The Children's Farm was opened in 1996 during the first phase of construction of the Sharjah Desert Park. Popular on weekends as well as during the week, the Children's Farm provides a relaxed, safe environment in which children and adults can observe domestic animals at close quarters. Through this interaction it is hoped that both children and adults will learn to respect the animals that share their environment.

The displays at the Children’s Farm form a circle with a duck pond in the middle. The circular shape is ideal for parents with young children, since it is easy to keep an eye on their children at all times. The walkway is covered with barusti and concrete benches have been put around the duck pond so that the visitors can spend time observing the animals while remaining in the shade. 

Hay has been made available for the visitors so that they can feed the animals. The animals at the Children’s Farm are very tame and they look forward to the hay. It is of great importance that the parents and teachers supervise the children because some animals can be really greedy. Most animals like a gentle pat or scratch on the neck. Unfortunately some visitors do not understand how to treat animals in a nice way and spoil the experience for them and others.        

The duck pond is the first thing that people will see when they walk outside in to the display area. Ducks and geese are paddling trough the water from the ovular shaped pond. In the middle of this pond is an island with trees in the middle where the birds can lie down in the shade. Chickens and peafowl also live in and around the duckpond area you can see them scratching with their paws trough the soil, looking for seeds and insects. During the mating season the peacocks have a beautiful train which they display to a peahen.

The species of duck on display are: Muscovy ducks, Mallard duck, and the brown and white Ruddy shell duck. All poultry gets checked for internal parasites twice a year. When the sample is positive the whole flock gets treated against parasites. 

The species of cattle at the Children’s Farm are all from the Zebu family which mainly inhabitant Asia and Africa. You can recognize Zebus from the hump above their shoulder blades and the loose skin (dewlap) under their neck. The cows have a regular hoof cut and vaccination schedule and they are checked for parasites twice a year.

At the moment five ponies and two Arabian horses are housed at the Children’s Farm. Three of the ponies were imported from the United Kingdom. The other two ponies are fillies which were born here. Over the weekends and on public holidays the ponies are used for pony rides.

 Horses and ponies require a lot of care which only trained people can give them and are therefore they are very expensive animals to keep. Our horses are de-wormed regularly and are vaccinated annually. Due to the soft sand their hoofs have to be trimmed by a farrier every six weeks. Each individual gets brushed once a day and exercised at least twice a week.                  

There are two camels at the Children's Farm. Both camels are available for camel rides during the weekends. The rest of the week the visitors can feed them hay and are available for petting. The two female camels are normally quite gentle but children get frightened easily by their size and clumsiness. The camel rides in the weekends are popular but due to safety reasons small children are not allowed to ride on the camels. 

There are five donkeys at the farm. Snowy is the oldest, he got his name because of his unusually pale coat which has become progressively lighter as he has got older. He likes having visitors at the farm and will often greet them with a customary nay.  The breeding stallion is called Woodstock. He was caught a feral donkey but turned out to be surprisingly friendly.

The oldest mare is Lucy. Lucy was already quit tame but with a little work is now quite comfortable walking on a halter. Lily was born at the Children’s Farm and has recently been joined by Mina. Unlike the other donkeys that are predominately grey Mina is brown. Lily and Mina both love visitors and will often come up to the fence for a scratch.

Sheep are nice gentle animals; with this character they are able to cure a lot of children’s fear of animals. Sheep are gentler than the goats and will take the hay from the hands quietly. To keep their skin healthy and to help them cope with summer their wool is shorn once a year. In June a ram will be introduced to the herd so that the first lambs are born in November, so this is a goodtime for visitors to come and see the lambs. The lambing period will normally last for about a month.        

Goats are greedier than the sheep, they will hang with their feet over the wall to reach out for hay that the visitors present them. In the goat display camp a play area for the goats has been set up and you can see how they climb across the rocks and palm trunks. At the age of one week kids are already playing on these rocks. The Billy goat will be introduced to the herd at the beginning of August so that the kids are born throughout January.   

A few guinea pigs are housed at the Children’s Farm. These animals do not come from Arabia but have become popular pets due to their placid nature. Some people have asked if the guinea pig have evolved from a mouse and rabbit cross, which is not the case. The guinea pig is a separate species of rodent.