As well as the Shire horses Brickfields is the home to lots of minature Shetland ponies. These ponies may be very small in stature, but they are very big in character! A must visit if you come to Brickfields. Shetlands are probably the strongest member of the equine world in relation to their size. The standard Shetland can measure up to 42 inches at the wither, but the minatures that we breed must not exceed 34 inches. The miniatures are quite often mistaken for Falabellas, which are a breed of miniature horse originally bred in Argentina, and they should not exceed 30 inches. We have been breeding minis for a number of years now and visitors enjoy seeing the new mums and their lovely foals.

Farm corner has a variable selection of different animals, including goats, rabbits, pigs, cattle, ducks and chickens. The springtime is usually one of the best times, as there are lots of new arrivals of all shapes and sizes. Our donkeys live alongside our farm animals. We do usually breed two or three foals each year. One of the cutest baby animals has got to be a donkey foal, so hopefully you might be able to see one on your visit. We have a miniature jack donkey who is called Lofty. There are four jenny donkeys, Brandy is the old lady of the crew, she has been old forever, so we are unsure of her age! The other girls are Esme, Holly, Bel, who are all wonderful mothers and hopefully will carry on producing for us. The other very important member of the crew is our mule who is actually called Muffin During high season visitors can take a tractor ride to watch the pig racing, which is great fun. There are usually six or seven pigs who go under starters orders and do a mad dash to the other end of their run, where they are rewarded with food (needless to say the pigs love it too).