Lucky Rooster Farm
Girl Scout Badge Program
Horse Fan Badge
Horse Rider Badge
An Alternative Meeting Site
At Lucky Rooster Farm we believe in the Girl Scout program and we enjoy teaching young people. To help the girls earn their horse-related merit badges, we offer special lesson/clinics.
To participate in one of our lesson/clinics with your Scout Troop, you must first decide which badge you want to work on. Typically the first is the Horse Fan Badge which covers a lot of basic Horsemanship Information. Once that badge has been earned, the Horse Rider Badge can follow with some basic riding skills and safety around the horse and barn. Each Girl Scout must have a LRF Liability Statement signed by their parent prior to the date of the lesson/clinic.
A deposit based on the number of scouts in the troop is necessary to hold the date. Poor weather conditions will require the lesson/clinic be rescheduled.
Typically the Horse Fan Badge will require at least a two hour block of time. The cost of this program is $10.00 per child for a one hour program, or $20.00 per child for a two hour program.
The Horse Rider Badge requires a two hour program which covers both horsemanship and basic riding skills. The cost of this program is $50.00 per child.
The skills to be covered for the Horse Fan Badge include:
How to care for a horse
Horse nutrition and safe treat feeding
Foot care and shoeing
Parts of the saddle and bridle
How to clean tack and equipment
How to tack up a horse
How to clean a stall
The skills to be covered for the Horse Rider Badge include:
Different styles of riding
Catching and Leading Horses
How to groom a horse
Safety around horses
Performing a safety check on the equipment
How to mount and dismount
Basic riding skills
Riding Helmets why they are so important
To schedule your troops lesson/clinic for either badge or a farm visit, call us at Lucky Rooster Farm 978-369-8513 or email us at luckyroosterfarm@juno.com
