{"id":35192,"date":"2026-03-19T22:41:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T22:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=35192"},"modified":"2026-03-19T22:41:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T22:41:29","slug":"sheep-and-lambs-instead-of-turkey-and-geese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=35192","title":{"rendered":"Sheep and Lambs instead of Turkey and Geese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026031904.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThere are currently sheep and lambs in the field at Peachcroft Farm, which was previously used for free-range turkeys and geese.<\/p>\n<p>Planning applications have been submitted relating to some of the buildings at Peachcroft Farm. Until recently, these were use for free-range turkey rearing, which has ceased. The wider site also includes a number of workshop and storage units, the Grade II listed Peach Croft Barn, and Wells Farm Shop and Cafe.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026031902.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThe barns formerly used for turkey rearing are now proposed for flexible commercial use such as storage. Poultry rearing in this area has become increasingly high-risk due to the spread of bird flu. The sheep and lambs are popular with visitors and staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are currently sheep and lambs in the field at Peachcroft Farm, which was previously used for free-range turkeys and geese. Planning applications have been submitted relating to some of the buildings at Peachcroft Farm. Until recently, these were use for free-range turkey rearing, which has ceased. The wider site also includes a number of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-farming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35192\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}