Goats have wonderful personalities. They love humans and want to be near them. To show their goats, students must be gentle with them, teach them to walk on a lead, and teach them to stand. Each goat is also given an appropriate name by the student.

The equestrian program is one of the most popular extracurricular activities at Happy Hill Farm. Along with learning to saddle, groom, feed, and ride them, the work of cleaning out stalls, hauling hay, and taking care of tack helps build students’ work ethics.  Riding horses and tack are expensive to maintain and replace. With your Christmas gift, you may wish to buy a horse, a saddle, or help pay the vet bills.

The Happy Hill Farm chickens are working birds, not show animals, but they are a lively and productive part of the farm.  The youngest kids on the farm begin by feeding and caring for chickens and gathering farm-fresh eggs to provide nutrition at meals and ingredients for our “Made with Love Bakery.”

Around the globe, entire communities depend on wool and meat from sheep to survive. Sheep often give birth to twins and triplets and can graze even the hilliest, rockiest pastures that are unsuitable for other livestock. Our FFA students know which breeds are most popular in the show ring and are constantly on the lookout for animals they hope will place high. Will your Christmas sheep be a blue-ribbon winner?

Our Equine Program is the first private school to be endorsed to offer the Chris Cox Horsemanship Method. In addition to the actual activity and skills learned tending horses, students are also measured on life lessons discovered and demonstrated.