Kelkenberg Farm of Clarence

MOTHER’S DAY TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE (and other May dates too!!) see link below, you must have a reservation to attend. The event is May 8-9, we have included Saturday this year to open up to more people while maintaining limited capacity. Bring Mom, Grandma, and the entire family out to the farm for a day of good old fashioned, farm fun! This time of year, the farm is full of 4 legged moms too! We will be bursting with baby lambs, chicks, ducklings, and everyone's favorite..., kids....the goat kind that is!! Proceeds from Mother's Day (Sunday) will go to benefit the Veterans One-stop Center of WNY. The Veterans One-stop Center of WNY unites and empowers veterans, service members, and their families to transition from military to civilian life by providing services, resources, and programs at no cost. Admission includes hands on visiting with all of the animals, pony rides for children, a hayride, and plenty of other farm activities. We will have our BRAND NEW farm grill also churning out breakfast sandwiches in the morning, and hot dogs and burgers later in the day! Admission is $10/pp, and required for all attendees ages 2+. Reservations are required, and are RAIN OR SHINE, NON REFUNDABLE, and NON CHANGEABLE. We are not able to accommodate changes to reservations at this time. We are managing capacity to the best of our ability, but with limited options for family fun, it is difficult for us to forecast attendance and we ask for your understanding when you visit the farm! We do anticipate there being periodical times of congestion and lines forming at times. This is one of our most popular events, and visiting the farm on other days will likely be less busy. https://kelkenberg-farm-clarence.square.site

Mother’s Day is back on the farm this year!! Tickets available April 21. We are so excited to be back to hosting one of our favorite events, Mother’s Day on the Farm! We have extended the event to the entire weekend, May 8th and 9th, to hopefully accommodate everyone who would like to come!! We do anticipate this being a popular event, and are also posting more open hours in May if you would like to visit at a less busy time. ... Mother’s Day, Sunday, is a volunteer run event, and proceeds will benefit the Veterans One-stop Center of WNY . Baby animals will start arriving any day, and we will have plenty of four-legged mamas of our own! You can pet and hug all of the animals, pony rides for children, and a hayride. The farm grill will be fired up, serving breakfast sandwiches, burgers, and hot dogs. Tickets will be available on April 21st for Mother’s Day and additional May dates (beginning May 1, through June). Until April 21, tickets will appear as sold out, don’t worry, they aren’t! Cost to attend is $10/pp, ages 2 and older require admission. Please reach out with any questions!

This beast of a dog...so Rosie and Tippy have started a new morning routine. (Rosie is definitely the bad influence...) Every morning when we head outside for chores, they run out the door and make a beeline for the woods to take their daily squirrel hunt. After about thirty minutes, they return tongues out and covered with mud! Gotta love these dogs!

Thanks for the birthday happiness yesterday!

Found on the Farm. Has names engraved on it. If it's yours call the Farm to arrange pick up. PS. You need to identify names...

Warmer weather means haircuts for the sheep! We began shearing yesterday to remove the dense wool from our ewes to keep them cool for the summer! You can see the rest of the girls snoozing in the shade while they wait their turn.

We have TRIPLETS!!!! Fancy Pants is being such a good mama! And look at those COLORS! Are you kidding me?!

Pedicure time!! Yesterday we took the big boys to the farrier to get new shoes so they are ready to pull hayrides this spring! The farrier trims down and shapes their hoof, just like with your nails at the salon! He then attaches the shoe with nails...but a horses hoof is the same material as your fingernails, so they don’t feel that at all! Let us know if you have any farrier questions! And swipe for the before and during pics!

Happy Birthday Charlene! Bringing Smiles to everyone for another year!

We had so much fun this weekend hunting for eggs! The farm is closed the next few weeks as we prepare for the spring season and get ready to welcome many babies to the farm! We will begin having open hours again the last week of April (weather and arrival of baby goats depending!), and will be hosting our annual Mother’s Day event. Starting May 1, we will have regular hours posted through June for both weekdays and weekends. Tickets and info coming in the next couple weeks!

