The couple set up a farm where chickens are inedible and everyone is photographed with a turkey.

Jakovlevs from Kaunas moved to the town of Stebeikiai 22 years ago. Until then, he lived in an apartment on the outskirts of Kaunas.

“There was very little space, so we decided to move into town. This farm was the first we visited. We arrived, stagnant and all. Maybe one person understands that this is their place.

The farmers really wanted to be around, but we didn’t let it. No one now sows or sprinkles anything nearby. We moved here because we wanted our yard, garden, orchard for the children to grow up in nature. We came with two daughters and then two more died, ”Dalia, the owner of an 11-hectare plot of land, began to tell how she found herself in the Kaišiadorys district.

Although until then he had only raised one dog, cows, pigs and chickens appeared on the farm on the first day. However, over time, Yakovlev realized that the cows that had become pets could not be slaughtered or eaten, the cows were too large an animal and the farm gradually became a “living mountain”, a farm of ornamental animals.

Yakovlev’s trips to fairs and exhibitions began, and more and more families and schoolchildren flocked to this couple’s home for education.

“In the first place, a family of ponies appeared on the farm. Four girls grow up at home, how without a pony? We noticed that the cars of passersby stopped continuously. Some come to pet, feed. Then the representative of the center of Tourist information says, “This is a business.” That’s how we took it six years ago.

Why did we need it to attract people to town? Here, as that saying goes, have a hobby like work – you will be happy. Look how happy and people are going to visit here ”, smiled the interlocutor, admitting that he still eats meat, but prefers to choose a cake.

When asked what she had been doing before, Dalia assured that she was just a mother, and here is a man, Dimitrijus, a shoemaker. At the farm, which is home to several hundred different life forms, they plow on their own, not hiring a single person.

It is true that the youngest daughter, who is 18 years old, helps lead the groups. Interestingly, the names of all family members begin with the same letter: Dalia, Dimitrijus, Diana, Džestina, Daina, and Deimantė.

The star of the farm is the turkey

As we talked, the true owner of the farm, the American bronze turkey Ramūnas, whose parents are beloved and luxurious visitors to the Leipzig exhibition, came to greet him with a proudly raised purple head.

“Someone is still joking, he’s here for Thanksgiving. Well, no, you know. He’ll live as long as Ramūnas lives. If we don’t get fat … Now he’s 15 kg. We had a female, who was ten years old, that’s right. what lives, “said Dalia.

Ramūnas was not very satisfied with me due to his self-portrait; it turned its feathered tail to the side of the lens, but gladly turned around among the christening children.

“The star is 1.5 years old, so far good man“I will walk calmly and see if there is a turkey character,” Dalia smiled, holding the star of her farm in her hands.

At that moment, the goose Paul begins to follow the photographer; It is not worth starting with it, if someone does not like it, they will take it and show how strong its peak is.

We also visit the bunny. According to the owner of the farm, almost all the rabbits that live here are shelters. Only two are available for purchase.

“Females – on the ground, males – locked in cages. But sometimes, you leave some family, the door opens and I find a male on the ground. Now we have children. With leliukais 15 of them in total ”, calculated Dalia.

Her husband’s love since childhood: pigeons. You won’t find any on his farm. Some appear to be dressed in karakula skin, others in hairstyles. In total, on his farm, maybe 100.

“Don’t put Eve’s fingers on her,” Dalia warned a girl. – I grew a bunny in Eve’s apartment, I grew up big: to cut or where to help? We help. Here. I just can’t inject myself with others, it bites. So an evil Eva sits down. There are two guinea pigs nearby. “

Everything here finds its place

On the farm, everything finds its place, even those items that others have thrown away as unnecessary. Here are the colorful “flower pots” that decorate the garden: these are car tires collected in the forest. All the doors used for the houses of the animals, as Dalia assures, are detached from several apartments.

“Now someone called and asked, ‘I have a door, maybe I need to?’ Okay, I need to help somewhere. So all the corners are glued to everything. We try to use what others do not need ”, smiled the interlocutor.

We were joined by four-legged Tobis, the most regal security guard on the farm. Wherever Dalia goes, he, born on this farm, follows her.

“There is the Pooh bunny, who I transformed into a goose. A woman just needed a goose, we made a trade,” Dalia introduced, touching a flock of hens geese, which are considered a heritage in Lithuania, just like Samogitians.

