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Meet one of Britain's youngest farmer who started aged FOUR - and looks after 200 animals and makes her own goat ice cream.

Lilly Martin, 10, has been helping her dad, Craig, 37, on his farm in Camelford, Cornwall since she was just four.

She got hooked after helping him hatch some quail eggs in an incubator.

Every day before school, Lilly wakes up at around 5:00 am to tend to her animals - milking, feeding and cleaning her brood.

And according to her parents - who are first generation farmers - Lilly "easily puts five hours a day into the farm throughout the week."

Outside the fields, the pint-sized farmer sells her eggs to fund the upkeep of her animals.

Lilly is also working towards producing and selling her own goat ice cream from the farm in March 2026.

Now, she had almost 200 animals - including 120-plus chicken, 30-odd sheep and 25 pedigree show goats that she cares for herself - and has "no plans of stopping."

Dad Craig, from Camelford, Cornwall, said: "Her work ethic is unreal and she would put most grown men to shame. "

"I probably do about 100 hours most weeks on the farm. "

"But I've got to shout at Lilly and tell her to stop and slow down."

"She practically runs the farm - and calls the shots most of the time. "

"And even gives me and my wife, Sheena, 42, list of jobs to do - and I often end up doing the power-washing. "

"We can't really stop her, to be honest . It's all off her own back."

Lilly is one of eight kids aged between two and 21 - but has been the "most keen" about pursuing a career in farming. "

"When she was about four she got six quail eggs to hatch in an incubator," Craig said. "

"And that's where her love for animals an farming started."

He added: "Mornings, weekends, she's up before we're even out of bed and she's down milking."

"During the week, she can easily spend five hours a day out on the fields - and on the weekends it's basically from dusk to dark. "

"I think she gets out at about 6'clock in the morning and comes in well after 5pm in the evening. "

"But she loves it." "

Craig says his daughter, who is in Year 5 at school, is already mindful of the financial side of farming - and the importance of ensuring best standards.

"We do tell her if you want these animals, you can have these animals, but you do it," he said. "

"It's her own things and she understand that by having animals they've got to be looked after to the highest of standards. "

"I'll support her along the way, but the day she says, 'I don't want to do it,' we will sell the farm."

Lilly spends roughly £300 a month to upkeep her animals.

He added: "She's got her goals set. "

"Come February, March, we'll be selling goat ice cream, once the processing room is finished. "

"We've made some trial runs for ourselves just to test it - and it takes quite a lot of eggs to make ice cream."

In fact, Lilly is so "money savvy" that she refused to let her mum buy chicken eggs from her. "

She stated that "there's a young lad and girl up the road that sell them and it's cheaper to buy from them" than 'Lilly's eggs.' "

"Her main focus is around the financial side of farming and bettering her stock," Craig added. "

Three years ago, Lilly went to Royal Cornwall - a livestock show - with two goats of her own and "wanted" to present her British alpine goats the following year. "

Over the the next 12 months, she practised and watched countless YouTube videos and her herd grew to 25 goats.

She is now working out pedigrees and which goats would be best to mate for breeding - and her dad says she is "right into it."

Since starting aged four - Lilly now looks after almost 200 animals - with her goats being her favourite.

She said: "They are very playful - especially Coral [a goat]. "

"I love running up and down the shed with them and playing chase."



"Next May, I'm looking to win the livestock show with 10 of my goats. "

"Getting them in good condition is something I'm trying to get better at."

Life on the farm is something the 10-year-old has "no plans on giving up." "

Lilly said: "The animals all have different personalities and I never get bored."

"Thanks to my mum and dad I've already learned so much - like how to milk, feed and clean for the animals and tractors too. "

She added: "My younger sisters are interested too and I love teaching them. "

"But they won't be as good as me!" "

Parents Craig and Sheena are both "proud as punch" for Lilly. "

"She is the future of farming for this country and by the time she reaches secondary school - I'm sure we will switch her to homeschool," Craig said. "

"If half of the UK had her work ethic, we would be in such a better place."

"She always makes sure the animals eat before we do - and still makes time for a social life."

"It's just something she understand and gets."

"I couldn't be prouder."