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July 2024 by Sara Ball
We love bringing our toddler here to see the animals! It’s a beautiful place
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January 2024 by L L.
We heart The Farm at Oatland North! Located at the beginning of the driveway to Cannon's Point Preserve (another great spot), on your right, is a dirt road leading to a wonderful sanctuary for animals! Open every Sunday, 2-4pm, or by appointment. I was so missing "The Farm" the Sunday after my trip to the Golden Isles this year. I visit animal sanctuaries frequently, and they are all wonderful, but this place was especially magical to me. Really positive energy and happy hopeful souls. These are such deserving, but also lucky animals who get to find their forever home at The Farm at Oatland North. Here you will find a bunch of horses, donkeys, pigs, goats, and cats. Dogs have lived here (and probably other species too), but currently those mentioned are the animal residents. You may feed the animals but please make sure you ask volunteers who may eat what. A senior woman was going around with sugar cubes ignorant of (or not bothering to care about) the fact that one of the horses has a heart condition, among other health concerns in other animals. The white donkey, Wonkey, who walks around to meet people, has lost nearly all his teeth, so we made sure to have cooked carrots mushy enough for him not to choke. The volunteers told us that the week before so we took note, but others were just trying to give him anything. If you truly want to show care toward these animals, please think through the foods you give them. The ASPCA offers a whole list of foods toxic to horses, cats, dogs, etc. take a look before you bring foods. Avocados, grapes, onions, and citrus are just a few foods that are completely toxic to most animals. We met volunteers, Sally, Diane, and Leanne, and they were so kind and engaging. Often volunteers at rescues and sanctuaries are kind, but usually preoccupied with all the work they are doing. Not these ladies! They sat and talked with us in the Adirondack chair circle for a good 20min on Christmas Eve, and we saw Sally and Diane again on New Year's Eve, just as friendly and sweet. Our first visit, Sally took us around and gave us backstories on most of the animals. She taught us a lot of horse facts too (my kid now wants a horse). Second visit, we met two of the pigs' "mom" who raised them in her apartment when they were piglets. All of the volunteers have hearts of gold, and I told them I have never felt such calm and loving animals as I did here (and we visit a LOT of rescues, sanctuaries, zoos, etc). We could not have been more impressed with the love and trust between humans and animals at this farm. The horses loved our 8lbs of apples. Diane had a core-er in the office, and gave us a feed bucket to put slices in, which really made feeding easy. Sally had explained we need to use our voice to call Tex over because he's blind. My son loved being patient and using voice to call him over. Tex would paw at the ground for another apple slice. The horses were so excited for the snacks because visiting time is always before dinner served at 4 when everyone leaves. Anything visitors bring are well-loved hors d'oeuvres! The cats are all so loving too. They all look super healthy, but we made sure to wash our hands before going home to our own kitties (we take our kitties to GA), because you can never tell if a cat has FIP, a coronavirus that can be latent in some carrier cats, and deadly in others (I lost a cat to FIP). So pat and enjoy these kitties for sure, just do a COVID-style soap and water scrub before touching your pets at home. This is our 4th year visiting Jekyll and we just found out about "The Farm" even after visiting Cannon's Point our first year! Oh well, wish we'd found them sooner but shoutout to StSiMoms.com for tipping me off to this great place! Love love love The Farm at Oatland North!
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November 2023 by Megan Funk
I drove about 2 hours to bring my daughter here to see animals as she loves them so much. We are both vegan and I was completely shocked that an animal sanctuary would be serving dead animals. Seems pretty messed up. Even one of the volunteers who was vegetarian was confused when she told me the corn dogs were not in fact vegan. Parents should also note that the area is not stroller friendly when visiting. Almost everything is sand and hard to navigate with a toddler.
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October 2023 by Tracy Owens
Our grandson loved being able to be so close to the animals.
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August 2023 by Debi Hayes
We love the farm at Outland North. Diana was so gracious to open up on Saturday so that my grandchildren could visit. She spent an hour and a half with us giving us a private tour. And we were very grateful for the visit.
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July 2023 by Sarah Schatz
It was lovely speaking with the friendly volunteers and spending some time with the animals. Wonderful rescue mission!
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April 2023 by Judy Field
Our granddaughters, 5 and 8, LOVE visiting The Farm. We always take apples and/or carrots for them to feed to the animals. This is a great experience for both kids and adults. Donations are appreciated.
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February 2023 by N Paris
The loving care provided by Farm volunteers to so many different animals is truly amazing. It's a great joy to introduce friends who visit us on the island to this peaceable kingdom.
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November 2022 by Jessi
The fall festival this year was a blast for my son and his friends! I absolutely recommend for kiddos especially under age 12!! Please donate if you can!
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July 2022 by Kraig Lawrence
Amazing work being done by some truly special and caring people helping animals in need. Take time to visit, learn their stories and then find a way to help.
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July 2022 by Andrew S Voyles
I was honored to help there today. Selfless volunteers running this animal sanctuary. Dianna was a great leader for our group.
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September 2021 by Darla Conley
Luv it
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September 2021 by Cheryl Fisher
I live here in at St Simons and love to visitThese animals are so friendly and I can't say enough good thing about the amazing staff.
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July 2021 by Cindy Larkins
Definitely keep an eye out for the sign off the main road, it can be easy to miss! Also, the road to the farm is a bit rough. Once you get there, it's great though. Bring apples and carrots to feed the critters! There are goats, pigs, horses and cats. All rescues, and the volunteers who take care of them are amazing! They love to tell you everything about each animal! Definitely one of the best free activities around!
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June 2021 by Jack Stone
Great animal sanctuary!
