Happy Hill Farm &Animal Refuge 2.0

Happy Hill Farm &Animal Refuge 2.0 We are a non profit farm animal sanctuary in North east PA. We have been in existence for 13 years

What’s happening in the hill, Last night, after a long day of worrying about Mindy, hauling hay, medicating animals, and...
06/10/2026

What’s happening in the hill,

Last night, after a long day of worrying about Mindy, hauling hay, medicating animals, and making my final rounds before bed, I found one of our Christmas babies had quietly slipped away.
Jingle was gone.
The hardest part is that there was no warning. Yesterday morning he ate breakfast, wandered around his pen, and spent the day being exactly who he had always been. By nightfall, he had laid down in his favorite nap spot and peacefully passed away in his sleep.
For those newer to our page, Jingle was one of Piggly’s babies. A litter born just before Christmas that stole our hearts from day one. Over the years we lost members of that family, and now only Holly remains.
What makes rescue so beautiful is also what makes it so heartbreaking. We never get forever. We get extra time. Extra meals. Extra sunny days. Extra naps in the straw. Extra years that many of these animals never would have had otherwise.
Jingle was loved every single day of his life.
He was known.
He was safe.
He was fed.
He was home.

Today we have the difficult task of laying him to rest. Because of his size, we need to bring in equipment to dig a grave, and that comes with a cost we weren’t expecting.
If anyone would like to help us cover the expense of bringing in the machine and giving Jingle the peaceful resting place he deserves, we would be incredibly grateful.
As always, thank you for loving these animals alongside us. Thank you for helping us celebrate their lives and carry the heartbreak when we have to say goodbye.
Please keep Holly in your thoughts. Pigs grieve deeply, and she has lost not only her brother, but the last remaining member of the family she has known her entire life, this is the most heartbreaking part for us.

Run free, sweet Jingle. Go find Piggly and silver and Jo Jo and Noel. 🌈🐷💔
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🐷💚 $5 FRIDAY 💚🐴Well friends, it’s been one of those weeks.The roof needed attention and more supplies than I expected to...
06/05/2026

🐷💚 $5 FRIDAY 💚🐴

Well friends, it’s been one of those weeks.

The roof needed attention and more supplies than I expected to the tune of over $1000. The router decided it had reached retirement age and quit. Somehow I managed to miss that the internet/cable bill was due and got smacked with a double payment while I was super stressed about the roof, and it was shut off, so now I had to pay over $600 to get it restored. If we didn’t need our phones I would have just left that sit, but our phones dont work at all without the WiFi here because we live in a hole. And we can’t not have phones with Bills medical things we need to be able to call out in emergency.
Then yesterday Moo Baby looked around, decided fences were optional, took down a section of fence, and went on an unauthorized adventure through the woods and through my daughter’s yard.
Apparently my children know me a little too well because they made the executive decision NOT to tell me Moo Baby was loose until AFTER she was safely back where she belonged. As I was not home.
So while I was blissfully unaware, there was apparently a full-scale bovine recovery operation taking place. And my daughter and son managing a 2000 lb grass puppy and Bill thinking he can run around and chase a cow without passing out. He is more difficult than the cow I’m sure she was thinking.
For those keeping score at home:
❌ Fence temp repaired-need supplies
❌ Joyce’s stress level under control (haha) 🤦🏻‍♀️
❌ Moo Baby respecting property lines, for the moment
Meanwhile the pigs still wanted breakfast, the ponies still had opinions, the ducks still ducked, the cats supervised absolutely nothing, and everyone expected room service right on schedule.
The reality of rescue is that sometimes it’s not one giant emergency. It’s a hundred little surprises piling on top of each other until you’re standing in the driveway wondering what fresh nonsense the day has planned.
This week has left us a little short between roof expenses, surprise technology failures, fence destruction, and the normal costs of caring for everyone who calls Happy Hill home.
If everyone who follows our little corner of the world donated just $5 today, it would help keep feed bins full, hay loads and repairs moving forward.

If donating isn’t possible, sharing our posts helps more than you know.
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Thank you for standing with us through the chaos, the laughter, the heartbreak, the victories, and apparently covert cow-capture missions.
Our lives are definitely not dull or quiet, maybe we could just ask for a little normal.
Trying to find and hang shade sails as summer is here to stay I believe.