These mamas-to-be are patiently waiting!! Babies could begin arriving any day! Limited tickets are still available for Mother’s Day (they’re going fast!) and other May dates, including the weekend of May 1&2!!! Come on out to the farm and spend some time with the critters!!... https://kelkenberg-farm-clarence.square.site/

Wishing all a happy and blessed Easter Sunday

Mother’s Day announcement!!! Tickets will go on sale tomorrow morning, around 7-8 AM. I post these around doing morning chores, so don’t worry if they appear a little sooner or later! We have much greater capacity than for the egg hunt, so tickets should not disappear as fast! Until available, tickets will show as sold out...this just means they are not yet available. ... OTHER DATES-tickets for other May dates, beginning May 1, will be available in the next few hours! Dates later into the spring and summer will become available on a rolling basis.

Last week Erie County Legislator Chi’s Greene stopped by to make a delivery. In honor of National Ag Day which is each year on March 21st, the Erie County Legislature passed a resolution to recognize the farm and the legacy Faith and Charlie (Grandma and Papa) have created here in Western New York. It means the world to us for them to be recognized for creating a place that has become a family tradition for many. Thank you Mr. Greene, keep up the good work! Your honoring our family and farm made our day!

Thank you to our first ever Egg-Hunters who bundled up to come out to the farm today!! We are having so much fun, looking forward to tomorrow, and can’t wait to do the event again next year! Share your pics from the day and tag Kelkenberg Farm of Clarence or use the hashtag #kelkenbergfarm !!

It’s a chilly one today! If you are coming out for the egg hunt, make sure you dress for the weather!!

Eggs galore!!! We’re busy getting ready for the Egg Hunt on Friday and Saturday, and can’t wait to see everyone who is registered to come!! In the meantime, a few questions have popped up, so hopefully we’ve answered those here!... NO, you do not need to bring a basket to collect the eggs! Since we are doing this ‘farm-style’, we will be providing an egg carton for each child to collect their dozen! YES, the eggs are filled with a variety of candy, trinkets, etc. There might even be an opportunity for prizes at the end! YES, other farm activities will be going on! All animals will be accessible for petting and visiting, and so long as the weather cooperates, we will have pony rides, hayrides, and other farm activities (included with admission)! NO, we do not have any additional tickets for children available. We really do wish we were able to open up more spots, but we are stuck within NYS capacity guidelines. We know tickets went fast and many of you were looking forward to visiting the farm. We will have open hours posted in late April, and will be hosting our annual Mother’s Day event this year. More details (and baby animals) coming soon! Friday looks chilly but clear, please dress for the weather!! You can always take off layers! Due to capacity limitations, we cannot accommodate changes to reservations at this time. Let us know if you have any other questions!

My what big ears you have!! Meet ‘Thumper’, our newest addition to the farm family!! Thumper is a Flemish Giant, and could get up to 20 pounds by the time he’s done growing!

Calling all egg hunt attendees!! We’re planning our baking for next weekend...who is interested in PIES for Easter??? Comment what flavor below (apple/cherry/berry), or let us know if cookies are more your thing!! ... Donuts will be coming fresh out the fryer, of course!

Happy Birthday Farmer Pat! Here’s to a day of no tractors getting stuck, the steaks being yummy, and the whiskey warming you up!

Grab your wool coat and mittens and come on out to the farm! We will be open today Saturday, December 26 and tomorrow from 12 to 4. Horse Drawn wagon rides, pony rides,visiting the animals, bonfires in the snow hope to see you. Admission is $9.50/pp, no reservations required.

Merry Merry Christmas from our family, and Debbie, to yours!!!

Rosie’s first snow day!!

Update: family found! Does anyone recognize this family? You’re Snapfish order appears to have been delivered to a kind person who reached out to us...trying to get these to home they were intended for! If you know then, please tag them in the post here!

