The Animals of Ancient Oaks Farm

The Animals of Ancient Oaks
Mainly Three (now Two) Black Cats and Three Black Pigs (and other animals)

The Pigs!

The pigs of Ancient Oaks

Three Black Cats

Min (departed June 1, 2007)	Mix	Max
Kittens together!	All together	Old Man Cat ("Blackie"), oldest resident of Ancient Oaks, left by the Kriz family, passed: around Christmas Day 1999

Horses at Ancient Oaks

Horses! Rachel's Charm at Ancient Oaks (taken March 2003)

Other animals

Big Red the chicken was for a time here at Ancient Oaks (summer 1999)

More Wild Animals of Ancient Oaks

Ancient Oaks used to be and still is a bit of a working farm. The property had a large chicken operation as well as apple orchards and livestock over its past hundred years of history. The Kriz family raised cows, pigs, peacocks, horses, birds and other animals since the 1960s. Today Ancient Oak's wilder animals include:

Peacocks invade Ancient Oaks Farm! (Winter 2008)

Deer

Peacocks

Wild Turkeys

3 or more Deer (a whole family actually, living in the wooded section of the property)
Occaisionaly visiting Peacocks
Rarely (around thanksgiving) some Wild Turkeys
Plenty of Squirrels
Many Racoons
Fewer strange sounding Opossums
2 rare Redheaded Woodpeckers
Many Blue Jays, Hawks and other birds
Bats living in the farm and various other buildings
Quail Families
Too Many Gophers and Moles
A King Snake (seen only twice)
Gopher Snakes (never seen but presumed)
A zillion Lizards
Stray Dogs
Neighbor's Cats and wild Bob Cats
Mountain Lions and Coyotes