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Messenger pay and snail mail or if you’d rather purchase feed instead of giving cash I can give u info for Tractor Supply in Pocono Summit or you can call and they know what I buy each week.
As always we are very grateful to our tribe and sticking around through all the highs and lows. We love you. ❤️🐷

Today we need help. 🐷🏠Yesterday’s $5 Friday brought in just 5 donations.Today, the roofing crew is on-site working hard ...
05/30/2026

Today we need help. 🐷🏠
Yesterday’s $5 Friday brought in just 5 donations.
Today, the roofing crew is on-site working hard to get us into compliance with our homeowners insurance requirements and keep a roof over the heads of both our family and the animals who depend on us.
What started as a roof replacement has already turned into additional expenses we weren’t expecting. We just spent another $600 on materials, and the crew had to make another run to Home Depot this morning for more supplies.
The hard truth is that the $600 I spent today was the money I had set aside for this week’s feed and hay.
I made the decision because the roof had to move forward and there was no time left to wait, but now I’m staring at the reality that the animals still need to eat.
The pigs still need feed.
The ponies still need hay.
The sheep still need care.
The dogs still need food.
And now we’re trying to navigate a major roofing project at the same time.
I know everyone is struggling right now. If you’ve ever thought about helping Happy Hill, today would be a wonderful day to do it.

💛 $5 helps.
💛 $10 helps.
💛 $20 helps.
💛 Sharing this post helps.

If you’ve laughed at Katie’s snack demands, enjoyed our daily “What’s Happening on the Hill” updates, please consider helping us get through this hurdle.

Today I’m standing gate duty while the pigs protest construction, the roofers dodge pig inspectors, and our sanctuary keeps moving forward one step at a time.
Thank you for standing with us through all of it.

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🐷💛 $5 FRIDAY 💛🐷This week has been one for the books.After months of stress, phone calls, emails, insurance deadlines, an...
05/29/2026

🐷💛 $5 FRIDAY 💛🐷

This week has been one for the books.
After months of stress, phone calls, emails, insurance deadlines, and more sleepless nights than I care to count, roofing materials are finally arriving and work is about to begin. It feels good to finally see some forward movement.
Of course, while all of that is happening, the animals still need to eat. Hay still needs to be bought. Feed still needs to be picked up. The sanctuary never pauses just because life gets complicated.
As we head into the weekend, we’re asking our tribe if you would consider joining our $5 Friday.
Just $5 may not seem like much, but when a lot of people come together, it helps keep feed bins full, hay in the barn, hungry pigs, cows, donkeys, chickens, ducks, geese, dogs, cats, and everyone else cared for.
This time of month is always our hardest stretch, and every donation, share, comment, and kind word helps more than you know.
If you’ve ever smiled at Katie’s snack demands, laughed at our rooster shenanigans, followed Pearl’s journey, or enjoyed our daily chaos from the hill, please consider being part of today’s $5 Friday.
From all of us at Happy Hill Farm & Animal Refuge, thank you for standing with us through the mud, the mayhem, and the miracles.
🐷 $5
🐴 $10
🐮 $20
🐔 Any amount helps
As always, if you can’t donate, a share is worth its weight in gold.

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We need more engagement because I don’t think we are being seen. So please like & comment & share. We need to push the...
05/23/2026

We need more engagement because I don’t think we are being seen. So please like & comment & share. We need to push the algorithm. I’m going to try and post a picture each day with either a question or something light and funny.

What do you think the male hummingbird said to the female rose breasted grosbeak?
Make it funny! The funnier the better because I really could use some lightness and laughter in my world. It doesn’t have to be clean either in Case your wondering if I’d be offended, I won’t!! 🤣🤣🤪

