Spring Babies on the Farm

Spring is a time of renewal and rebirth, and it is also a time when many baby animals are born. If getting up close and personal with a newborn farm animal is on your bucket list, Holmes County has you covered. Peppered all across the rolling countryside are places where you can step outside your car and cuddle these springtime babies. We have gathered the best places to see baby farm animals in Ohio’s Amish Country.

Everyone loves Hershberger’s Farm and Bakery, where kids, kids at heart, and animal lovers get up close and personal with hundreds of farm animals. Visitors to Amish Country experience the largest farm petting area in Holmes County when they stop here. What will you find in the petting area in Millersburg? Sweet, cuddly baby bunnies, chicks and chickens scratching for grain, newborn calves braying for a bottle, and precious baby lambs, are just waiting for you here on the farm.

       Tip: Before leaving for more backroad adventures, hit the bakery for world-                                 class fry pies and delicious homemade baked goods.

      Load up your family into a horse-drawn wagon for a trip through the Farm at Walnut Creek. One of Ohio Amish Country’s premier animal encounters will take you across fields filled with exotic to farm animals that come right up beside you.  Life-long memories will be made as long tongues reach out to lick the sweet feed right out of your hand, and emus peck the buckets while looking you right in the eye. While you might be here to feed the animals, there is much more to do on the farm. Visit the Amish homestead, where on any given day, they are sharing about how to can, quilt, milk a cow, or thrash wheat. Blacksmithing is an endangered art; their working forge will engage you with the hot glowing embers and clanging hammer as the blacksmith creates whatever project he is working on that day.

Year-round, Berlin Pets at Schrock's Heritage Village is home to the cutest puppies. While most can’t take home a pet cow, these adorable pups are always looking for a new family for their forever home. These sweet babies come from local USDA-inspected breeders in Holmes County, making them the perfect addition for you.

After a winter hiatus, Yoder’s Amish Farm opens the farm to visitors who get to see what a working Amish farm looks like in the Springtime; plus, you can really spend some time with the animals at this time of year. Once you have had your fill of baby animals, tour the farm, Amish schoolhouse, and ride in an authentic horse and buggy.

If you love horses, Amish Country Riding Stables near Guggisberg Cheese Chalet in Charm is home to some of the most gentle and beautiful horses. Take a relaxing ride through the rolling hills of Holmes County on the back of one of these magnificent beasts and find refreshment and restoration as you enjoy the trail ride around the countryside. While you are at the stables, visit the local winery or cheese shop, and if you just can’t get enough, book a room at Guggisberg Swiss Inn.

Tip: In the evenings, sometimes the horses will be grazing in front of the Inn; it is absolutely breathtaking to watch them feed as the sun sets.

Looking for a more intimate place to stay that has farm animals to pet and watch? The Cabin at Scenic Hills is located in the heart of Ohio Amish Country near all the attractions but nestled back into the woods. Create lasting memories in this updated modern 2-bedroom cabin, where you can sip a glass of wine at night and your morning coffee in the mornings. Enjoy the front porch, where you can watch their mini farm menagerie of goats, heifers, and chickens. If you’re lucky, you might see some wild turkeys wander into the fire pit area to say hello.