Grass at Last – Spring 2016

News from Hidden Valley Farm: After the winter months of subsisting on our store of rich hay and grain our adult sheep are at last on pasture, joined by their lambs some of which are now big enough – and have sufficiently developed digestive systems – to move beyond mother’s milk to the delicious green … Continue reading →

Conservation Concerns in the Management of Hidden Valley Farm

We at Hidden Valley Farm are regularly involved with state and federal agencies to manage natural resources on our 182 acres and to practice restorative and conservative farming methods. In collaboration with these agencies we manage a rotational grazing plan which is aimed at maximum pasture health and soil conservation, have a long term forest … Continue reading →

Rams for Sale

Well, there has come a time when our two handsome rams have fathered, grandfathered, great-grandfathered nearly every ewe in our flock and fresh blood is needed. This lambing season they fathered thirty lambs between them. So sadly we must look for new owners for our rams. Stay tuned for more pictures of our particularly handsome … Continue reading →

Mrs Moose

Mrs. Moose, as we call GSF 51 due to her rather pushy, demanding and yet totally endearing traits, has always stood out in our flock. Born in 2003, at Good Shepherd Farm in Massachusetts, she was one of our foundation ewes obtained in 2009. Very early on she seemed to be the leader of the … Continue reading →

Coyote Attack

Hidden Valley Farm is flanked by thousands of acres of wildlife preserve, including the Jackson Peck Land Trust, the Audubon Miles Wildlife Sanctuary and Connecticut State Forest. This of course is a source of great joy in living at Hidden Valley Farm for we are surrounded by beautiful woodlands and swamps and share our habitat … Continue reading →

2016 LAMBING SEASON IS DONE

We have had a record lambing season this year. Between March 13th and April 10th twenty two ewes produced thirty healthy live lambs, all offspring of our two sires, Elvis and Reggie, followed by two stragglers a few days later who had become pregnant in the late fall to a ram lamb who was held … Continue reading →