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Hickory Orchard Farms Cattle and Equine Services Hickory Orchard Farms has been in the family for 5 generations here on top of Pifer Mountain in Tucker County.

We have some quality cows we breed for spring calves and also purchase several stocker steers to graze throughout the summer. In the fall we offer the steers for sale to the highest bidder before they move on to fattening. A small dairy goat herd has been added with the potential of adding a herdshare program in the future, though this is still undecided at this time. The kids have began showing i

n ADGA shows with their registered Nubians and their newly added Saanens and are loving their new adventure. The kids have a rabbitry up and running with a focus on blue lined Flemish Giants, Standard Rex, and meat variants. Pedigreed and pet quality rabbits are available at 8 weeks of age. Daniel offers horse training services, specializing in colt starting. These spots vary from year to year, and we are selective on which horses we take on. This is ONLY due to focusing more on our cattle, our own horses, and facility upgrades. USDA certified beef and pork along with whole and half chicken, whole rabbits, and duck are available for purchase by the whole, half, quarter, or cut! The poultry and rabbits are raised right here on our farm as are most of the beef. Those coming from other sources are held on our farm for several weeks prior to processing to ensure top quality products. Feel free to reach out to let us help fill your freezers! Heather serves as a livestock and equine judge and has been doing so since 2006. She travels throughout the state and even to surrounding areas to help 4-H and FFA members compete with their projects while helping them understand how to better their projects and more importantly, their showmanship skills for many years to come. She is looking into the steps needed to perform linear appraisals for the American Dairy Goat Association as a potential future endeavor.

Big news folks! Changes are being made on the farm and hopefully it will be good. Here is what has been happening.The da...
02/09/2025

Big news folks! Changes are being made on the farm and hopefully it will be good. Here is what has been happening.

The dairy goats all have new homes with the exception of Solomon and Peter. If you know anyone wanting an ADGA Nubian adult or buckling, please send them our way.

Our rabbits did phenomenal at the Tucker County Fair and we are so pleased! So much so, Paityn added another pure rex doe and a rex cross doe, along with a New Zealand buck. We have a litter due any day now, and 2 due later in the month. We are down to our last Flemish giant, Jilly, who we are looking for a pet home for. She is 5 but in great shape and health, just needs a kid to love on her.

Sheep. Yes, I said sheep. Paityn has started her own flock of 4, which became 6 yesterday. SO many people have helped her get her own sheep breeding program started, and we are so grateful. Eric Kim Mullenax, Quad K Farm, Moats Overlook Farm, Alison Dillon Moats, Dr. Harvey, and I'm sure I'm missing someone. Anyway, she has 4 ewes bred for early/mid January, and 2 due I believe early to mid February (have to double check dates). Anyone looking for quality 4H or FFA lambs, please keep her in mind as that is her goal, to sell to other youth exhibitors. More pics to come when they come home from their boyfriends 🩵

We do have some round bales for sale. Some out of the field, some out of the barn. Prices vary so contact Daniel Clower if you're interested.

The Tucker Co Fair was a big success for the Clower Kids and we are forever grateful to their buyers! Meadow View Farm Supply, T***s Meat, Jim's All-star, Grant Co Bank, Elkins Southern States, Home Place Farm, Preston Farmers Market, and Dr. Jessica Harvey, DVM. Give these folks some thought when considering where to do your business!

If all goes as planned, something new that I'm excited to offer will be coming soon! As it progresses, we will drop hint...
12/06/2025

If all goes as planned, something new that I'm excited to offer will be coming soon! As it progresses, we will drop hints to see if anyone can figure it out 🩵💙

Other farm happenings: the incubator is cleaned up and put away for a while with the last silkies and duckling leaving yesterday.

Hay season is underway and it looks, so far, to be a better yield than last year.

We have a purebred Nubian buckling available that should make a dandy here sire. Adga registerable, disbudded, dewormed, CDT and boostered, tattooed, and friendly. Parents on site.

Fence is ready to move the cows to summer pasture, just trying to find the time to do so. The spring herd work is done, just need to move them.

Unfortunately we have lost 6 kits due to holes we were unaware of in their hutches. We also lost a runt, which is to be expected. Good news is, we still have 30 babies going strong, though 1 is having some odd eye issues.

All the 4-H projects are growing well and, except the feeder calves, their training is going great! Calves are fixing to start creek feed and halter training as soon as they're at the other farm.