05/22/2026

Some weeks just hit harder than others. 💔
This week we said goodbye to Asher, and there are no words for the kind of hole that leaves behind here at Happy Hill. Every single animal who comes through these gates matters deeply to us, and losing one never gets easier no matter how many years we’ve been doing this.
At the same time, real life here keeps moving. The pigs still scream for breakfast, the cows still knock buckets over, hay still disappears at an alarming rate, and feed bills don’t pause for heartbreak.
End of the month is always our hardest stretch financially. Right now we are trying to cover feed, hay, and continue navigating the never-ending roof situation that still has not been resolved. It feels like every time we get one foot forward, something else pulls us back two steps.
But we keep showing up. Because they depend on us to.
If you’d like to help us get through another tough week here at the sanctuary, today is $5 Friday. Even $5 truly helps more than people realize when hundreds of hungry mouths need to eat every single day.
And if you can’t donate, a share, comment, invite to animal-loving friends, or even just sending some encouragement helps push us through too. ❤️
Thank you for continuing to stand beside this messy, muddy, beautiful little refuge on the hill. We couldn’t keep doing this without our tribe.
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We are incredibly grateful for every single person who showed up for our little $5 Friday yesterday. 💛 Because of you, w...
05/18/2026

We are incredibly grateful for every single person who showed up for our little $5 Friday yesterday. 💛 Because of you, we raised $86 for the animals and every dollar truly matters here at Happy Hill.

Today I did a feed run that totaled $740, and tomorrow we have to get hay. Unfortunately, we are completely out of hay funds again already.
Sometimes I think people don’t realize how quickly feed disappears when you are feeding pigs, cows, horses, donkeys, goats, chickens, ducks, geese and everyone else who calls this sanctuary home. The grocery bill here never sleeps. 🐷🐮🐴🫏🐐
Please know we are SO thankful for every donation, every share, every kind comment and every person cheering us on. We could not keep doing this without our tribe.
If anyone would like to help us get hay in tomorrow, we would be beyond grateful. As always, the animals come first here and we will keep figuring it out one day at a time.
Please like comment and share, engagement brings more views
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It’s $5 Friday here at Happy Hill Farm & Animal Refuge This week has been a little bit of everything… storms, vet,surge...
05/15/2026

It’s $5 Friday here at Happy Hill Farm & Animal Refuge

This week has been a little bit of everything… storms, vet,surgeries, hospital trips, muddy boots, sleepless nights, and baby pigs that think thunder means the sky is personally attacking them
But through all of it, the feed buckets still need filled, the hay still disappears at an alarming rate, and the sanctuary keeps rolling because of this amazing tribe behind us.
If just a handful of people sent $5 today, it truly helps more than you know:
🐷 pig feed
🐴 hay
🪿 bedding
🐮 grain
🐑 supplies
…and all the day-to-day things that keep this crazy little refuge running.
If you can’t donate, comments, shares, and inviting animal-loving friends to follow the page helps us tremendously too. Facebook likes to hide farm sanctuary posts unless people interact with them.
As always, thank you for standing behind the misfits, the muddy ones, the broken ones, and the tiny fuzzy potatoes currently taking over my life
We appreciate all of you more than words can say!
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🐷💛 $5 FRIDAY AT HAPPY HILL FARM & ANIMAL REFUGE 💛🐷This week has been a little bit of everything over here… rain, mud, em...
05/08/2026

🐷💛 $5 FRIDAY AT HAPPY HILL FARM & ANIMAL REFUGE 💛🐷

This week has been a little bit of everything over here… rain, mud, emergency vet days, late nights, medical appointments, pigs arguing over house privileges, sheep getting evicted by tiny dictators. Through all of it, the animals still need the same things every single day:
🌾 hay
🥣 feed
💊 medications
🪵 bedding
🛠 repairs
and all the little supplies that somehow disappear faster than snacks at Katie’s house.
Our weekly feed and hay bill alone runs around $850, and lately it feels like every time we catch our breath, another need pops up. But this farm has always survived because of our tribe — the people who quietly send $5, share posts, buy a bag of feed, or help us keep going one day at a time.
So here we are again asking for a little help for the herd.

If just a fraction of the people seeing this sent:
🐽 $5
🐽 $10
🐽 or even simply shared this post
it truly adds up in a huge way here.

Because of you:
• Pearl has her fly protection and medications
• the barn stays stocked
• and the old, broken, unwanted, difficult, muddy, loud, lovable souls here continue to be cared for exactly as they deserve.
From all of us at Happy Hill — especially the fuzzy little freeloaders currently yelling for breakfast like they’ve never eaten before in their lives — thank you for standing with us.

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Hey! Hay! Whatcha doin’? And does it involve snacks? Asking for a friend
05/05/2026

Hey! Hay! Whatcha doin’? And does it involve snacks? Asking for a friend

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