Hock Newberry Farm

06/21/2025

A little girl for Anna, on this extra steamy first day of summer. It’s also my mom’s birthday, and she says Summer is a great name. She and her half sister June, born to Molly on June 1st, are the next generation of mama cows for our little cattle herd.

06/18/2025

A little something about our little farm ❤️

Meet Hock Newberry Farm, a regenerative Culpeper farm and vendor at the Historic Manassas Farmers Market, led by farmer and veteran Erica.

06/15/2025

How delicious (and beautiful!) does this look?! One of our awesome regulars picked up some of our pork Garlic Bratwurst today, and shared this photo of the one-pan dinner they’re having tonight. We will be at our usual spot at Archwood Green Barns Farmer's Market tomorrow- come see us and make your own delicious masterpiece.

06/03/2025

We finally got our first goat meat back from the butcher. This is just a small test batch, but we will have more coming next year. I will be contacting the folks that reached out first, and if there is any more available, we will have it at the markets this coming weekend. Goat is leaner than beef, and is actually the #1 most consumed red meat in the world!

06/03/2025

Congratulations to Molly, and welcome to the world, little June! Mama is a Jersey/Angus, and daddy is our American Milking Devon bull, Alonso. June will stay here to help build our dual-purpose cattle herd.

05/20/2025

As you might suspect, kidding time is a bit chaotic! We are up to 27 kids from 16 does, with only two more left to go. We’ve been lucky this year and gotten quite a few more female babies than we have males. (17 females, 10 males) Soon, I’ll be posting pics of the babies that are available to go to new homes (most of them, but we will retain a few to maintain/slightly increase our herd size). In the meantime, here’s a picture of our girl Nutmeg with her two daughters. She was the one doe I had hoped would have a buck, which is why she had two does 😜

05/08/2025

The last week has been a whirlwind! Between helping a friend get his livestock to the butcher while he was having surgery, Farmer Brian having hernia surgery, Farmer Erica going back and forth to the dentist, and the usual busy day-to-day of springtime on the farm… lots more babies were born! We are now up to 20 total: 8 bucks and 12 does. Five more does left to kid! We hope to start milk shares next weekend. If you are a customer from a past year, please reach out with your interest and we will start getting the list together.

05/01/2025

Mama Moonie was doing some goat yoga during the morning maternity barn check. The remaining 11 girls are holding out- hoping to have some more cute baby pics to post soon!

04/27/2025

Well, Blondie fooled us and only had two sweet little girls in that big, fat belly! Not to be outdone, Moonie decided to go into labor at around 9pm. We got to reenact our first date- Brian holding the front end of a goat while Erica untangled two babies that were trying to be born at the same time! (Yes, that really did happen- he can never say he didn’t know what he was getting himself into…) After about 15 minutes of manipulation, two more beautiful little girls entered the world. That puts us at 9 total kids- 6 girls and 3 boys.

04/26/2025

Yesterday afternoon, our first time mama Jackie surprised us by having her twins a few days early! A little black girl and a little brown boy. That puts us at 3 boys and 2 girls, with another 13 mothers left to kid. Farmer Brian is on goat midwife duty today. Couple that with the storms, and I bet there will be some more babies by the time Farmer Erica gets back from market!

04/25/2025

Poor Blondie is due tomorrow. She’s a little uncomfortable with all those creatures in her belly. How many babies do you think she will have?