Snow on the ground or not, we are ready for some WINTER FUN! The farm will be OPEN this Saturday and Sunday from 12-4 (Dec 26 & 27), so come on out and get some FRESH AIR! We will be hooking the horses up for festive wagon rides! Even if we do get more snow this week, the ground is unlikely to freeze for sleigh rides, but our wagons are still able to run just fine! Admission is $9.50 per person ages 2 and up, and includes a wagon ride around the farm, pony rides for childre...n, and visiting all of the animals. We will have bonfires burning, and hot cocoa and refreshments available in the market. NO RESERVATIONS are required, just come on out during our posted hours! More dates will be posted throughout the winter as the weather allows.

Work hard play hard! Char’s sure enjoying a trail ride, and it looks like Scout loves it too!

No one tell Stinky Pete Valentine's day isn't for another few months, because love is in the air for these goats! Stinky Pete, our Billy Goat, is definitely interested in the ladies right now, or that is "does" (just like deer) in goat-speak! All of that sneezing, spitting, and noise is his way of putting on a show and flirting with the girls!

Farmer Pat is up to something again! We’d love to hear your best guesses of what these critters will be doing on the farm!

We’ve been getting a lot of questions about SLEIGH RIDES and winter hours!! We do not have any hours scheduled yet, as we are still waiting on some colder weather to freeze the ground and more SNOW! We are hoping to at least offer some hours closer to Christmas, but since we are at the mercy of Mother Nature, do not have anything scheduled yet, and are not yet taking any reservations. Keep following along here, and we will post as soon as we have something coming up!... Feel free to message or call anytime if you are looking for beef and honey for holiday gifts!

Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours! (And this lucky turkey...we’ve had Tom for YEARS now!)

Don't forget to pick up the pies you ordered!

Last chance to order pies for thanksgiving! We have apple, cherry, pumpkin, blueberry, and peach all made from scratch right on the farm! All orders must be placed by midnight on Monday. Honey and our home grown beef will also be available at pickup, Wednesday 12-6. https://kelkenberg-farm-clarence.square.site

Thanksgiving 2016...Grandma Chubby getting the 54 pound turkey ready for dinner!! Are you ready for Thanksgiving this year?? We are still taking pie orders through Monday night, pickup on Wednesday! Apple, Cherry, Pumpkin, Peach, and Blueberry! https://kelkenberg-farm-clarence.square.site

Just a few days left to order your THANKSGIVING PIES!!! Apple, Pumpkin, Cherry, Peach, and Blueberry all baked fresh right here on the farm!! All orders must be placed by MIDNIGHT on Monday, pickup is Wednesday 12-6. Honey and our home grown beef will also be available at pickup! https://kelkenberg-farm-clarence.square.site

Chore time is for Tippy too!! Her favorite is helping put out hay in the pasture for the horses-she rides shotgun the whole time! Order thanksgiving pies through Monday, link here! https://kelkenberg-farm-clarence.square.site

HONEY and BEEF!! We will have local honey (from our own hives!) and our homegrown beef available in the farm market during Pie-Pickup, next Wednesday 12-6! Our beef cuts are limited, but plenty of ground beef for chili! See the link below to place your THANKSGIVING PIE orders now! All orders due by Monday and midnight. No pre-orders for beef and honey. https://kelkenberg-farm-clarence.square.site

A winter sky on the farm yesterday evening, and a horse in need of a good grooming! Place your thanksgiving pie orders here! https://kelkenberg-farm-clarence.square.site

Now taking orders for THANKSGIVING PIES!!! We are baking up FRESH apple, pumpkin, cherry, blueberry and peach pies, all made from scratch right on the farm! Orders must be placed by midnight on Monday, Nov. 23, and pick-up is from 12-6 on Wednesday, Nov. 25, just in time for Thanksgiving! Homegrown beef and our honey will also be available in the market on pickup day. We will be giving away winter squash with all pie orders, while supplies last. Place your order now!... https://kelkenberg-farm-clarence.square.site