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Ridgefield, CT

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Henny Penny Farm, Ridgefield, CT

Come back to your roots at Henny Penny Farm

We are proud to be a working model of sustainable farming in New England.

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As of 12/1/2020 HOLIDAY SHOPPING & VISITING HOURS Tuesdays 10am-1pm and Saturdays 8am-12pm

Masks must be worn at all times. Check in at Farm Store First. Only 3 families browsing farm at a time.

673 Ridgebury Road
Ridgefield, CT  06877

 

 

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Limited Edition Bundles

$50.00 – $78.00
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3D Sheep Soap

3D Sheep Soap

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Hand Sewn Knitting Bowls

$22.00 – $45.00
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Artisan Woven Blankets

$439.00
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Sport weight Wool

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Henny Penny heavyweight worsted wool or wool/llama

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Young Farm Explorers Program- SOLD OUT

May 14 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Learning about chicks 2/20/21 This program is sold out despite the website indicating more on the main page. We are excited to offer a new multi-week program for our youngest farm friends.  Starting in mid-May we will be offering an experience similar to our summer camp programs focused on children age 3-5. Children will get to learn about our farm animals, plants and wildlife on the farm in hands-on activities. They also will get to do craft activities using natural…

Junior Farmers Camp

June 14 @ 9:00 am - 12:30 pm
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An event every day that begins at 9:00 am, repeating until June 18, 2021

Junior Farmers (ages 5-8) will spend mornings on the farm, learning about the different animals and plants living here. We’ll do morning ‘chores’ each day and then pick a particular animal (like a lamb, goat, chicken or rabbit) to learn more about and do an activity centered around. Activities might include working with your individual sheep over the course of the week, learning how to milk a goat, experience how much fun ducks are and more. We’ll explore the natural habitats at…

Assistant Farmers Camp (SOLD OUT)

July 12 @ 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
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An event every day that begins at 9:00 am, repeating until July 16, 2021

1/29/21 SOLD OUT Assistant Farmers (ages 9-12) will spend mornings on the farm, learning about the different animals and plants living here. We’ll do morning ‘chores’ each day and then pick a particular animal (like a lamb, goat, chicken or rabbit) to learn more about and do an activity centered around. Activities might include working with your individual sheep over the course of the week, learning how to milk a goat, experience how much fun ducks are and more. We’ll…

Junior Farmers Camp

July 26 @ 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
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An event every day that begins at 9:00 am, repeating until July 30, 2021

Junior Farmers (ages 5-8) will spend mornings on the farm, learning about the different animals and plants living here. We’ll do morning ‘chores’ each day and then pick a particular animal (like a lamb, goat, chicken or rabbit) to learn more about and do an activity centered around. Activities might include working with your individual sheep over the course of the week, learning how to milk a goat, experience how much fun ducks are and more. We’ll explore the natural habitats at…

Mini Assistant Farmer Camp

August 4 @ 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

New! To expand our summer camp offerings we have added this mini-camp experience for children 8-12! Assistant Farmers (ages 8-12) will spend 3 days on the farm, learning about the different animals and plants living here. We’ll do morning ‘chores’ each day and then pick a particular animal (like a lamb, goat, chicken or rabbit) to learn more about and do an activity centered around. Activities might include working with your individual sheep over the course of the week, learning…

Assistant Farmers Camp

August 9 @ 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
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An event every day that begins at 9:00 am, repeating until August 13, 2021

Assistant Farmers (ages 9-12) will spend mornings on the farm, learning about the different animals and plants living here. We’ll do morning ‘chores’ each day and then pick a particular animal (like a lamb, goat, chicken or rabbit) to learn more about and do an activity centered around. Activities might include working with your individual sheep over the course of the week, learning how to milk a goat, experience how much fun ducks are and more. We’ll explore the natural…

Assistant Farmers Camp

August 13 @ 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

Assistant Farmers (ages 9-12) will spend mornings on the farm, learning about the different animals and plants living here. We’ll do morning ‘chores’ each day and then pick a particular animal (like a lamb, goat, chicken or rabbit) to learn more about and do an activity centered around. Activities might include working with your individual sheep over the course of the week, learning how to milk a goat, experience how much fun ducks are and more. We’ll explore the natural…

