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Sharing my experience with Duke Petting Farm to save you from having to go through the same thing…read more I was having a big cowboy themed party for my boys joint birthday party. So I thought how fun would it be to have a cowboy horse & a petting farm. I Talked with Deb before even booking the party to make sure all the kids would be able to ride the pony. At first I asked for a horse because most of the kids would be around 10-11 years old. I was told a horse would be too hard for the little kids but she would send me a large pony that would be perfect for my age range. I told her no one would be over 120 pounds. She even asked me to put it in an email and I did. I am sharing that email in the photo section. I confirmed this with the owner several times before the party. Fast forward to party day when the problems all began. She sent 2 girls to work my one hour party. The one girl that ran the petting bunny area was EXTREMELY rude to all the little kids. Even rolling her eyes at them when they asked what kind of balloons she could make. She yelled at them multiple times when kids 3 years old were petting the baby bunnies. To a point of me and several parents going in the bunny pen to help. It was so embarrassing that people at my party were being treated this way. Several of the bunnies kept escaping. She yelled at the 3 year old birthday boy when he went to get a second handful of food from the food bucket they bring. She said "you already fed the animals." We tried to talk to her to help change her bad mood but it was the entire time and super disappointing as this was a kids party. The other thing I would like to warn you about is that TONS of the kids were turned away from riding the pony. The girl working said they were too tall. One of the girls was a tiny 10 year old weighing no more that 65 pounds. If height was a requirement I should have been told that before the party. Like I said I discussed this with her multiple times. So only a few little kids got to ride over and over. When you pay over $500 for someone to bring animals to your party you expect at least kind service. I contacted the owner before coming to social media. She said the girl working the party was only 14 years old. While she did say she would talk to her she made all kinds of excuses. I think it would be better to have an adult working something like this. She told me the bigger pony they had used at a different party that day and had problems with so they switched to this one. I understand things happen in life but those are not a customers problem. While I couldn't come to an agreement with the owner I thought I could at least warn all my friends or anyone thinking to book for a party! Stay far away. I wished I would have booked somewhere else. After having the party I had several people recommend Tyler's exotic animals. They said he is much more kid friendly. Just super disappointed that so few kids got to ride the pony & that the other worker that ran the balloons/petting area treated everyone so rotten. It was an awful experience and I have booked lots of big things for events. Never have I had to deal with this kind of unprofessionalism. Truly disappointed.

It's a bit out of the way for folks living in town but it's a farm after all!!!! Debbie and her…read moreteam of volunteers are absolutely amazing!!!!! I took my 10 year old out here for some riding for her birthday, the offer lessons for a fair price and they also do this thing called "Mini-Mondays" where younger kids get to do fun activities and dive into the agricultural world. They get up close and personal with the animals while learning valuable life lessons such as showing respect to all creatures, kindness, forgiveness and other things we all want instilled in our kids! My girls just wrapped up softball and we're so excited to sign up for volunteering at the farm!!

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We visited Maybury Farms for their maple syrup tour and it was great. Took a wagon ride out to the…read morewoods and learned all about the farm and how they sustain it and then learned all about the sugar maples and how to tap the trees! We came back to the sugar bush house to hear about the process of syrup making. It definitely kept my 12 & 14 year old interested! The farm itself is also so fun to visit. And of course we bought honey on the way out since we got to see their bee grounds too! It was a really fun day out! The farmers are so passionate about what they do there. It's certainly educational but it's a really fun place to visit for events and just seeing some farm life, land, and animals

So, I've seen a few farms and petting zoos in my time working with children and a vast majority of…read morethem have been set up with the intention of letting children learn and interact with the environment, etc. and this one was no different with the exception of a lot of space with only so-many animals. There are a lot of comments on the staff being friendly and while they were, a lot of them were practically children themselves! Perhaps they were part of the camp they offer? Who knows! The sweetest young lady asked my kiddos if they'd like to pet a rabbit named Mayonnaise and of COURSE we absolutely had to! The wagon rides stopped at 12:30 so we just missed them, which was kind of a bummer since that was one of the perks the youngest kiddo was looking forward to despite the heat. Oh! We had been misinformed via LittleGuideDetroit that there was horseback riding and that in fact, seems to be down the street? In the end, we left with some peacock feathers, fresh goat milk soap and some flavored honey sticks.

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Fours years ago we visited this zoo. It seemed to be going through renovations at the time, so we…read moreoverlooked the rough edges. Fast-forward to today. Those weren't rough edges. The "zoo" has gone downhill since our last visit. Less animals than before and not much worth the cost of admission. Even the employees seem unhappy. The visit to the website was the best part of the experience, if that tells you anything. Zoo standards must be awful low. Don't go with high expectations and you're assured to not get let down as much. On the positive side, the porta-potty in the middle of the zoo was decently clean. Two hours and $82 later and we now know we won't be back. We'll just go a little further south to the Toledo Zoo next time.

WOW! This place is SO AWESOME. I took my gf here for her birthday to do the sloth encounter and…read morewander the zoo, it was both our first time here and it was FANTASTIC. Since we were there on a Thursday and in winter we literally were the only guests in the zoo which was pretty special. First the zoo overall is smaller then places like the Detroit or Toledo zoo but they make up for that with all the awesome and more personal things you can do. When we arrived the lady at the desk was extremely friendly, and explained everything to us we needed to know about our booked sloth encounter. I also purchased a bucket of carrots to feed the animals throughout the zoo itself - it was CHEAP $7 and $5 refills but the amount of carrots were spilling out so we only needed 1. The employee explained you could feed Carrots to the animals that had a smiley face sign on their enclosure which was extremely helpful. The animals you can feed in the zoo itself are camels, deer, goats and alpaca which were SO adorable. Since it is winter they do not have all of their animals out like the giraffes and monkeys but honestly it still overall felt worth the money of admission despite this. Secondly- the Sloth encounter was literally one of the best experiences I've ever had with an animal encounter. Our "guide" I think his name was Alan...was extremely friendly, knowledgeable and fun. He knew A LOT about each sloth there, told us funny stories about them and knew a lot of extremely interesting sloth facts. On the booking for the encounter it stated that the experience lasts 30 minutes but because Alan was so awesome we were with the sloths for almost an hour. We were able to feed 3 different sloths (they gave you a cup with apples/cucumbers/strawberries/grapes). We were able to go inside one of the sloths enclosures and pet one that was sleeping as well (THEY'RE SO SOFT!) Overall our experience was wonderful. Despite what some reviews say, I personally could see all animals are very well cared for and they have very spacious enclosures. Some of the smaller enclosures also have holes so the animal can choose to come outside or go back inside which I really loved seeing that they have a choice. We will definitely be back and I highly recommend the zoo overall AND if you can swing it the sloth encounter.

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