigs and poultry |
website | |
| RosewoodFarms (East Yorkshire) |
Dexter cattle, Kerry Hill sheep, Saddleback, Tamworth, Large Black and Gloucester Old Spot pigs |
website | |
| Cruckley Farm (Driffield, East Yorkshire) |
White Park cattle, Greyfaced Dartmoor sheep and Tamworth pigs |
website | |
| Asselby Chucks (East Yorkshire) |
Traditional Poultry Breeds Orpingtons, Araucanas, Shetlands, Silver laced Wyandottes, Marans, Golden Pheasants. Hatching eggs to Point of Lay. |
e-mail for information | |
| Oinkeys (East Yorkshire) |
Tamworth, Middle White, Large Black and Gloucester Old Spot pigs | website | |
| Kirise Dexters (East Yorkshire) |
Dexter cattle, Oxford Sandy and Black pigs | website | |
| Raw Green Cottages (South Yorkshire) |
Orpingtons, Marans, Polish, Cream Legbars, plus various Hybrids | website | |
| Northmoor Rare Breeds (near Doncaster, South Yorkshire) |
Mangalitza and Berkshire pigs, Hereford and Northern Dairy Shorthorn cattle, various breeds of rare and traditional poultry - breeds include Dorkings, Wellsummers, Ixworths, Marsh Daisy, Cream Legbars. |
website Stock usually available contact Tracey or John on 01302 351251 |
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| Cannon Hall Open Farm (near Barnsley, South Yorkshire) |
Gloucester and Highland cattle, Soay and Jacob sheep, Saddleback and Kune Kune pigs, Shire horse and Shetland and Welsh ponies |
website | |
| Heeley City Farm (Sheffield, South Yorkshire) |
Soay sheep, Large Black pigs, Irish Moiled cattle |
website | |
| Scotland | |||
| Island Poultry (Isle of Lewis) |
Scots Grey, Silver Sussex, White Wyandotte and Buff Orpington hens, Indian Runner, Welsh Harlequin, Aylesbury and Saxony ducks, Mini Lop rabbits |
website | |
| Allandoo Pheasantry (Southwest Scotland) |
Ornamental and rare pheasants | website | |
| Kinlockroag Cattle (Isle of Lewis) |
Highland cattle | website | |
| Romesdal Cattle (Isle of Skye) |
Highland cattle | website | |
| Oban Rare Breeds Farm | Tamworth pigs, Golden Guernsey goats and Castlemilk Moorit sheep |
website | |
| Bidgiemire Pig Company (Lanarkshire) |
Tamworth, Berkshire, Large Black and Sandy and Black pigs |
website | |
| Deanbank (near Biggar) |
Ryeland sheep, Dexter cows, Maran, Light Sussex, Silkie and Araucana hens. Tamworth and Large Black Pigs. |
website | |
| England | |||
| 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 | |
| Dowlaw Farm (Berwickshire) |
Soay sheep | website | contact via website |
| Pigs 'r' Us (South Cumbria) |
Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs | website | contact via website |
| 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 | |
| Pig Paradise Farm (Staffordshire and Derbyshire) |
Berkshire, Gloucester Old Spot, Oxford Sandy and Black, Tamworth, British Lop, Large Black, Middle White Kune Kune, Potbellied and German Micro pigs |
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 | |
| Traditional British Fowl Company (Lancashire) |
Cream Legbar, Rhodebar, Marsh Daisy, Ixworth, Redcap and Red Sussex poultry | website | contact via website |
| Higher Oxhey Farm (Lancashire) |
Mangalitza pigs and llamas | website | Contact via website |
| Rich Peckings (Lancashire) |
Rhea, swans, ornamental ducks and geese, rare breeds and endangered breeds
including Ixworth, Sabelpoot and Orpington.
