Animal Care
Sunny Meadow Farm has a beautiful family of sheep and goats.
Helen Blackwood lovingly tends the flock.
Helen sees to the sheep and goat's needs twice a day, every day. The animal husbandry program was started three years ago, and they welcomed their first batch of sheep born in December of ‘22.
The goats and sheep coexist nicely, they have three beautiful acres of pasture, and each night they get tucked into one of the pastures for safe keeping.
The sheep and goats are pasture raised and given supplemental hay, minerals, salts and grain. The goats get copper supplements every six months.
Goats are considered ‘browsers’- they eat leaves, twigs and other parts of trees and shrubs. The sheep are ‘grazers’, so the two families can coexist in the pastures nicely and not compete for food.
The sheep we have are a breed called Texel, it is a breed that originated from Holland in 1909.
They maxed out at 19 fluffy family members, and we had to send some to auction.
Meet the family- three sheep were born in April of ‘24.
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All three babies were born to the same mother.
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They were understandably very fragile, and had to all be bottle fed.
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We are happy to say they are all thriving today.
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Our ram, Tuck, was busy in the fall of 2024—he bred three of our ewes. With a five-month gestation period, we were glad to welcome a healthy group of lambs in the spring of ‘25!
Our goats are curious, playful and full of personality!