29/05/2025

Meet the 37 baby bunnies!!

24/05/2025

Lots of new things happening on the farm! We are finally done kidding and calving and the next breeding is happening. The kids have their 4H hogs and lambs, and lots of baby bunnies are being born! So far, Sylvie had 7, Cookie only 4, Tootsie 8, and Honey 9! Blueberry is building her nest and should kindle any day!

Everyone, meet Goose! We are so excited to welcome him to the farm as our new herd bull. He's going to spend the winter ...
07/10/2024

Everyone, meet Goose! We are so excited to welcome him to the farm as our new herd bull. He's going to spend the winter growing with Paits market steer for next year, Apache.
Thank you Jus Way Shorthorns for such a great bull to add to the herd! I'll be checking back frequently to see what else you have available, just don't tell my husband 😂

This fella is going to be our new herd bull! Still deciding on a name, but he will be registered to Wyatt. Thank you Jus...
16/09/2024

This fella is going to be our new herd bull! Still deciding on a name, but he will be registered to Wyatt. Thank you Jus Way Shorthorns for such a quality bull to add to our herd!

Meet Lucy, Paits cow who has had 1 calf, and is currently bred to the shorthorn bull White Buffalo 💜
16/09/2024

Meet Lucy, Paits cow who has had 1 calf, and is currently bred to the shorthorn bull White Buffalo 💜

Meet Izzy, Wyatt's blue roan shorthorn who will be bred in April 💜
16/09/2024

Meet Izzy, Wyatt's blue roan shorthorn who will be bred in April 💜

16/09/2024

We have been MIA! The farm has gone under some pretty big changes the last several months, with more in the works. Here is what we have been up to!
*Star Night has went to her new home with our friend Kenzie! They are a great team and have already won some ribbons 💜 Poker, Kate, and Astrid are still spoiled, fat, and happy.
*We significantly downsized our dairy goat herd. The kids were given a choice to either keep them, or, each keep 1 doe and the buck and get to do more 4H projects next year. They chose to sell and Wyatt will be adding 2 hogs and Paityn 2 lambs next year to their fair animals. Sapphire (Alpine) and Snow Rose (Nubian) along with Solomon the buck are still living happily in their pens.
*Paityn's feeder steer Apache was donated back thanks to Craig Phillips with Shop N Save, so he is now growing into her market steer project for the 2025 Tucker County Fair.
*Rabbits have downsized slightly with the loss of a few of our older ones and focusing mostly on the Standard Rex. Currently we have Blue, our blue Flemish Giant buck, and Winter and Jimmy, our 2 females, which are hopefully both bred for babies early October. With the passing of Dewey, our rex buck, we retained one of his sons, IT, and we obtained a new female from dear friends of ours, named Grandmama. We still have Cookie and Tootsie, both rex females, and a new Zealand female named Sylvie.
*Ms. Quackers is gaining 2 new female ducky friends soon, so her 2 boyfriends, Big Chungus and Cayou can give her a little break!
*Now for the big change up. We now will be only raising purebred Hereford and shorthorn cattle. We added 2 new ASA shorthorn plus girls, Lucy who is AI bred to White Buffalo for a March baby(fingers crossed for a heifer) and Izzy, a beautiful blue roane heifer. We still have #99(hopefully moved up to April), #100 (hopefully moved up to March), and Gizmo (due in Jan), our Hereford mamas, and we added another Hereford we call Trinity, who is bred to an Angus bull for a January baby the kids will most likely show. Ms. Newton pr*****ed yet again and earned a ride to the sale barn. We also took Sampson the bull, the remaining 2 calves, and Tuck the beef to the sale barn Saturday at Jackson County. This made room for our incoming ASA bull, who comes first part of October! Name is TBD. He will spend the fall and winter with Apache just eating and growing so he will be ready to get to work come April.

We are doing a lot of structural and pasture improvements as well, and looking forward to having these projects complete! Stay tuned for pics to be added soon!

And the first 2024 calf has hit the ground! Gizmo and Sampson produced this little stud of a bull that Wyatt will be sho...
01/02/2024

And the first 2024 calf has hit the ground! Gizmo and Sampson produced this little stud of a bull that Wyatt will be showing as a feeder steer at this year's Tucker County Fair. Everyone meet Bullseye!

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