Bantams: Dutch, Belgiums and traditional farm breeds |
website | |
| Back Forest Flocks (Cheshire) |
Soay and Boreray sheep | website | |
| Finnington Traditional Breeds (Cheshire) |
Large Black and Middle White pigs, Soay sheep and British White cattle. | website | |
| 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 |
| Woodbine Cottage Meats (Warwickshire) |
Manx Loghtan sheep, Dexter cattle, Tamworth, Berkshire, Saddleback and Gloucester Old Spot pigs |
website | contact via website |
| Hedgemonkey Homegrown (Lincolnshire) |
rare breed Tamworth pigs and Jacob sheep | website | |
| Baylham House Farm (Suffolk) |
Cattle, goats, pigs, sheep, poultry | 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 | |
| Chinashop Rare Breeds (Isle of Wight) |
Cleveland Bay Horses, Irish Moiled and White Park cattle, Wensleydale and Whitefaced Woodland sheep |
website | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| Heathylee House Farm (Staffordshire) |
White Park cattle, Middle White pigs, Whitefaced Woodland and Jacob sheep, rare breed poultry |
website | |
| Roston Ryelands (Staffordshire) |
Ryeland sheep | website | |
| Wain Lee Farm (Staffordshire) |
Mangalitza curly coated pigs | website | |
| Chalk Hill Poultry (Hampshire) |
Orpington, Cochin, Brahma, Sussex and Wyandotte hens and bantams. Tamworth pigs. geese and turkeys |
website | |
| Eden Livestock (Hampshire) |
Wiltshire Horn sheep, Large Polish, Pekin Bantam and garden hybrid poultry |
website | |
| Gold Laced Orpingtons (Hampshire) |
Gold Laced Orpingtons | website | |
| Salvation Army - Hadleigh Farm Rare Breeds Centre (Essex) |
Gloucester Old Spot and Large Black pigs, Bagot and Golden Guernsey goats, Greyfaced Dartmoor sheep, Ixworth and Derbyshire Redcap chickens |
website | contact via website |
| New Barn Farm (Essex) |
Registered traditionally reared Gloucester Old Spot pigs and Dexter cattle |
website | |
| Shadowland Coloured Ryeland sheep (Essex) |
Coloured Ryeland sheep | website | |
| Brooks Farm (East London) |
Shorthorn cattle, Jacob and Ryeland sheep, Gloucester Old Spot pigs, Saanen goat |
website | contact via website |
| Langley Chase Organic Farm (Wiltshire) |
Manx Loghtan sheep | website | |
| Little Misses Chickens (Wiltshire) |
Polish Bantams, Pekin Bantams, Light Buff and Speckled Sussex, hybrid layers, table birds, Wyandotte Bantams, Khaki Campbells, Call Ducks | website | |
| Brian and Hilary Howell (Somerset) |
Portland sheep | website | |
| Brandel Rare Breeds (Somerset) |
Poultry and waterfowl | website | |
| The Wheatley Park Flock (West Devon) |
Oxford Sandy and Black pigs, chocolate Muscovy ducks, Sebastapol geese, Cayuga ducks, poultry - Vorwerk chickens |
website | |
| South Yeo Farm West (Devon) |
Welsh Mountain Badger Face sheep (Torwen and Torddu), Berkshire pigs, Aylesbury ducks | website | |
| 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 | |
| Radley Rare Breeds (North Devon) |
Berkshire and Gloucester Old Spot pigs, Red Ruby cattle, Dorking, Orpington, Brahma and Wyandotte hens, ducks and geese |
website | |
| Penborn Goat Farm (Devon) |
Golden Guernsey and pygmy goats | website | |
| Penpethick Farm (Cornwall) |
Gloucester Old Spot pigs | website | |
| Wales | |||
| Gaerllwyd Flocks (South Wales) |
Boreray Sheep, Balwen Sheep, Soay sheep, Japanese Bantams. | website | |
| Chris and Kate Impey (South Wales) |
Berkshire and British Lop pigs, Balwen sheep | Stock available | e-mail Tel. 01291 641218 |
| Glyn Elwyn (South-west Wales) |
Berkshire and Gloucester Old Spot pigs. Ryeland and Lleyn sheep. All registered with their individual pedigree breed societies. |
website | |
| general | |||
| Manx Loghtan Breeders Group |
Manx Loghtan Sheep | website | contact via website |
| Orpingtons U.K. | Large fowl orpingtons, blue, black, gold laced, lemon cuckoo, lavender. Silver and gold sebright bantams. sablepoot bantams. French wheaten marans, buff and blue wyandotte, large fowl. Cuckoo marans, light sussex, marsh daisy. | website | |
| English Goat Breeders Association | English goats | website | |
| Local Food Adviser | Promoting over 400 rare breed suppliers across UK and Ireland and around 80 local breeds. Easily search rare and native breeds by region. Rare breeds include cattle, pigs, sheep, poultry and game. | website | |
| Chas and Cath Heeley | Hebridean sheep | website | |
| France | |||
| Eco Ferme (South-west France) |
Llamas, Alpacas, Goats: Pygmy, Angora, Alpine Sheep: Skudden, Ouessant, Suffolk Pigs: Vietnamese potbellies, Cul Noir, Tamworth Horses: Percheron, Irish cobs, Paint Horse Cattle: Jersey house cows, Highland |
website | |
| Pigs at les Rues (Normandy) |
Tamworth, Saddleback, GOS, Vietnamese Potbelly, Kune Kune, Bayeux and Mangalitza pigs | website | |
| Spered Breizh Ouessants (Brittany) |
Ouessant sheep | website | contact via website |
| Netherlands | |||
| Broederey de Weyde Gansch, near Tilburg | American Buff geese, American Tufted Buff geese | website | |
| Australia | |||
| Pear Tree Farm (Ballarat) |
Ryeland sheep | website | |
| U.S.A. | |||
| Randall Cattle Registry (Connecticut) |
Randall cattle | website | |
| Dolce Farm (Oregon) |
Icelandic sheep | website | |
| Apache Hill Wool and Fibre Company (Arizona) |
Navajo-Churro and Wensleydale sheep | website | |
| Cynthia's Randall Cattle (Connecticut) |
Randall cattle | website | contact via website |
| Tongue River Farm (Missouri) |
Icelandic sheep | website | e-mail |
| Howland Homestead Farm (Connecticut) |
Randall cattle | website | contact via website |
| Cabbage Hill Farm (New York) |
Highland cattle, Devon cattle, Shetland sheep, Shetland geese and ducks, Large Black and Tamworth pigs, Marans hens |
website | contact via website |
| Robert Elliott (Virginia) |
Katahdin sheep | website | |
| Peaceful Pastures (Tennessee) |
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 |
rare breeds picture pages :
British Rare Sheep Breeds slideshow (opens in a new window)
Poultry Breeds photographs (opens in a new window)