Spring is a great time to visit the baby animals at Centennial Farm

Costa Mesa, Calif. (April 14, 2017) – Spring is here and the animals at Centennial Farm are arriving right on schedule. It’s an exciting time to visit as there are a lot of new, young faces all over the farm.

One of the more popular attractions is Miss Hammilton and her new litter of piglets. She was four days overdue, but her litter showed up healthy and happy.

Fun fact: Piglets are usually born around 1 to 2 pounds each and will double their size in a month.

Miss Hammilton is about 600 pounds. She was donated from a farm breeder and has had six or seven births at Centennial Farm, according to Omar Sanchez, Centennial Farm supervisor.

The piglets, born on April 9, aren’t the only new baby animals at Centennial Farm. Two Alpine Saasan goat twins were born on April 4, and two more were born two days later. Goats usually weigh about 4 to 8 pounds at birth.

Fun fact: A young female goat is called a doe kid, and a young male goat is called a buck kid. There are currently three doe kids and one buck kid on the farm.

Aly, a cow that was born in January 2015 and donated from Scott Brothers Dairy, also had a calf this week. A calf can weigh about 50 to 70 pounds at birth, depending on the breed.

There are teen animals on the farm as well, two lambs were born in March, and a set of piglets were born in February.

Sanchez said Centennial Farm is expecting another litter of piglets in May. Plus, two more goats and two ewes are also expected to give birth soon.

Centennial Farm is generally open free to the public Monday-Friday 1 – 4 p.m. and Saturday-Sunday 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Centennial Farm is a three-acre working farm at OC Fair & Event Center that provides agricultural education for more than 100,000 schoolchildren annually. OC Fair & Event Center is located off the 405 and 55 freeways at 88 Fair Drive in Costa Mesa. For more information, please visit ocfair.com.