Starlight Llama is located on part of a 700 acre dairy farm that has been in John's family for six generations. To protect this land from development, we have placed 120 acres into a Conservation Restriction, ensuring that not only our animals, but wild animals will always have a place to call home.
We have lamas, a donkey, emus, peacocks, chickens, and for pest management, we often have guinea hens. Over the years, many of our animals have been rescues, coming from circumstances where they were either not well cared for, were overcrowded or from situations where they were not happy, or in the case of our newest llamas, just needed a home. We have been fortunate to have had the chance to live with dairy goats (Pygmy, Uberhasli, and Alpines) as well as many varieties of chickens, geese, and other types of fowl. We never know when an animal or bird will need a home, so guests are never sure if there will be new creatures to meet. Pedro, our miniature Mediterranean donkey, was one of those rescues, and has long been a favorite of our guests. We are still devastated and sorry to share that he passed away in 2021.
This is a working llama and hay farm.
Depending upon the time of the year, you may witness -or help- bring in the hay, shear a llama, weed the garden, or help pick raspberries for breakfast.
“Why llamas?”
We are often asked, and can only say that we just love their beauty and demeanor, they are easy keepers, they are quiet and make us happy. They are fun to take for walks, and we shear them both to make them more comfortable in the summer, and to make something special from their wool.
What else do we grow?
In addition to haying, and the gardens and small orchard, we are in the process of installing a pollinator garden. We have a lot of forested land and for the most part, let it be wild.
What else is new on the farm?
During the Pandemic summer we installed many raised beds in an effort to nix the rabbits. In 2019 the rabbits ate every single one of the ground cherries and destroyed every single bean plant (inside double fences and under covers!), this year everything that can be protected will be.