Real Easter eggs – and chicks – at Whiteley Shopping Centre

VISITORS to Whiteley Shopping Centre were able to enjoy an Easter treat aside from buying chocolate eggs - with the chance to pet baby chicks.
By The Newsroom
Published 23rd Apr 2019, 20:40 GMT
Updated 23rd Apr 2019, 20:43 GMT
Longdown Mobile Farm visited Whiteley Shopping Centre on Easter Monday. Pictured is: Kevin Toal with his sons (left) Aaron (4) and Joseph (2) from Whiteley. Picture: Sarah Standing (220419-6470)Longdown Mobile Farm visited Whiteley Shopping Centre on Easter Monday. Pictured is: Kevin Toal with his sons (left) Aaron (4) and Joseph (2) from Whiteley. Picture: Sarah Standing (220419-6470)
Longdown Mobile Farm visited Whiteley Shopping Centre on Easter Monday. Pictured is: Kevin Toal with his sons (left) Aaron (4) and Joseph (2) from Whiteley. Picture: Sarah Standing (220419-6470)

 The animals were part of the  Longdown Mobile Farm pop-up attraction at the retail centre on Monday.  

  For no charge shoppers were able to hold the baby chicks, as well as pet  goats, piglets, and two miniature donkeys. 

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 Finnley Evans, 8, said it was was ‘amazing’ to feel the baby chickens fall asleep in his hand. 

He said: 'The farm is really good - I really hope the chicks come back next year!' 

All the animals were from Longdown Farm, in Ashurst, a former dairy farm that now operates as an activity centre where visitors can interact with the animals. 

The mobile farm was set up three years ago, delivering a farm yard experience to schools, weddings, and more.      

The animals will return to  the Whiteley Shopping Centre  in the summer.