Summer Farmyard Residents
A 2 hour Farm Pass is needed to access both our Farmyard (Educational Venue) and Valley Farm for a self-guided tour and to meet all the farm animals. The farmyard is open daily year-round and is home to our Farmyard Friends like laying hens, goats, sheep, and peafowl. It also has an engaging outdoor play area. Beginning in mid-May and continuing through October, we welcome our Summer Farmyard Residents to our pastures, a wider variety of animals from local farms. In June, July and August of each summer we offer educator led activities in the farmyard, some of which could include meeting our farmyard animals, learning about animal jobs and products, or asking us your farm animal questions. Contact Education at education@pinelandfarms.org or 207.650.3031.
Belted Galloways
Cookie – black w/white belt – born November 30, 2025
Cream – silver dun w/white belt – born November 24, 2025
Leased from Bumpus Farm of South Paris, ME
Cookie & Cream are Belted Galloway heifers, which means they are young female cows who have not had calves yet. Weaned from their moms just before their arrival to Pineland in late May, these girls will be growing rapidly over their time with us. They will be calling the Cow Barn home for the summer and throughout corn maze season. Cookie and Cream are a little shy at first but are warming up quickly.
Belted Galloways, or “Belties”, are a heritage breed of beef cattle originating from Scotland. Heritage breeds are livestock breeds that were raised by our ancestors prior to the rise of industrial agriculture. Belties are smaller statured beef cattle, known for their distinctive belt marking and for producing high-quality lean beef. Most commonly known for their black and white coloring, they also occur in a red or dun (gray/tan) color patten.
Crossbreed Hogs
Frank & Beans
Born March 4, 2026
Landrace x Duroc Crossbreeds
Frank and Beans are our swine ambassadors in the Farmyard for 2026! They are both barrows, or fixed males. While at first glance they may look very similar, upon closer inspection Frank is noticeably larger than Beans and Beans has striking light blue eyes where Frank has dark brown eyes. Blue eyes in pigs is extremely rare so Beans is very special. Starting out in our pig house, Frank & Beans will soon be wallowing in one of the Farmyard pastures this summer. Although both are “pink” pigs, they will soon look brown or gray on most days as they happily roll in the mud. Already very used to their new home, they are very interested in anything they can get their noses on and are often guilty of trying to chew on Education staff’s shoes.
Landrace pigs are long-bodied, floppy-eared, pink pigs known for their excellent mothering abilities and large litters. The Duroc breed is reddish-brown in color , heavily muscled, with floppy ears. Frank & Beans both take after their Landrace parent most. Many commercial swine farms raise crossbreed hogs to hopefully get an increase of positive traits from each breed. Crossing Landrace and Durocs should create a fast growing, well-muscled, long-bodied hog for market and sows(mature females) who are capable of raising large litters with little complication.
North Country Cheviot Sheep
Mixed ages – 2-6 yrs old
Leased from Webster Family Farm in Windham, ME.
Our flock of North Country Cheviot sheep are all ewes who lambed earlier this year. These mamas nursed their lambs for 3-4 months and now their lambs are big enough to be on their own. That means these ewes are on vacation for the summer! They will spend the next couple of months grazing and lazing about. This fall, a Ram will join the flock so the ewes can become pregnant with the lambs they will give birth to in 2027.
North Country Cheviot sheep originated in Scotland and are known for being a smart, hardy, well-growing breed. They are a dual-purpose breed, known for both their dense wool fleece and lean meat. Mature ewes typically weigh 150-190lbs and rams can weight up to 300lbs!
