Buck’s have lost their antlers
As we are coming to an end of the spring the bucks are losing their antlers. We are constantly amazed and fascinated by the deer. The bucks in our bottom field, which is very sheltered, low lying and of higher herbage quality, lost their antlers 3 weeks earlier this year than the bucks in the […]
We’re on Facebook
With the aim of keeping up with customer requests we now have a presence on Facebook. If you are interested in being kept up-to-date, have look for Millbank Parkland Venison and Like our page. Millbank Parkland Venison on Facebook.
Open Day Video
To see our Open Day video clip.Following our Open Day last summer Savour the Flavour produced a short video. Have a look we are in it.
Christmas Orders
Be are busy taking orders for Christmas dinner and Christmas presents We are now busy taking Christmas orders. The most popular products are venison haunch’s for the perfect Christmas dinner complemented by our chipolata sausage. Another popular dish is the venison sirloin medallions which make a very easy healthy luxury choice after all the high calorific dishes served over the […]
Busy Autumn
We have had a very busy Autumn, with new deer, red and grey squirrel sitings, Once the rutting season was over we took receipt of our new does. They are of a similar type to our existing herd with slightly squarer faces, they do seem slightly quieter, so may be more photogenic! We have seen […]
Rutting season has begun
The deer are getting very noisy with the does making their characteristic high pitched “fweep” noise and the bucks clashing antlers. The bucks are beginning to clash antlers, fortunately the common coloured buck we purchased in the Spring appears to be the most dominant. During the rut, bucks will eat very little. The rutting season […]
Extended Deer Area
With increased demand for our venison, we needed to increase the supply. Jim Patterson and Andrew Graham have built a substantial deer fence around our riverside land and woodland. Once we have this area stocked with fallow deer we should be completely self sufficient in venison, even at busy times of the year. Thank you […]
Open Day 2011
On Saturday 10th September we held a Farm Walk and Tasting. Well done the 40 or hardy folk who braved the Dumfriesshire weather conditions. We set off on a fascinating walk around the farm, to see the deer, Blue Grey Cattle South Country Chievot and Texel sheep and the farms rich biodiversity. During the walk we found out about venison, […]
Our first frame of honey
Today was an exciting day, we harvested our first ever honey We have been the proud owners of a colony of honey bees for the last 4 weeks and were delighted to discover 6 of the frames in the super were full of honey. Can’t wait to try some 🙂
Prize at Dryfe Valley Show
We were lucky enough to be invited to go to Dryfe Valley show on Saturday at Boreland. Gareth demonstrated some basic butchery skills on a haunch of venison. The show was a very wet day, but all who attended had lots of fun splashing about in the puddles and jumping about on the wet bouncy […]