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took my daughter to a petting farm today.... what a disapointment! and a disgrace.
heres the web site.. http://www.lincolnsfields.co.uk/

looked promising. so we got there, holes in the car park and not a soul in sight! they seemed shocked to see us walk in the door. When we got to the "farm" there was mud everywhere ( dont say yes but it is a farm!! not actually a working farm!) these poor chickens were in thses horrbile pens the floor was just mud and their huts where had no clean strw just mud and s**t.

there was one chicken that was walking funny, and its feet looked as if they wernt bent underneath its legs, if that makes sense...there was a pen which said you could put your kids in and hold the rabbits... well i wouldnt have put my dog in there let alone my child!

they had tiny rabbit hutches which were way too small for the 2 giant rabbits they had in each one, i was so upset and disgusted that i didnt even want to find out what state the other animals were living in, as they said they have ponies, goats, sheep etc....

iv never reported anyone to the RSPCA before, will they check it out even if they think they are being looked after?
 
Obviously difficult to advise without having seen the place myself, but presume most places would be suffering with mud after yesterdays storms and perhaps animals were in temporary dwellingds due to adverse weather?
 
I would report to the RSPCA, however, please be aware that they can only act if animals are actualy suffering and a vet is prepared to give evidence in court. Another route you may wish to try is with your local council. The petting farm will need to adhere to health and safety standards and, depending how it is classified may need a licence (please note the MAY). If it requires a licence there will be minimum standards that should be adhered to. Good luck
 
i would report them, an inspector from RSPCA will at the least advise them of proper living conditions for the animals and should follow it up to check they have carried out the advice.
 
Good luck reporting them. Last petting zoo I went to, there was a cow in a stable with ring worm and nothing stopping the kids stroking it and no warning sign either.
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Remind me not to invite you to our farm then! LOL

We've had so much rain lately that I have to admit, my chickens pen is nothing short of mud either. We're not allowed to let them free roam the farm as the dairy we supply our milk to frowns on chickens having free access to areas on the farm where oue cows are. Don't ask me why though, don't know.

Our farm is very muddy in places and yet surprisingly where i turn my horses out is pretty dry (apart from the fence line where my shetland likes to run up and down when he's decided it's tea time).

I must admit, my hen coats and duck house are very clean and regularly skipped out...new shavings, new straw etc. Hens make such a mess though scratching. I've had to let mine out, even though the pen is a bit muddy as I don't want them to be stuck in the shed until the ground dries up. They have an additional pen they can get in during the day though which isn't so bad, but even so they must walk through the muddy pen to get to it.

Doesn't sound a great place though. Most farms like that shut the doors over winter because of the public's perception of mud etc. I know I would if it was mine. There is only so much you can do when the heavens keep dumping water on your land.

I'd have spoken to the owners first and asked them about the mud and see what they have to say. I'd likely call the Council before the RSPCA though.
 
I think the RSPCA now have new powers to stop stuffering before it happens (how novel!!) and that owners now have a duty of care to look after their animals. That might just be horses I dont know but Im sure it applied to all animals.

Tell them - there's no harm, best case scenario it all turns out to be kosher and there's no problems.
Worst case scenario is you dont tell them and animals suffer.
 
Your'd have a fit at the chickens down the road from work then. 3 big chickens in a 3ft by 3ft pen, complete mud during the winter, dirt during the summer, no grass, the chickens are all thin and dirty, bed is horrid from what I can see and their roost is tiny and leaks water. RSPCA won't do anything as the chickens are not ill or dieing and they have food and water.
 
I don't really think you can judge a whole place IF you didn't go round the whole place?

Chickens in mud? It's raining a lot there at the moment isn't it? Chickens make a lot of mess. Were they being fed and watered and had an area to get out of the rain? Well I think that may be the guidelines set out. Did they have a better life than a battery hen?

Rabbits in little hutches? Lots of people keep rabbits in little hutches....including pet stores. Confused as to how the children were supposed to get into these little hutches to play with the rabbits?

Your best bet would have been to go round all the areas available to you and look at all the animals and then if you had complaints, voice them with the owners and see what they said.

They may well come on here and see what has been written as if everyone does what I have just done, and pressed on the link direct from HHO then their stats will show they had a number of visitors from this site. Perhaps not a bad thing as it is always refreshing to hear 2 sides to every story.
 
Rspca are useless IMHO. I reported 2 ponies that had been starved (count every bone in its body) and there was a 3rd dead due to starvation on the drive of this property. At my expense i then got the vet to them, one had a heart murmur due to malnutrition apparently. the rspca said there was no signs of neglect!! Ive never phoned or donated to the Rspca since, I now phone a more useful charity like the ILPH etc. I wont post the photos on here of the 2 horses but if you would like to see them Pm me.
 
Got to agree with Connie girl, IMO the RSPCA are C++P. They are a bunch of complete idiots, seem to spend all their money on advertisingto getmore money and thats about it. We reported someone who use to shoot his horses with BB guns to train them!!! They said they would investigate but would have to prewarn the man they were going to show up and then see if he did it whilst they were there, well HELLO of course he wouldnt have done it then, so thats my experience of them, not good!!!
 
Just because lots of people keep bunnies in small hutches does not make it right, rabbits are naturally very clean and like to have their toilet seperate from their sleeping area, they love to run about and jump and love being able to graze in the early and late hours of the day, they are very curious and lovely creatures to have!! I have eight and they have huge runs and houses to live in. I also have six chickens who, in this weather, are messy monsters but their house always has fresh shavings in it.
There is no excuse for poor animal husbandry!!!!!!!!!
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Speak to whoever runs the farm and see what their excuse is, sadly I doubt weather RSPCA will help but depends on your local Inspector, have to say ours is very good in this area.
 
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