Continuing our Kranji Heritage Trail, we visited the Jurong Frog Farm which is located not too far away from Hay Dairies. 

Do take note of the operating hours if you would like to visit the farm as they are close on Mondays and weekdays are only open for tour booking.

Apart from the friendly froggies, one other unique feature of the Jurong Frog Farm (aka JFF) is the colourful and interesting drawings and wordings painted on the walls. 

We hopped by JFF after our visit to the Hay Dairies and went on a free and easy tour around the farm ourselves. Gladys get to understand the life cycle of a frog through the displays and we also purchased a box of frog feed at $2 to feed the froggies.

We visited the frogs' holding area and they seem to be resting. Denver & Gladys threw food into their 'lair' but it seems our little amphibian friends are pretty full and not responding to the food. :) As the sign says, "If the frogs aren't eating the food, don't be too HARD on yourself!"

We hopped by the mating pond and saw more frogs and fishes. The children decided to feed the fishes instead since they had no luck with the frogs. 

I love the drawings on the walls which is eye-catching and comes with a bit of humor.

Our last stop is visiting the Royal Frog Shop where visitors can purchase some souvenirs or try some froggie treats. 

Food and Souvenirs selection

Since it was our first visit, we decided to go for the deep fried frog meat at $10. The portion was pretty little but the children thought it didn't taste as bad as they thought it would be. 

Jurong Frog Farm has a variety of tour packages for school and families to participate. Check out their fun tour packages to see what they have to offer. 

JURONG FROG FARM

Operating Hours : 

Saturday, Sunday, Public Holiday : 9:00am - 5:30pm 

Tuesday to Friday : Strictly by appointment only

Monday : Closed 

Address: 51 (Plot 56), Lim Chu Kang Lane 6, Singapore 718864

Website: http://www.jurongfrogfarm.com.sg

After our morning walk at Sungei Buloh, we drove down to the Hay Dairies goat farm. Hay Dairies is open to public so families can come down and visit between 9am to 4pm.

It was milking time when we arrived. We stood at the elevated viewing bay and observed how the milking process was conducted. The goats were being led into the milking area in a neat row where they will have their 'breakfast' as they are being milked. The milking machine was attached to the goat's teat, and very soon, fresh milk started flowing through the tube and into the storage tank.

According to AVA regulation, public is no longer allowed to touch or feed the goats. Hence, we took a peek at these mix breed in their resting area instead. 

Some were resting, some were quenching their thirst and some were staring back at us. :)

We can't leave Hay Dairies without buying the goat milk which comes in original or chocolate flavour. A 200ml bottle cost SGD$2 nett while 800ml (Original flavour only) costs SGD$7. After trying both flavour, Denver & Gladys prefer the chocolate milk.

Goat milk is very nutritious and it is known to be more easily digestible compared to cow milk. Many families made the trip down to buy bottles of goat milk and bring back home.

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Here's some useful information if you intend to visit Hay Dairies.

- Viewing of goats (9am - 4pm)
- Viewing of milking (9am - 11am)

Families/Individual (less than 20), entrance is free.

If groups of more than 20 people are visiting the farm, prior booking is required. An entrance free of SGD$3.21 per person (child/adult/senior citizen) will also be charged.

Address: No. 3 Lim Chu Kang, Agrotech Park Lane 4, Singapore 718859

Website: http://www.haydairies.com.sg

Last month, Denver had a wonderful time visiting three farms during his school's excursion. For the very first time, this blog space will be specially dedicated to him to share with our readers his learning journey at the farms.

Written by: Denver Heng

Photos taken by: Denver Heng

Photos and contents edited by: Mommy

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Hi! I am Denver! I am going to share with you my experience at the farms. Me and my friends took a bus there. It took ages to reach our destination but I feel extremely nervous and excited. 

Our first stop is the goats farm. All of them are mountain goats. I learnt that the goat keepers cut out female goats horns as they are more playful and they might kill the baby goats which are called kid in their stomach. The goats produce milk from somewhere at the buttocks called the udder. I was told that they only produce milk when the baby is born. Goats only have two udders. The Goat keepers uses machines with two holes to extract the milk from the goat. You can buy goat milk here. It is processed so it tastes chocolaty. Yummy! ^_^

 Our next stop is the Jurong Frog Farm. It is a big place.

This place is full of American Bullfrogs. I learnt how to clarify which bullfrog is male and female. Look at the sides of the frog's head. You will see their eardrums. If the frog's eardrum is big, it is a male bullfrog. But if it's eardrum is small, it is a female. Isn't it easy?

We also have the opportunity to feed the frogs. Usually it will costs $1 for the public to feed these green creatures but we got to feed them for free as part of the learning journey! Yeah!

Apart from eating insects, they also eat fish pellets. We took many fish pellets, placed them on our hand and started throwing them to the frogs. If they are not hungry, they do not move. But if their are hungry, they will start fighting for it. We also saw many tadpoles. They look cute wriggling their tiny bodies in the waters.

Our last stop is the Mushroom Farm. The uncle cooked some Willow and Shiitake mushrooms for us to eat. Eventually, we ate 2 plates of mushrooms. So lucky! ^_^

I saw many types of mushrooms at the farm. E.g. Monkey Head and Willow mushrooms. They are all wood-based mushrooms. Wood-based mushrooms like cold weather. While the dung-based mushrooms like the heat. In the end, I bought 2 packets of mushrooms and a frog magazine.

I love Learning Journeys and I had so much fun. Do try to visit these farms and you too will learn a lot of interesting information like me! Thank you for reading!

It's Children Day and also a day off for me, hubby and my brother-in-law. Together, we took Jasper, Royston, JunLong, Denver and Gladys to the Mainland Tropical Fish Farm located at Pasir Ris Farmway 1 for some "longkang" fishing.

It is a pretty nice and quiet place with fishes and goose. The kids collected their small buckets and nets and went on with their 'Guppies Hunt' happily. Jasper & Royston being the frequent visitors have no problem getting started. In no time, Jasper's bucket was full of guppies! Impressive! Denver on the other hand has no luck. The guppies were too fast and Denver who is not experienced was too slow and gentle. heheh :p Daddy got to teach and help him!

After a couple of tries, Denver finally caught his first guppy! Good Job! In total, he caught 5. Not bad for a first timer. Hmmm... I also wanted to try! -- Scoop! Yeah! caught a small one on my first attempt.. hehehe.

Although you are allowed to bring back the fishes that are being caught, we released all the guppies back into the pond after fishing. Hubby told the kids that the fishes will live longer here than bringing them home. :)

The children are not too disappointed as we moved on to feed the koi fishes and goose! They surely had lots of fun throwing the food into th ewaters and watching the fishes swimming to them waiting to catch more food!

We spent about an hour there and before setting off to another farm - The Animal Resort @ Seletar Farmway which houses a few selection of different types of animals including goats, dogs, cats, rabbits, swans, turtles, fishes, peacock etc.

It's our 2nd visit since April and there are new barriers being set up. There's one along the lake to prevent the children from falling into it during feeding. It's definitely much safer that way.

Feeding time! The animal feeds are available at $2 for 3 packets. Depending on which animals you like to feed, you can mix the kind of packet feeds to purchase.. there are carrots, bread, fish feed etc to choose from. I guess the kids enjoyed feeding the rabbits most. :) If you intend to bring your child to the farm, a tip is to be there early. Especially on weekends! If you arrive late, the animals might already feeling very full and they would not be responsive even if you push the feed to their mouths. :p

It has been fun. Happy Children's Day! :)