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Tamworth Piglets Off to New Homes
Two sets of 8 week old Stark Hollow Farm Tamworth feeder piglets are off to their new
homes. One, a happy return customer from the Intervale in Burlington, Vermont and
the other, a new customer from Richmond, Vermont.
Shearing Day!
Another shearing day complete here at Stark Hollow Farm in Vermont! Together with our shearer, the job was complete in about 3 hours.
Many of our Icelandics were starting to "roo", which is a term that
describes the way that the fleece is naturally shed by the animals. We
love shearing day because it is a chance to see how the ewes, especially
the lactating ewes are doing coming off winter.
Our animals are 100% grass fed with no commercial or customer grain mixtures used. This means their condition at the time of lactation is their lowest of the year, and yet as you can see from these photos, the girls look great!
Our animals are 100% grass fed with no commercial or customer grain mixtures used. This means their condition at the time of lactation is their lowest of the year, and yet as you can see from these photos, the girls look great!
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| Doe, udder with twins |
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| Doe, 2 years |
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| Doe with her twins |
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| Dolomite, 2 years |
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| Dandelion, 2 years |
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| Cider, 5 years |
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| Elderberry, one winter ewe |
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| Camox with twins, 3 years |
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| Eiya, one winter ewe |
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| Eiya, one winter ewe with lamb |
Icelandic Sheepskin Pelts - New Arrivals!
Check out Stark Hollow Farm's new arrivals of gorgeous, luxurious Icelandic Sheepskin Pelts from our fall 2013 group of Icelandic sheep raised on grass here in Huntington Vermont. When you see one you like, double click on the image and you will see the description and price in the upper right hand corner of the slide show. Contact us at farmer at starkhollowfarm dot com to order.
Icelandic Sheep Skin Pelt - Renaissance Fair Costume
One of our Icelandic Sheepskin Pelts was made into a gorgeous cape by Brandace of North Carolina for a Renaissance Fair Costume. If you look closely, you will also see a ram's horn which also came from our farm.
This is one of many uses for these beautiful pelts.
Click here to see our pelts for sale: Icelandic Sheepskin Pelts
This is one of many uses for these beautiful pelts.
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| Ren Fair Costume - Sheep Skin Pelt and Ram's Horn |
2014 Icelandic Lambs for Sale in Vermont at Stark Hollow Farm
Check out a preview of Stark Hollow Farm 2014 Icelandic lambs for sale in Vermont...enlarge the slideshow and click "show info" to see more details.
Lambs will be priced for sale in the up-coming weeks. We'll have ewe lambs, ram lambs and adult ewes with lambs. Lambs this year are from 3 incredible unrelated rams, so there are lots of choices.
If you are interested in purchasing breedstock from us this year, please contact us at farmer@starkhollowfarm.com.
Lambs will be priced for sale in the up-coming weeks. We'll have ewe lambs, ram lambs and adult ewes with lambs. Lambs this year are from 3 incredible unrelated rams, so there are lots of choices.
If you are interested in purchasing breedstock from us this year, please contact us at farmer@starkhollowfarm.com.
Newest Arrivals: Tamworth Piglets
Last night, our Tamworth sow, Orange, farrowed 5 gorgeous little piglets. In the midst of shifting southerly and westerly winds, we got a couple inches of rain on top of a snow pack up here on Camel's Hump Mountain of about 3 feet of snow. We had heard many farmers were having difficulty with farrowing this year due to the extreme weather.
With colder than normal temperatures, precipitation and dead of night upon us, I was grateful for the wonderful little piglet creep with heat lamp that Vanessa built in the last couple of days into Orange's farrowing house. The creep is an important part of the farrowing house. It provides a safe place for the piglets to take a break from mama and eventually they will get their own feed in there. Right now, it's a place they can go to get warm after leaving the 90+ degree womb!
Labor lasted about 5 hours and at the end of it, we have four boys and one girl. They took to mama's milk right away. Tamworths are a talkative breed and this is very noticeable in the farrowing house. There is often a lively conversation between mama and piglets which consists of her grunting and snorting and them responding with snorts and squeals. If they fight, mama raises her voice almost as if to say, "come on now, little ones!".
Here are some photos:
With colder than normal temperatures, precipitation and dead of night upon us, I was grateful for the wonderful little piglet creep with heat lamp that Vanessa built in the last couple of days into Orange's farrowing house. The creep is an important part of the farrowing house. It provides a safe place for the piglets to take a break from mama and eventually they will get their own feed in there. Right now, it's a place they can go to get warm after leaving the 90+ degree womb!
Labor lasted about 5 hours and at the end of it, we have four boys and one girl. They took to mama's milk right away. Tamworths are a talkative breed and this is very noticeable in the farrowing house. There is often a lively conversation between mama and piglets which consists of her grunting and snorting and them responding with snorts and squeals. If they fight, mama raises her voice almost as if to say, "come on now, little ones!".
Here are some photos:
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| Piglets under lamp in creep |
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| Piglet Creep |
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| 3 of Orange's 5 Piglets |
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| Little Tamworth Piglets Cozy Up |
New Hay Feeders for Pregnant Girls
New Feeders completed! Hand-made out of locally sourced wood. Designed specifically for our horned sheep to keep wasted hay to a minimum and allow enough room at the feeders for all the pregnant girls...
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| New Feeder in the Winter Paddock |
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| Keeping the Mineral Feeder Upright! |
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| Vanessa & Brem |
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| Laura & Beven |
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| The Girls at their new Feeders! |
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