Photography location, goat, pig and Belted Galloway sales in Tallahassee
What's a nutbird? Come visit us and find out!
Photography location, goat, pig and Belted Galloway sales in Tallahassee
What's a nutbird? Come visit us and find out!
Create your memories with us.
Schedule an appointment for a photo shoot at Nutbird Hill
Great photography location for professionals or you might be an iPhone wiz, either way text or call 850-591-3994 or email NutbirdHill@yahoo.com to book a time that's convenient for you. Scroll for more ideas!
With our own history of 23 years of nutty Christmas cards, Nutbird Hill has plenty of options for you.
We sometimes have babies! Call to ask what might be available.
Great sunsets, huge green pastures, barn wood...lots of scenery.
Lots of small and large props, or bring your own.
Proms, weddings, themes, special events.
Groups - large or small.
Our Story
Livin' the Dream!
We can't believe how blessed we are to be able to share Nutbird Hill Farm with you as a photography location or to sell our livestock - piglets, goats, Belted Galloway cattle.
Having purchased the hill in 2011, we spent several years just raking up pine straw, building our barn by hand, playing with our donkeys and cows and raising our nutbirds (have you figured out what a nutbird is yet?). Covered with pine trees, the hill was shady in the summer, and provided plenty of wood for campfires in winter. Have you ever seen the starry night sky in the Moccasin Gap area?
Our kids learned how to care for the animals, work and play hard, and do whatever it is kids do without a television. For my husband and I, we were building our dream.
In 2016 we had more animals than grass so decided we had to open up the land. When the trees came down it looked like Armageddon on the hill! We burned tree branches and stumps for a solid year. The grass has finally come in, but who would have thought there is so much to know about growing grass!
Then came the fences...our first work party managed to enclose a two-acre pasture in one day! We call them hundred-year-fences and hope future generations of nutbirds are still protected by them. More fences meant more animals to come!
In addition to our donkeys, we started working with bees, added a couple of alpaca, goats, a few spectacular Watusi cows, a Highlander cow, Belted Galloway (Oreo cookie cows), Kunekune pigs, chickens, an orchard, and two grandparents to our farm. The most fun is what we didn't expect...beautiful butterflies, quail in the front yard, hummingbirds, owls, bats, the eerie sound of coyote packs in the plantation across the road, and dung beetles in the stalls. So fun!
Summer of 2018 brought tragedy to Nutbird Hill. Our barn, built by hand for years by our family and friends, burned to the ground taking with it our car (which started the fire) and the 35' RV parked nearby, not to mention several 90' pine trees behind it. But we are so blessed! Not one firefighter or animal got hurt. We'd like to invite the person who flew up the driveway at breakneck speed alerting others of the fire, to come visit us for hugs. This individual chased animals out of their stalls but didn't stay around for our gratitude. We will always and forever be grateful. We also love our local fireman - heros, one and all! Since then, we have rebuilt the barn and have finally completed our multi-generational home on the property.
We are now ready to share Nutbird Hill. We sell wildflower honey, goats, cows, miniature donkeys and Kunekune piglets and we take reservations for photo shoots.
Please come visit!
Livin' the Dream...
The Dodd Family: David, Donna, Wyatt, Anna, Ruby, Grammie, Pop Pop, and critters
