Brett Bannor

Weighing animals is a good practice to keep abreast of their health and well-being. Turkeys have a very predictable pattern of weight gain and loss – but how do we keep track?

Weather permitting, every Saturday afternoon between 2 and 3 it’s time for sheep to stroll and goats to promenade. That’s when Brett Bannor, Manager of Animal Collections, walks animals from the Smith Farm flock around the campus, giving visitors a chance to meet and learn about our heritage breed livestock.

When Dorothy and Claud came into our lives 6 years ago, they were just a couple of 4-month-old kids. Today, these barrel-hopping and peanut-loving twin Angora goats have settled into their home on Smith Farm and are widely loved by visitors (and staff). Learn more about these galloping goats and their training.

Looking back on the past ten years with Atlanta History Center’s Gulf Coast sheep.

Only one of the three famous nursery rhymes featuring sheep originated in America. According to The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes, both “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep” and “Little Bo Peep” first appeared in England, and antiquity has clouded their origins. The story is different for “Mary’s Lamb” written by Sarah Josepha Hale—one of the most remarkable women of the 19th century.