Eco Tours

One of our favorite places In MA to entertain our kids is at the Winslow Farms and Animal Sanctuary in Norton MA.  Since few people know what an Animal Sanctuary is I’ll just call it a petting farm….everyone can relate to a petting farm.  The owner Debra White takes in used and abused farm animals and provides them with a home on her farm.  A while back Debra opened the farm to the public, check her website for her hours of operation and her calender for special events.

Unlike most other petting farms, Winslow Farms lets most of the animal roam where they choose and most of them mingle with the other farm animals.  If you are use to petting farms that separate their animals this concept will blow your mind, the animals get along and there is no need to separate them.

The chicken in the lower left is actually a mini chicken, about 1/3 of the size of a regular chicken.  Her chicks are a little larger than an egg at this point.  The farm has all sorts of birds including turkeys, peacocks, pigeons, doves and probably 20 other types that are skipping my mind.

When my daughters tire from walking around the nature trails and playing with the animals they are ready to play on the teeter totter.  Their idea of riding the teeter totter is having me step on one end so they don’t have any work to do!

This was a great find at the end of our nature walk!

For pictures of Winslow farms at Halloween time follow this link.