The Blog of Colonial Williamsburg
This summer we’ve been playing scientists here at Coach & Livestock. As you may remember from a previous blog post, we’ve been trying to recreate an 18th-century method of hatching chicken eggs. Since things are slowing down a bit after our peak summer season, we thought it was time for a progress report….
Some of you may have heard that last Tuesday, during a regularly scheduled Rare Breeds talk behind Wetherburn’s Tavern, guests got a bit of a surprise! They were able to witness a live birth of not one, but two lambs. And one of the twins is turning out to be a very special, little guy….
Starting in mid-March the Coach & Livestock Department will be featuring Rare Breeds at Market Square. We will be bringing some of our Leicester Longwool Sheep to the market 5 days a week from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Other livestock like chickens, cattle and horses may also make appearances!…