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We are now welcoming a limited number of volunteer We are now welcoming a limited number of volunteers at the farm again, particularly in the greenhouse, gardens and with the small animals. 
We are also excited to be hiring for the position of Farm Coordinator. This is a part-time position and the ideal candidate is someone who loves organization, is great at communicating with a team of people, and is good with details. This role will also be involved in our soap making. For further details on volunteering or applying for the coordinator role visit our website and click the ‘get involved’ tab! Tag any friends you think might be interested! #hiring #ridgefieldct #ridgefieldmoms #fairfieldcountymoms #ctfarm #familyfarm
We are so thrilled and honored to be first-time ve We are so thrilled and honored to be first-time vendors @mdsheepwoolfest this year! The dye pots of our latest yarns are steaming away and a beautiful new range of colors and yarns will be revealed for festival weekend, just two weeks away!! So mark your calendars for May 1, there will be a lot to get excited about and for now, here is a little peak at some of the skeins drying tonight. #fiberfarm #farmyarn #botanicaldyes #plantdyes @botanicalcolors #indigo #romneysheep #romneyyarn #mohairyarn #ctfarm #femalefarmer #familyfarm
We let the two moms who lambed the other night out We let the two moms who lambed the other night out of their lambing jugs this morning. Here is the amazing mama of twins (she is named Melon by our summer camp kids). #sundayonthefarm #farmlove #farmfamily #familyfarm #polleddorset #ctfarm #sockyarn #futuresockyarn
Night before last we welcomed the 102nd, 3rd and 4 Night before last we welcomed the 102nd, 3rd and 4th lambs that have entered the world over the last 5 years at Henny Penny. And probably to the surprise of many a shepherd, number 102 and 103 were the first lambs I had ever pulled. I have never needed to intervene in that way. The ewes were half-sisters and went through labor in complete parallel. But one of them (who had twins) had experienced a vaginal prolapse about 3 weeks ago and so we had a retainer and harness (see top left) holding her together. We gave her all kinds of dietary support in the last few weeks and this incredible mama managed to get her first lamb all the way out with one leg and the head without prolapsing again! But with one leg stuck backwards I needed to help her get this lamb out. As soon as she met her new lamb and started licking him her body popped out her second lamb and mother and babes are all doing exceptionally now! And in the top of the photo you can see the ram lamb I had first pulled out of the other ewe. That lamb was breach and the mother had gotten out two feet and her body was just spent. Pulling out the breech lamb took quite a bit of force. And all of this was at 3am because we knew they were likely to deliver overnight so we checked cameras every half hour until then.  This was a rare night for us but we are so thankful that everyone is healthy and comfortable now! #naturesmiracle #lambing2021 #birthisamazing #prolapseewe #dorsetsheep #ctfarm #femalefarmer #pullinglambs #farmlife #sheepfarm
I realize we have been a bit silent here on social I realize we have been a bit silent here on social media recently. We are gearing up for spring and welcoming new interns. In the meantime we are in our second wave of lambing now with our dorsets and commercial flock. Since they are residing in an area we don’t normally use for sheep we had to get creative in setting up their feeding area. When you have more than a few sheep it just gets too dangerous to go in to feed the grain inwith the sheep. At least that is how our sheep are! They push and shove and easily knock you over in the frenzy of mealtime. The Romney paddock has enough fence line to create feeders along the outside. But this paddock does not have fencing we can do that to. So we created this pen with the guillotine gate which allows us to fill feed pans without the sheep on top of you. Then when the pans are ready you can safely open the gate sitting on the fence. Here the sheep are leaving the pen. And the second picture are some lambs born this week. #lambingseason #sheepmanagement #livestockfeeding #sheepfarm #farmingsolutions #femalefarmer #fiberfarm #ctfarm
These cute li’l piggie soaps are headed to our W These cute li’l piggie soaps are headed to our West Coast family for Easter! We’ll soon have more to pop online and in-store but for now they are ‘one-of-a-kind’ as Charlotte might have called them! #pigsoap #wilburthepig #handmadesoap #goatmilksoap #minipig #ctfarm #ridgefieldct #fairfieldcountymoms #customsoap #partyfavors #partyfavorideas
Our soap club box for this month makes me so happy Our soap club box for this month makes me so happy. It smells great and the designs are expanding. Next month has new designs involving Himalayan sea salt and....piggies! If you want to join in on the fun sign up for our 3-month membership on our website (link in bio). #handmadesoap #goatmilksoap #beersoap #artisansoap #naturalsoap #ctfarm #soapclub #femalefarmer #ilovesoap #fairfieldcountymoms #fairfieldcountyct
