A Visit to Valley View Farm

Valley View Farm has been in the Warfield family since 1868. Today we carry on the farm tradition by raising Emus, Hereford beef cattle, Haflinger horses and Llamas. You are welcome to walk around the farm and say hello to all of our livestock. Holly, our black purebred Border Collie, and Chou Chou, our half Border Collie, will act as your guides.

Be sure to visit the emus. They lay very large green eggs that take about 50 days to incubate and hatch. Emus are natives of Australia. They do not easily adjust their biological clocks to our time so they lay their eggs in what is our winter, thinking that it really should be summer in Australia. Accordingly, we have to pick up our Emus' eggs before they freeze. Emus are not aggressive, but they like to peck at shiny buttons or decorations on your clothes.

In the summer our cows go out to pasture with their calves. They graze until November when they come in to live in the cow shed for the winter. We have Hereford beef cattle. They have their calves in the spring. By the fall the calves are ready to wean and go to the 'feed lots'. Herefords are quite tranquil. The cows are excellent mothers and easy to care for.

On your tour take a look at our pair of beautiful purebred Haflinger horses. They are natives of Austria and are a cross between a small Austrian workhorse and an Arabian which adds to their beautiful color. They are very gentle. An Amish family in Ohio trained ours.

In addition, we have chicken condos or to use 'olde Englishe' our 'chicken coops'. I feel that a farm isn't a farm unless there are chickens about. We have Rhode Island Reds that lay beautiful large brown eggs.

Finally you must say hello to our two llamas. Wellington, who is black and Ollie, are trained to carry packs on their backs. They will gladly hike the trails with you. Their padded feet are kind to the forest floor. It's quite an experience to travel with these unique South American pack animals.
                                   - John Warfield Glaze