The Lucky Four Livestock based in Plympton at Revival Farm is excited to be at the Marshfield Fair again this summer. With sixteen sheep and four piglets at the fair, our club members spend the 10 days caring for their animals and sharing information with the general public. The piglets at only five weeks of age have been a big hit with many people asking if they could take them home for pets.
As Molly Quinn, age 15 of Middleboro explains “these pigs are meat breeds and unless you would enjoy having a 600lb pig as a pet, it probably wouldn’t be a good idea.”
Molly is just one of over a dozen 4-H youth that are part of the Lucky Four Livestock club. The members are from a number of local towns including Whitman, Halifax, Plymouth and Duxbury.
Many of the club members participated in the first sheep show which took place on day one. Lindel Tucker , age 16 of Duxbury, took the top prize in both showmanship and fitting.
“This was the first time I got to show my sheep Denali and we did awesome together. He is a really special lamb”
Some of the 4-H youth look forward to the fair all year. Two of the Lucky Four Livestock members live in California and only get to participate in 4-H when they spend their summer in Massachusetts. Katherine, age 7 was recently asked by the Duxbury Mariner what she was looking forward to this summer and she said “showing her sheep at the Marshfield Fair.”
None of this would be possible without the generosity of Justin and Kathryn Shepard of Revival Farm which lease their farm to the group. Lucky Four Livestock really appreciate the opportunity that they have in Plympton and they look forward to other adopted hometowns proud! The next sheep show takes place on Friday, August 22 at 4 p.m.