Knitting up swatches of newly designed yarns is on Knitting up swatches of newly designed yarns is one of the most exciting things to do.  Over the years we have done a bunch of different yarns from 1 to 3-ply and from lightweight fingering to heavy worsted bordering on bulky. And although I can somewhat predict the product based on past experience, the reality is that every fleece varies and there is so much individual artistry that goes into the yarn making process that each skein is always still a surprise. Clockwise from top: white Romney/alpaca blend, brown Romney/alpaca blend and white Romney/mohair blend. I cannot wait to dye these up! The Romney/alpaca blends would make stunning color work designs and the Romney/mohair blend would be my choice for lacework with its sheen and stitch definition. All three yarns are a light sportweight, knit on size 4 needles.  #fiberfarm #newenglandfiber #americanwool #americanromney #botanicaldyes #naturalwool #romneysheep #sheepfarm #sheep #ridgefieldct #femalefarmer #slowfiber
Today we’ll take a brief pause on sharing our re Today we’ll take a brief pause on sharing our regenerative ag journey with you to focus on what is happening today. This morning we returned Martha and her twins to the flock after their time in the lambing jug. She had a beautiful ewe and ram with fun white markings on their heads and tail tips. Scarlet, a first time mom, had a ewe lamb this morning and Girly, last year’s bottle lamb, wants to help with everything around the farm. If ever there were proof of the impact of early imprinting and childhood experiences Girly would be it. Last year she was quite ill as a lamb so for the first time ever we brought a lamb into the house. I’ve drawn the line there previously because we have enough dry, warm places on the farm that bringing them into the house is not needed. However she had to be fed and monitored so much that I didn’t feel like living outside. So she had a puppy playpen in the mud room, which she quickly learned to jump out of as her health improved. In the end Girly spent two weeks in diapers in our house. We then returned her to her mom, and she eventually had a self-feeding bottle if she wanted it. And despite spending a whole season with her flock in the fields, and not acting much different than the others up there, as soon as she came back to the home farm this winter it’s like she remembered it all.  She is just like the most loyal dog and wants to accompany us everywhere. All from just those first few weeks of bonding. #bottlelamb #adorablepaininthebutt #lambing2021 #romneysheep #anericanromney
So rotational grazing relies heavily upon temporar So rotational grazing relies heavily upon temporary electric fencing. In an ideal world, you would have permanent fencing on the perimeter of your farm/fields and then just use the electric netting or wire to subdivide your fields. Because we are leasing the town land that wasn’t an option so we create a whole new paddock with electronet from @premier1supplies for each move. At points in the season we sometimes have as many as five paddocks running so that means moving 5 paddocks per week. Fencing is probably the biggest investment (along with shade shelters, more on that to follow). The general principle of rotational grazing is that the more frequently you move your animals the greater percentage of pasture you utilize. The goal is to utilize/eat pasture when it is most nutritious and do so most efficiently. The more the plant is grazed down, the longer it takes to recover. The longer your animals are on a patch the more they can pick and choose their favorites and then they graze those right down and then the less desireables keep growing and can take over. We want to use Biomimicry to simulate the effects of the great herds of bison or deer that would have passed through here in a big herd, eaten everything in a particular area and then would have moved on.  Rotational grazing is typically weekly moves. Adaptive grazing looks towards moving daily or even multiple times per day, like the wild herds would have done. As we take you through our journey, remember that adaptive grazing is our goal. But there are many steps to get there. 2017 we used our first grazing charts (a snippet of it is the second picture). There we charted number of animals and paddocks and grazing days. In 2020 we upgraded to using @pasturemapco which allowed us to make notes in the field, immediately access data on how many days rest a pasture had, how many animals had grazed, etc. All along, though, we have learned through careful observation how to read the pastures, how to know how big to make the pasture given the number and age of sheep and the time of year. While there are some basic calculations for that, it is by far better nuanced through experience. #regenerativeagriculture
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