SPENCER, Mass. - It's like Christmas morning, every morning in January at Hidden Hill Farm in Spencer.
The holidays have come and gone and Christmas trees have served their purpose. Now, goats are hungry and looking for a snack.
"They eat a lot of the needles and bark off," Hidden Hill Farm co-owner, Samantha DiBonaventura, said.
They take in unwanted Christmas trees after the holidays and feed them to the 28 goats living on the property.
"The other day we had about ten different people bring their trees all in one day, " DiBonaventura said. She and her husband, Anthony, own the farm. They have a pile of more than 50 trees sitting in the front yard that their goats are waiting to snack on. The recycled trees are more than just a tasty treat. There's some health benefits, too.
"The natural pine sap and stuff in them are a natural dewormer," DiBonaventura said. "It helps with the back up of medications and stuff for them."
Don't let their cute faces fool you. These farm animals are picky and food almost has to be perfect to make it on their plate.
"If they have those weird brown spots, they don't want to eat them," she said. "They are so picky, so they have to be perfect."
The trees don't save the DiBonaventura's a lot of money on goat food. However, they said its become a tradition the farm and the goats look forward to every year.
"It's like a little extra treat," she said.
The farm stopped accepting donations of Christmas trees on January 9.