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Nonprofit Educational CenterSince 2006
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OUR FARM

Our animals

Jersey cows, dairy goats, sheep, horses for riding lessons and retirement, a pair of oxen in training, and a Great Pyrenees keeping watch.

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A palomino pony looking out over its stall door
WHO YOU'LL MEET

The animals, by name

Sponsorships start at $25, one-time, monthly, or yearly. Each is made in the name of the animal you choose and goes toward the care of the whole herd.

A Jersey bull calf in a red halter, wearing a Santa hat, in front of the barn

Baby Rhett

JERSEY BULL CALF

Born in July 2024, bottle-fed and hand-raised, and completely convinced every visitor came to see him. He is the first animal most children meet here.

Sponsor Baby Rhett
A Great Pyrenees in a Santa hat lying on a picnic table by the barn

Stevie

GREAT PYRENEES

The farm dog, and the first face at the gate. Stevie greets every visitor, supervises the whole place from the top of the picnic table, and is never happier than in a puddle or on a car ride.

Sponsor Stevie
A Jersey cow wearing a Santa hat, standing in the winter paddock

Eleanor

JERSEY COW · 4 YEARS

Gentle, curious, and hard-working. Eleanor's milk is where a great deal of our cheese begins. The Jersey breed averages about 20,710 pounds of milk a year per cow.

Sponsor Eleanor
A fawn Jersey cow in a Santa hat, close up in the paddock

Hayden

JERSEY COW

The friendliest face in the barn. A working cow in every sense.

Sponsor Hayden
A thoroughbred horse in a green elf hat looking out of her stall

Star

THOROUGHBRED · 10 YEARS

A summer horse-camp favorite who genuinely likes children. Star's allergies mean she eats a special hypoallergenic diet, which costs more than an ordinary one.

Sponsor Star
Leroy, gray with a dark mane, wearing a Santa hat beside the red barn

Leroy

27 YEARS

The old man of Flint Hill Farm. Leroy ambles over to anyone who stops at the fence, collects the affection he is owed, then goes back to walking the field with his best friend Henry, the mini horse.

Sponsor Leroy
A dark-fleeced ewe in a knitted holiday hat in the winter paddock

Gretchen

SHEEP · THE MATRIARCH

Gretchen leads the flock, and she leads it well. She is the matriarch, the one the others follow across the field. Lambing season means extra care for her, before and after.

Sponsor Gretchen
A dark Standardbred horse in a Santa hat standing in the winter field

Officer

STANDARDBRED · 13 YEARS

Playful, gentle, and devoted to rolling in the dirt. Officer feels the cold more than the others, so winter here means a blanket, a heater, and extra hoof care.

Sponsor Officer
A white Alpine goat wearing reindeer antlers, facing the camera

Noel

ALPINE GOAT

Cheerful and businesslike about it: Noel's milk is what becomes our goat butter, our soap, and a good deal of our cheese.

Sponsor Noel

The oxen.

Jersey steers trained to the yoke the old way: by hand, from calves, over years.

A pair of young Jersey oxen standing yoked in the indoor arena

Training an ox takes years

An ox is not a breed. It is a steer taught to work, starting as a calf: first a halter and a rope, then a training harness, then a wooden neck yoke and a partner, because oxen work in pairs.

We train them here so they can go on to be good, hardy, friendly farm workers somewhere else. One volunteer wrote about teaching a calf named Archie to lead: read her account.

FROM CALF TO YOKE

The work, in order

A young steer calf in a leather training harness, tied to a post by a red barn
It starts small: a halter, a rope, and learning to stand still.
A young Jersey ox in a saddle and rope halter beside a barn wall painted with animal murals
Carrying weight before pulling it.
Two young Jersey oxen in a wooden neck yoke beside a red barn, with children reaching up to pet them
Yoked, and quiet enough for visitors.
Two young steers yoked together being led on a rope across the farm
A pair has to learn each other as well as the teamster.
MOVING PICTURES

Watch them work

Two clips from the farm's own archive.

Training at the farm.
A working demonstration.

Goat kids and calves for sale

The farm breeds Alpine dairy goats and keeps a small Jersey herd. What is available changes through the year. Call and ask.

The basics

Breed
Alpine dairy goats
Kidding season
End of March to mid-April
Buck kids
All sold by Easter each year, unless arranged beforehand
Jersey calves
Ask what is on the ground
Viewing
By appointment. Call (610) 838-2928
Where
1922 Flint Hill Road, Coopersburg, PA 18036
INQUIRE

Ask about the oxen or the animals for sale

Tell us what you are looking for and roughly when you want it. We will get back to you with what we have.

Age, sex, how many, and what you want the animal for: milking, breeding, work, or a pet.

Town and state, so we can talk about transport.

Not a test. It helps us match the right animal to you.

Prices are not listed here because they change. Ask and we will tell you what applies now.

Come meet them.

1922 Flint Hill Road, Coopersburg, PA. Monday–Saturday 7:30am–5pm, Sunday 1–5pm.

Call (610) 838-2928