West Ilkerton Farm

Red Ruby Devon Beef & Exmoor Lamb from grass-fed cattle & sheep born on our farm and raised with care.

All our livestock are reared here on our Exmoor farm. With the exception of rams and bulls (which have to be bought from elsewhere to prevent in-breeding) all the sheep and cattle on the farm are born and raised on West Ilkerton Farm. The animals are kept in stable social groups, and have minimal stress throughout their lives.

Our livestock eat grass in the summer and home-grown hay and haylage (dry silage) in the winter. Occasionally some animals (for example the ewes before lambing) are fed carefully selected cereal-based feed when grass alone can’t supply the energy they need to stay healthy.