To my ironic question “what kind of woman could need a goose, after all there are so many in the environment”, the interviewee replied: “The one who has a goose. Sometimes he asks me if we have donkeys. I answer that sometimes it comes. Observations interesting to hear from visitors. Some children think that goats give milk through their hooves, or that a lamb is a caracal, another woman asked when she would give birth to a hen “.

Goat “fishing” begins. Tree twigs are distributed to young visitors. Once at the post, everyone drops them, that is, they dip the “fishing rods in the water.” A swarm of sleeping animals quickly presents itself: 9 goat mothers, 2 goats and 7 children. The party begins, giving the children a lot of good emotions.

“I don’t want to go with the goats,” admitted one girl.

When asked why, he replied that where there are goats, there are many poop. Yes poop the goats in the pen will not run away.

A goat snuggled quietly and snuggled comfortably on my leg. These animals want heat too, I think. After that, I got a companion until the end of the tour.

“It just came to our notice then. English and Nubian goats really like the heat: they lie on the sand and disappear. Sometimes we screw it up. We give our dads buckets of grain and let them into the crowd. true joy for mothers with children, although the fathers of the goats are in the building, “smiled Dalia.

Teamwork is necessary on the farm

This one on the farm – different. As the interlocutor assured, sometimes you have to get up at 4 and others at 9. It all depends on how the evening was. If you need to take care of the hay, it happens that Yakovlev falls asleep only 2 hours a night.

“First I feed the dogs, then the cats. Those who are the first to eat under their feet are the first to receive food. If you forget something, you hear it, they already scream. If someone screams, they don’t get anything. Don’t forget . The man takes care of the pigeons, the ponies and I take care of mine. By the way, the ladies did not want to appear today, many beetles, “said Dalia to the rhythm of life on the farm.

If someone yells, they don’t get anything.

As we walked, the chickens started screaming. All as if you agree.

“Apparently it broke or someone laid an egg. Or he saw a predator -a stork, a crow- ”, explained the interlocutor.

When asked if there is an east when she doesn’t want to get up, Dalia replied that it happens, especially after reading some “cute” comments, that the “Living Mountain” sucks, that there is a village, a lot of beetles and soon.

“Then you start thinking why you need it. But you see a phone with a hundred missed calls and you realize that someone needs that shit anyway, Dalia laughed. – It was also difficult when a man was involved in a accident in February this year. The daughters helped a lot then, because there are also male jobs on the farm. Teamwork is needed: the goat has escaped, one will not catch it. A neighbor calls: “Pick up a goat from my garden “.

And the Yakovlev family is on vacation?

“We are going to the city of Kaunas” Urmo “, this is our vacation”, Dalia laughed.

The barefoot trail will surprise you

According to the farm hostess, visitors like the different animals on the farm. Here’s a girl who doesn’t need ponies. He sits with the chickens and can spend a full 2 ​​hours with them.

There are those who do not love anyone, everything sucks, they are afraid of everything. Such children find another place to unload, because on the Yakovlev farm, not only animals, here you can jump from haystack to haystack, celebrate a birthday, camp, cross the trail barefoot.

The obstacle course will not leave you indifferent; you will probably start cheating on this section of the trail.

“Who would want to taste the acid?” Dalia asked the children.

Here you can also taste red currants, other garden and vegetable treats, catch frogs, look for crocodiles in the pond with the little ones, organize various games and tell how honey appears in the hives.

“Initially, we only accept one family at a time, but now we have chaos. Registration is necessary. After the quarantine, when 4-5 families arrived, we noticed that the children did not need goats, but each other. The love triangles they were different, they couldn’t stand out, “Dalia recalled, stopping at the leather trough.

We have been married to Dimitrij for 30 years.

He admitted to having dreamed of an educational garden, because until now all attempts to have it have been quickly defeated by goats or chickens.

The talk also revolved around his own childhood. It is incredible how she grew up without the love of her loved ones – her mother left her small, with only two months, this woman today is able to radiate warmth, which she shares not only with her husband and her four daughters, but also with many pets in the farm.

“My husband is from a very large family and I grew up with caregivers. I got married when I was 18. We have been married to Dimitrij for 30 years,” Dalia revealed incredible personal facts.

We leave him surrounded by small visitors to the farmhouse. “Living Mountain”, I thought, is really alive, a great alternative to the zoo, because here the animals are free and happy.

The farmhouse spreads spells, whose enchantment wants to return here again, be surrounded by nature, enjoy the company of birds and animals, relax from the routine of work. Everyday worries, I promise, will evaporate for at least an hour.