Sponsor a Herdwick Sheep! Updated 2/1/2021
NEW! Sponsorship Rates REDUCED for 2021!!
Not able to keep sheep of your own at your home?
Don't know the first thing about caring for sheep?
Want to support our efforts here at Helder~Herdwyck Farm, as we work toward our goal of breeding up to a purebred flock here in the United States? For just $30 per month you can help buy hay, minerals, equipment. Monthly payment option or Annual for $340.
2021 rate is just $15.00 per month! or $180.00 for the year per sheep sponsored!
Sign up before April 14, 2021 for these special rates!
Follow the life of your rare breed Herdwick sheep through the year with a behind-the-scenes look at life on our Holistically Managed pasture-based, sustainable family farm where we use regenerative agricultural practices. If you live close to us, you will be able to visit the farm during any events we offer throughout the year, or a private tour. If you don't live close, you will be connected to events via mail and email. Learn about sheep management and care, rotational grazing, regenerative agriculture, multi-species grazing, processing of value-added products, such as meats, fiber and more.
This year, we again offer our "Sponsor a Herdwick" Program! Funds go toward our breeding efforts, which include working toward collection and importation, storage, and artificial insemination expenses of purebred Herdwick semen from select rams in England; as well as feed costs through winter, management expenses, equipment, etc.
Here's how it works:
Sign up to sponsor one or more of our sheep. Your sheep stays here at the farm with her flock friends, and you get:
Sponsorship Details:
Here are just a few of the sheep still available to be sponsored. We will provide photos in our Meet the Flock section on our American Herdwick page, as they become available.
Hyacinthe - 62.5%
Adelaide - 62.5%
Haylie - 68.8% - Sponsored
Harlequin - 68.8%
Hershey - 68.8%
Hermione - 71.9%
Hadley - 84.4%
Gunnar - 78.1% - Ram
Jofreyr - 77.3% - Ram
What to do:
To sign up, make your payment preference by clicking the "Sponsor Now" button, which takes you to our online store. Or, send us a note that you would like to sponsor a sheep, and include your name, address, phone number and email address. Include check or money order payable to Helder~Herdwyck Farm, annotated for "Sponsor a Sheep", and your preference of a sheep listed above. Or call and we can process by credit card over the phone.
Please allow 2 weeks to process and mail out your Sponsorship Package.
Don't know the first thing about caring for sheep?
Want to support our efforts here at Helder~Herdwyck Farm, as we work toward our goal of breeding up to a purebred flock here in the United States? For just $30 per month you can help buy hay, minerals, equipment. Monthly payment option or Annual for $340.
2021 rate is just $15.00 per month! or $180.00 for the year per sheep sponsored!
Sign up before April 14, 2021 for these special rates!
Follow the life of your rare breed Herdwick sheep through the year with a behind-the-scenes look at life on our Holistically Managed pasture-based, sustainable family farm where we use regenerative agricultural practices. If you live close to us, you will be able to visit the farm during any events we offer throughout the year, or a private tour. If you don't live close, you will be connected to events via mail and email. Learn about sheep management and care, rotational grazing, regenerative agriculture, multi-species grazing, processing of value-added products, such as meats, fiber and more.
This year, we again offer our "Sponsor a Herdwick" Program! Funds go toward our breeding efforts, which include working toward collection and importation, storage, and artificial insemination expenses of purebred Herdwick semen from select rams in England; as well as feed costs through winter, management expenses, equipment, etc.
Here's how it works:
Sign up to sponsor one or more of our sheep. Your sheep stays here at the farm with her flock friends, and you get:
- An official "Certificate of Sponsorship", indicating:
- your Herdwick sheep's name,
- ID number(s) and
- a photo and life story of your sheep
- Receive periodic updates on your sheep and her flock throughout the year
- Invitations to any events held here at the farm - (NOTE: On-Farm events are temporarily suspended due to, you guessed it, COVID-19)
- Storage binder and a copy of a sheep's year calendar*
- Receive a personal Birth Announcement with photos, when your ewe lambs and first dibs at naming.*
Sponsorship Details:
- Sponsorship period is for one full year, beginning the date of enrollment. You can enroll at any time, and the sponsor year is for 12 months thereafter.
- Program fee to sponsor one sheep is now just $15 (was $30) per month, or $180 for the year (was $340), USD,
- Additional sponsored sheep over the first animal is no just $10 each for a total of $25 per month for 2, or $300 for 2 for the year.
- You will be sponsoring an American Herdwick-bred sheep. We are working on "breeding up" the Herdwick here in the U.S. There are no pure-bred Herdwick in North America, yet. Our genetics range from 62.5% Herdwick, up to 84.5%, so far. NOTE: Collection and importation of genetics are temporarily suspended THIS time due to, yup, COVID-19
- You do not have to live locally! You can sponsor our sheep from anywhere in the world, but payment is in U.S. $.
- You can share your sheep sponsorship with a friend if you like, just choose which one of you is the primary contact for us to communicate with.
- We offer sponsorships only of those ewes destined to stay here at the farm as part of our valuable breeding program.
Here are just a few of the sheep still available to be sponsored. We will provide photos in our Meet the Flock section on our American Herdwick page, as they become available.
Hyacinthe - 62.5%
Adelaide - 62.5%
Haylie - 68.8% - Sponsored
Harlequin - 68.8%
Hershey - 68.8%
Hermione - 71.9%
Hadley - 84.4%
Gunnar - 78.1% - Ram
Jofreyr - 77.3% - Ram
What to do:
To sign up, make your payment preference by clicking the "Sponsor Now" button, which takes you to our online store. Or, send us a note that you would like to sponsor a sheep, and include your name, address, phone number and email address. Include check or money order payable to Helder~Herdwyck Farm, annotated for "Sponsor a Sheep", and your preference of a sheep listed above. Or call and we can process by credit card over the phone.
Please allow 2 weeks to process and mail out your Sponsorship Package.