Our Animals

Meet Juniper Hill Ranch’s amazing animals.

The Younger Sheep

This is a group shot of some of our sheep. Their main role on the ranch is to serve as Juniper Hill Ranch’s landscaping crew. Their job is to eat all the invasive weeds to eliminate them from the property and keep the grasses down to lessen fire danger. They love getting brushed and petted on their backs.

We welcomed two miniature donkeys to our animal family in 2023. Ali is 18 and her daughter Zoey is 15. They are super friendly, really gentle and love to be around people. Zoe used to be shy, but after a couple of years of spending time with campers, is now much more confident. They both love attention.

Luccia was born in 2020 and loves running around the yard in circles, being petted and playing with her best friend, Roger, who is the cat pictured above behind her. They often share Luccia’s dog bed before taking a stroll in the yard together to smell the grasses and bushes. Opposites really attract with these two. Roger is very calm and contemplative whereas Luccia always wants to play.

Frida

Frida arrived at the ranch a couple of months old with Summer, and she’s the most patient, sweetest ewe. She gave birth to twins Sammy and Pepper. Frida loves being petted and will stand next to whomever will give her attention. She’s usually the last into the barn, taking her time to stroll the pasture before heading in for the night. Pepper usually hangs out with his mom.

Ode to Simone
Simone was our oldest chicken on the ranch. She was almost 10 years old in January 2026 when she moved on to greener pastures. She was very social and followed you around, talking about one thing or another. Unless you spoke chicken, it was hard to know exactly what she was saying, but it was clearly very important.

Strawberry, one of our extremely social chickens, is leading the flock in this photo, something she loves doing. She and the others spend their days digging around the pastures, combing through the donkeys’ straw bales and laying eggs in surprising places like in the back of hay bales.

Summer

Summer is seven years old, and she became a mom to triplets the night of March 27, 2020. We watched her give birth and named her lambs June, July and August. August is shy like his mom, but June and July will run right up to us. Look for their photos to the left. Summer and Frida, who is pictured to the left, are our oldest sheep. They arrive here when they were lambs.

We have three cats: Ruby, Daisy and Roger. Ruby and Daisy are six years old and spend their days outside in the barns, keeping mice away and exploring the great outdoors. Ruby loves chasing ribbons. Daisy likes to curl up in your arms. She actually knows how to hug people.

In summer 2025, we raised 6 baby chicks during our camps, which was so much fun that we are planning to get more baby chicks for summer 2026!