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 | |
| 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 | |
| Yorkshire Meats | Oxford Sandy & Black pigs, Highland cattle | website | Contact via website |
| KiriseDexters (East Yorkshire) |
Dexter cattle, Oxford Sandy & Black pigs | website | |
| Marans hens (North Yorkshire) |
Marans poultry | website | contact via website |
| Strathmore Farm (West Yorkshire) |
Dexter and Highland cattle, Ryeland sheep | website | |
| 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 | |
| Temple Newsam Farm (Leeds, West Yorkshire) |
Many breeds of cattle, sheep goats, pigs & poultry |
website | |
| Cruckley Farm (Driffield, East Yorkshire) |
White Park cattle, Greyfaced Dartmoor sheep and Tamworth pigs |
website | |
| Cleveland Bay Society (North Yorkshire) |
Cleveland Bay horses | website | |
| Nigel Stock | Old English pheasant fowl, Campine, Dorking and Australorp chickens | North Yorkshire | |
| 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 | |
| Heeley City Farm (Sheffield, Yorkshire) |
Soay sheep, Large Black pigs, Irish Moiled cattle |
website | |
| Island Heritage (North Yorkshire) |
Hebridean, Manx Loghtan, North Ronaldsay and Shetland sheep |
website | |
| Glencroft Poultry (North Yorkshire) |
Bovans Nera laying hens, Cochins, Brahmas, Silkies, Bantam Laced Wyandottes.Garden doves. White Star and Blue Star hens |
website | |
| Coloured Ryeland sheep | Coloured Ryeland sheep | website | contact via website |
| South Yeo Farm West (Devon) |
Welsh Mountain Badger Face sheep (Torwen and Torddu) | website | |
| 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 | |
| Back Forest Flocks (Cheshire) |
Soay and Boreray sheep | website | |
| Old English Farmyard Breeds (Lincolnshire) |
Old English Pheasant Fowl | website | contact via website |
| Penborn Goat Farm (Devon) |
Golden Guernsey and pygmy goats | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Wain Lee Farm (Staffordshire) |
Mangalitza curly coated pigs | website | |
| Bidgiemire Pig Company (Lanarkshire) |
Tamworth, Berkshire, Large Black and Sandy and Black pigs |
website | |
| The Wheatley Park Flock (West Devon) |
Oxford Sandy and Black pigs, chocolate Muscovy ducks, Sebastapol geese, Cayuga ducks, poultry - Vorwerk chickens |
website | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Penpethick Farm (Cornwall) |
Gloucester Old Spot pigs | website | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| English Goat Breeders Association | English goats | website | |
| Shadowland Coloured Ryeland sheep |
Coloured Ryeland sheep | website | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Oban Rare Breeds Farm | Tamworth pigs, Golden Guernsey goats and Castlemilk Moorit sheep |
website | |
| Langley Chase Organic Farm (Wiltshire) |
Manx Loghtan sheep | website | |
| Brian and Hilary Howell (Somerset) |
Portland sheep | website | |
| Brandel Rare Breeds (Somerset) |
Poultry & waterfowl | website | |
| 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 | |
| Romesdal Cattle (Isle of Skye Scotland) |
Highland cattle | website | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Spered Breizh Ouessants (Brittany) |
Ouessant sheep | website | contact via website |
| Broederey de Weyde Gansch (Netherlands) |
American Buff geese, American Tufted Buff geese | website | |
| Pear Tree Farm (Ballarat, Australia) |
Ryeland sheep | website | |
| Randall Cattle Registry (Connecticut, USA) |
Randall cattle | website | |
| Dolce Farm (Oregon, USA) |
Icelandic sheep | website | |
| Apache Hill Wool and Fibre Company (Arizona, USA) |
Navajo-Churro and Wensleydale sheep | website | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
rare breeds picture pages :
British Rare Sheep Breeds slideshow (opens in a new window)
Poultry Breeds photographs (opens in a new window)