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Lambing and calving

Lowline calves Luna and Tank

March has been very busy. We have our first 2 lowline calves, a heifer named Luna and a bull named Mr. DiDonna. Both Sherry and Margo are wonderful mothers. We have 14 lambs so far, mostly twins, a big, healthy set of triplets and a few singles from some first time moms. The ducks and [...]

Relay For Life

View of Sunderland from the top of Mount Sugarloaf

Tom, Travis and I will be walking with a team from the ATA Martial Arts Academy this June 11 & 12 in the Relay For Life to be held at the Franklin County Fairgrounds. There are over 250 Relays held throughout New England and over 5000 in the country. We are raising money to support [...]

Sheep Shearing Day and Open House

The trouble with goats is.....

February 20, 2010 is sheep shearing day at the farm. Visitors are welcome from 9:30 to Noon. You will have the opportunity to learn about how and why sheep are shorn. Handle some raw fleece and see some of the gorgeous blankets made from this fleece. Blankets will be available for purchase this day in [...]

Happy New Year!

It’s been a busy winter so far. I actually wish it was a bit snowier though, despite all the extra work. The snow really helps to insulate the ground. It also makes it much easier for the horses to walk around. Everyone is tiptoeing carefully over the frozen ruts. Margo and Sherry, my two lowline [...]

Souvenirs from Farm Camp 2009

Little Brook Farm Campers

Farm Camp was fun and successful again this year. We had two great groups of campers! We continue to keep the number of campers low and were able to really enjoy the animals and each others company. Field trips this year included the University of Massachusetts Farm, MapleLine Farm, Look Park and the farms of [...]

Lamb available

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Fresh, frozen, cryovac wrapped lamb is available for purchase. Now taking custom orders for the 2009 lamb crop.

Lambing and kidding

We have been awfully busy with lambing and kidding season. I am happy to report that both are done and we had a very successful year. I have not had the time to update photos, but plan to over the week of school vacation coming up. We have 17 beautiful black and white lambs, and [...]

Little Brook Farm Camp 2009

Week two, working with the goats.

Farm camp has sadly come to an end. We had a lot of fun again this year. We continue to keep the number of campers small and were really able to enjoy the animals and each others company. I had two great groups again this year. Check out our Farm Blog for more information and [...]

The lambs have started!

The first lambs out of my 2 new Texel ewes were born on January 22nd and February 3rd. All 3 are little girls and doing well. It’s been a tough start though. One of the ewes lambed with scar tissue in the teat canal and although she WANTS to mother them, they have had to [...]

Little Brook Farm at Storrowton Village

Merry Christmas to All!

Kristen and Travis brought llamas, sheep, goats, donkeys, ducks and Border Collies to the Storrowton Village Yuletide Festival over this past weekend, December 6th and 7th for a petting zoo and Border Collie herding demonstrations. Here are some great photos that Travis took during the herding demonstrations on the common using both ducks and sheep. [...]

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