Feather’nDown Homestead

Feather’nDown Homestead Sharing our journey on our way to self-sufficiency to inspire others to give it a go!

10/09/2026

We built a new pig shelter for these baby piglets!!!
This shelter was a long work in progress and got finished a couple weeks ago! Now that it's finished we were rewarded with 15 baby piggys!!! 5 boys and 10 girls 😱

This mornings occupants having a sleep in, in their new shelter 😍This mum delivered 5girls and 2boys and are all doing g...
08/09/2026

This mornings occupants having a sleep in, in their new shelter 😍

This mum delivered 5girls and 2boys and are all doing great.

06/09/2026

Come clean chicken coops with Evelyn!
We clean our coops every 2 weeks because our chickens will refuse to lay if the coops to dirty 😆

03/09/2026

Hello 👀
We've currently hatched out a bunch of baby chicks! And they are SOOOOO cute! We offer free snuggles with chicks, ducklings, and baby bunnys here at our farm park! (With entry fee) You can now book a spot from the 21st of September!

Its September!That means we are counting down the days till sun shine, baby chicks, piglets and goats, and till we open ...
31/08/2026

Its September!

That means we are counting down the days till sun shine, baby chicks, piglets and goats, and till we open up the gate too once again be graced by your presence!

We will officially be open again from the 19th of September (by booking only) every Saturday. Morning sessions (9-12) and afternoon (1-4) are available.

To mark it being September and to bring in some extra funds to smash out some more projects before opening day we are running a bit of a competition!

100 tickets (numbers 1-100) at $5.00 each.

PRIZE: Family entree to our farm, (scavenger hunt and animal feed included)
1 dozen farm fresh eggs for eating to take away
1 blown out Emu Egg!

Prize will be drawn when all ticket have sold or the 18th of September 7pm, so message me to claim your number and organize payment.

Thankyou for the ongoing support and we look forward to seeing you all again soon.

30/08/2026

Meet our goats! (again)
We are milking 6 goats, raising a buck, and still have our old one hanging around- though he does need to be moved very soon 😬
Come meet these guy at our farm! September 19! By booking only 😉

We have three different breeds of geese and they have all officially started laying! We will be throwing some into the i...
30/08/2026

We have three different breeds of geese and they have all officially started laying! We will be throwing some into the incubater to see the fertility rate tomorrow and maybe eat a few 🙈
We have Pilgrim, smooth breasted Sebastopols, and Chinese geese.

27/08/2026

We have not harvested from our banana trees in a while and you can tell... the frost definitely hit the trees as they all look brown, but when summer hits they will be back to their lush green selves again!
Now let harvest some bananas 😆

09/08/2026

Meet our guinea fowl!
Guinea fowl are great for getting rid of ticks in the paddocks and bugs in your garden. But these 'prehistoric like' birds are very noisy. They are such great characters on this farm and play their part well. But that noise definitely gets old😆

Pig shelter coming along nicely. Trying to repurpose materials lying around in the farm as much as much as possible. So ...
06/08/2026

Pig shelter coming along nicely. Trying to repurpose materials lying around in the farm as much as much as possible. So far have had to purchase ply flooring and screws.

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1955 State Highway 14
Maungatapere
0179

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+64224257991

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