Head Over Hooves Farm

12/07/2024

Janet and Charcoal are such great mamas, keeping their babies snuggled and warm on these chilly nights. Notice Charcoals wings covering her babies 🥹

We’re often asked if we heat our coops when it’s cold, and the answer is no. Not only is artificial heat (like heat lamps) a huge fire hazard and risk we refuse to take, but it throws off the chickens natural ability to keep warm. If we supplied a heat source in their coop and unknowingly lost power overnight, they would be dependent on that heat and would not be able to warm themselves. With proper shelter, chickens do just fine in cold weather. We actually worry more about our chickens in the heat than in the cold.

Like many others with animals, I tend to overthink and want to go above and beyond to make sure our animals have a cushy, cozy life. I often need to remind myself that these animals know better than I do, and that they’re designed to survive without us being overbearing parents 😅

12/03/2024

How do you measure wealth?

While we had family visiting from out of town this summer, Ron asked my uncle, “Do you know how to become a millionaire owning a farm? You start off as a billionaire.” 😄

We personally don’t measure our wealth in money. We measure wealth in the lives we’ve touched, the lives we’ve saved, and how blessed we are to get to live this life every day. Keeping the farm running is truly a labor of love, and so hard at times. But when we get a message from someone telling us their child chose to do their school project on the farm, when your kids draw us pictures of the farmily, and on days like today when we received an envelope full of hand-made cards, we feel like the wealthiest people in the world.

The Environment Action Club at Council Rock Middle School collected and donated pumpkins to the farm a few weeks ago as part of their “Unless Project”. I got to show them around the farm and we fed some of their pumpkins to the farmily. It was an incredible morning on the farm, and one I talked about for days after.

Pictured are just a few of the cards we received, and they brought me to tears. They will go in my folder I keep with all of the other cards, notes, and drawings your kids have made for us over the last few years (I’ve saved every one, and there’s a LOT lol), and I’ll forever cherish every one of them. Knowing we’ve made an impact on so many of your kids…that’s wealthy to us.

The love and support we’ve felt since sharing the farm with our community is hard to put into words, but we’re forever grateful. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you 🙏🏼

If you believe in what we do here and would like to support our mission, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to help care for the animals that call the farm their forever home. They are just as thankful for you as we are, and we couldn’t so it without you ❤️

https://www.zeffy.com/donation-form/6b741b93-2746-4bc8-bfc4-16741cd10f76

12/03/2024

💫 Giving Tuesday 💫

Tomorrow is , and we’d like to invite you to support the farmily! Giving Tuesday is a global generosity movement that encourages people to do good and give back, which is what we strive to do here everyday.

We are asking for your support in filling our hay loft as we prepare for winter! As you could imagine, we go through quite a bit of hay here. We typically use 2-3 small bales per day ($7/each), and 10-12 large bales per month ($100/each). Your tax-deductible donation will help keep the farmily fed and happy in the colder months as their need for hay increases ❤️

Donations can be made through the link below. As always, thank you so much for your support!

https://www.zeffy.com/donation-form/donate-to-make-a-difference-2015

12/01/2024

🥳👑 HAPPY BIRTHDAY KING TITAN 👑🥳

Today, our best boy turned 6 years old 🐶🥰 Titan is a farm favorite and adored by everyone that meets him. Staffordshire Bull Terriers are not your typical farm dogs, but our guy is the best we could ever ask for. He’s patient, loyal, affectionate, protective of his farmily, and everything we could ever want in a dog. Nothing in this world makes him happier than showing you and your family around his farm. When we tell him it’s time for a visit, he can’t run to the driveway fast enough to greet you at your car with a rock in his mouth 😅 Our boy LIVES for kids and keeping his farmily safe.

We could not be more thankful for Titan and how hard he works. No matter the time of day or weather, he’s always by our side helping.

I KNOW if you’ve been to the farm, you’ve got pictures of our best boy. We’d love to see them in the comments!

Happiest of happy birthdays, King Titan. You’re loved more than you could ever imagine 🥳❤️

11/29/2024

This was a tough one 💔. We still talk about our Weezy girl daily…she definitely made a huge impact 💖

11/28/2024

Happy Thanksgiving, farm friends!

Ron and I have a lot to be thankful for, not just today, but every day ❤️ We’re thankful for each other, our health and the ability to take care of our farmily, as well as each and every one of you following and supporting our journey!

We’re also thankful that we finally have a website to share with all of you 🤩 We’ll be making a few adjustments over time, but we’re so happy with the way it turned out!

https://www.headoverhoovesfarmsanctuary.org/

At Head Over Hooves Farm Sanctuary, we have dedicated our work to care for and protect animals who are in need of a loving home, safe and free from hardship. As a 501(c)3 non-profit sanctuary, we believe in treating our animals with dignity, respect and compassion. We know that many of our fo...

11/28/2024

🐽 Our Bigs 🐽

I posted a reel last week, and wanted to share a pic from that day to show the actual size of our bigs! I feel like pictures don’t do their size justice 😅

Both Mackenzie (pictured with Ron) and Bill are roughly 700lbs each (Bill is probably a little less and Mack is more), and over 6ft long from snooty to b***y.

As you could imagine, it takes a lot to feed them. Just one of our bigs eats more than our 7 miniature pigs combined in a day! If you’d like to help fill the bellies of our bigs (or any other member of the farmily), we now have a donation site that makes it easy to do so! We truly mean it when we say every little bit helps and is greatly appreciated, and we couldn’t do this without your support ❤️

https://www.zeffy.com/donation-form/6b741b93-2746-4bc8-bfc4-16741cd10f76

11/25/2024

We welcomed these 3 beautiful ladies to the farmily today 🥰
Their family was moving and unable to take them along. Welcome to your forever home girls, you’re gonna love it here ❤️

11/22/2024

We still have tickets available for next Sunday, 12/1! Eventbrite link in post 🦙🎄

11/21/2024

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11/18/2024

🎄 Holiday Craft Class Sunday, 12/1! 🦙

We’re so excited to announce we’ll be hosting a holiday craft class on Sunday, 12/1 from 10:30-11:30! The first 30 minutes of class will consist of your child (or children) painting a holiday ornament, and the last 30 minutes of class will be lots of animal interaction, and a photo opportunity with everyone’s favorite alpacas, Cadbury and Klondike!

Tickets will be limited, and can ONLY be purchased through the Eventbrite link below. PLEASE do not respond to anyone trying to sell tickets in the comments, these are scams and we’d hate to see anyone fall for them.

Some things to note, so you’ll know what to expect:

-The cost of this class is $30 for one child and parent(s). Each additional participating child is $10, and additional children can be paid for via cash or Venmo when you arrive to the farm for class.

-Photos with the alpacas may be taken with your phone or camera. We will not have a photographer here to take photos, but will be happy to help take photos for you if you prefer to be in them with your children 😊

-During this class, you will have the opportunity to feed and interact with our goats, donkey, rabbits, sheep, chickens, pigs, and of course, the alpacas.

-This class will be held outdoors. In the event that we need to cancel due to weather, tickets will be refunded through Eventbrite.

Please message us with any questions, we typically see messages sooner than comments!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1086544737559?aff=oddtdtcreator

11/16/2024

We are all so grateful here for this man ❤️

After working his actual job yesterday, Ron put a new roof on the bigs room in their shed to help keep them warm. Both Bill and Mackenzie spent the last few winters without pig friends to snuggle with, but now between the new roof, the 2 of them and lots of straw, their room will be toasty for the winter 🐖❤️🐖

As you can see, Mackenzie was completely unbothered by the construction going on upstairs while she napped 😂