VISITOR INFORMATION
Schedule / hours: 2017: June to October, open Saturdays 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays noon to 5 p.m. (also open Fridays in June and they add Thursdays in July and August, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.). Winter hours are Saturday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. only.
Admission price: 2017: Wagon tours are $6/adults, $4/under 18 years old
Address: 13085 Fourth Line, RR 2
RockwoodPhone: 519-856-2629
Website: www.whiterockostrichfarm.coNearby restaurants: ? Usually on the weekends, they sell barbecued ostrich burgers and ostrich Italian sausages, as well as beverages and ice cream cones.
While you are there: ? If you can them way, way in advance (calling in May would put you on a waiting list for August), you could reserve a fresh ostrich egg for $20. Imagine that sunny side up egg!
Age group: 4 - 12 years old
Attraction suitable for:
Preschoolers
School
Preteen
What has three eyelids, two toes and one toenail?
The owners of this farm housing 75 to 130 big birds obviously have fun with their unusual herd. Visitors are not allowed to roam freely on the site. Families are invited on a bumpy hay-wagon ride to the fields. As the ostriches are called, the kids can feed them with corn. When the bravest bird sneaked its head through the wire fence, we could appreciate the flexibility of that long, muscled neck. Ostrich meat, being a low cholesterol protein source, is gaining in popularity. If you'd like to buy some from White Rock Ostrich Farm, don't forget to bring a cooler. Note that the visit is not very long so this is an attraction to combine with an outing to another local attraction.
