Summer 2026

Hard to believe it's July and the summer is half gone already! We are gearing up for the fair! Only bringing a few animals as this is a building year. We've added some Golden Guernsey goats to our herd and new and rare breed still in the Americas. They are sweet, golden colored little goats! Ellie should have a baby or 2 any day now from our new buck, George. So those babies will be experimentals. Midge will have a pure Golden Guernsey kid in the early winter. We also added a couple of turkeys (Conway Tweety and Patsy Chick) as pets, haven't had them in awhile but we've always enjoyed them. Kids have been riding, feeding and in general just helping so much more with all the animals as they are getting bigger! I just bought a few English Lops. I use to raise them 12 years ago and just got away from the breed as the Champages were more efficient for meat but I've always loved their fun personalities! Kids are enamored with them! Zach has been training the dogs since early July and been treeing bear every weekend. He pulled Vermont tag this year and will be able to hunt with his hounds this fall which he is excited about!

Better late than never...

I've really slacked on posting. We've had a good year of wrestling, hound-hunting, playing with animals. I'm updating the site over the next few days before we head to our local county fair for the week. Max is showing 2 new additions, hereford cows, that came from Zach's cousin who has been raising them for some time and will be showing Lacey (the horse) on Friday as long as the weather behaves. Brooke will be showing a goat on Tuesday and Lacey on Wednesday. They will also do the powerwheels derby and Max is getting into pulling tractors. I'll do a post after the fair. We are looking forward to camping there all week on the bus (which I need to do a post on that as well!). -K

New England Big Game Trials

A day of hound competition at the NE Big Game Trials in Salem, NY resulted in a 1st place in the 3-dog bear bay with Derek Moy (left) of Mountain High Kennel with Holiday (left) and Trump (center). Zach is pictured with Goose on right with Max holding the plaque.

Other events included were a 1-dog and 2-dog bear bay, scent drag, table show and water drag.

Max had a great time helping with the dogs and making some of the selections for competition. He entered his dog Copper who did excellent in the bear bay.