The Best Weekend Farm Animals For Resting, Riding, or Roaming the Pastures

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Briana Viser • Writer and Editor
May 9, 2026 11:30 AM EDT

You can't really get more wholesome than farm animals. Something about horses, cows, sheep, goats, and chickens give demure and docile, doting and innocent. Enjoy these weekend farm animals and touch some grass!

City dwellers often idealize or romanticize something about rural life. It's the slower pace, the clear, blue skies, the lack of smog and streetlights, and the fact that everyone seems a little friendlier. Animals are like that too. City animals – cats, dogs, rats, insects, birds – they have a different essence to them. When you step out of the city and into nature, you're met with a unique sense of gentleness, wholesomeness, and innocence. There's a softer, more sensitive rhythm that shows you it's okay to be doing nothing. Progression and production aren't always the main purpose of the moment. It's not about rushing from one thing to another, or making the next big win, or deciding that you want to get more and more into the rat race. Animals do the same thing; they set the pace for the day and make us in tune to a different part of ourselves. 

That's where weekend farm animals come in. They're the epitome of slowing down, of being in the moment, and of appreciating the little things. There's a natural peace about them. So as you scroll these weekend farm animals, invite yourself to find an inner peace, to let go of the stress or expectation of your life, and to just enjoy the moment that's offered in front of you. 

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    Thankyou Google maps for protecting the cow's privacy ← Google
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    In case you were having a bad day, here are two bunnies using another bunny as a couch
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  • When I was growing up, a friend of mine lived on a farm. Well, it wasn't a full farm-farm, but she did have 2 acres. Her family had horses, goats, chickens, bunnies, and the cat inside. It was such a magical time for me. I felt like I was in my own fairytale when I went to her house. We had so much space to roam about and wander; a pool with a waterfall, rolling hills all around us. When you're a kid, having access to animals that aren't necessarily domesticated is so special in its own way. 

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    When you do nothing on your day off and don't feel bad about it at all
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    That feeling when you walk into an air conditioned building
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    When you realize that you live at work and only visit your house @We Are Nature
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    When i eat 4 pizzas alone What have I become? @We Are Nature
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    stay humble stay goated. @We Are Nature
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    What time did you go to bed last night? Me: Early, why? @We Are Nature
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    Me thinking about that time in 2016 when the waiter said 'Enjoy your meal' and I replied 'Thanks, you too.' @We Are Nature
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