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Farm Fresh Eggs Await You!

The brightness of the yoke and flavor-fullness of a farm fresh free range chicken egg will make you never want a factory farm egg again.  When you see the happy life of a chicken that is able to forage for its daily diet, you will know that this is how chickens were intended to live. 

In fact, all of the animals at White Deer Ranch are raised in a carefree happy environment with plenty of fresh air, clean water and foods that nature intended for them. 

Lee and Roxanne Dunn, the owners, invite you to come visit their ranch, which is organic certified for hay, pasture and foraged plants, to learn more about the animal systems that integrate with farming and ranching systems to renovate and regenerate the land.  In addition to animals they are adding annually to their offerings of "you -pick" and foraged foods, natural products, herbal remedies, farm to table dinners, seminars, classes and events.  Check out their event's page to learn more.

Our Crew

Lee Dunn, owner/operator since 1990, when he purchased WDR following a lifelong dream of working land and living the ranch life.  He will be out and about doing chores and would be happy to have you join him while he feeds animals, rotates pasture grazing, harvests the garden, cares for plants in the greenhouse, monitors beehives, works the fields, and more.
Roxanne, owner/operator since 1996 can be found foraging, fermenting, milking, cleaning between vacationers, drying herbs and making tinctures and caring for animals.  She'd be glad to demonstrate the homesteading and food preservation techniques or share her knowledge of the herbal and culinary uses of plants found at the Ranch.  See some of the useful products she is creating from foraging at the Ranch at her website: www.ruggedranchwoman.com

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Click here to go to Brice's metal art webpage.
Roxanne's son, Brice, also lives here. You may see him out fencing, farming,  welding, forging or caring for the animals.  Take a look at his metal art at MT-Forge.com

Brice would be glad to explain how he uses reclaimed farm and ranch artifacts to make his art not only earth friendly, but unique and one-of-a-kind.


Roxanne's daughter, Cassie, here part-time, farm-to-table dinners, celebrations, seminars, family reunions and retreats through her planning company, Better to Gather Events.

She'd love to help you coordinate activities and decor for a special occasion at the Ranch just for you.  Learn more by contacting her on her webpage: www.bettertogather.com


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Contact Us * Dinners * Montana Activities * Log House Reservations * Cobblestone House Reservations * Montana Location * Where to Eat & Shop * Photos * History of the Land * Fishing

A Farm-Stay Experience Awaits You!

Dwarf Nigerian Goats
A kid Nigerian Dwarf goat just a few weeks old.
Our Nigerian Dwarf goats aren't just pets they also provide us with rich nutritious milk to make wholesome cheeses, kefir milk, caramel sauce and more! 

Join Roxanne in the daily milking, have her show you how to care for goats, trim hooves, rotate pasture and make fresh goat's milk into delicious foods or beauty products.

You will want to take one of these home with you after you have had a chance to develop a special bond.
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Learn About Bee Guardianship

Lee explains the top bar style beehives that we introduced in the Spring of 2014 as part of our bee guardianship learning experience.  You can see an empty hive and hear about the construction of these hives.  From a safe distance you can also see the three active hives with their own bee colony at work.  The hives are part of our Ranch Tour.
The Cobblestone House has historic significance, lots of charm, and all the comforts of home.  Sleeps 4.  Rent our vacation homes together or separately.  Houses 50 yards apart.

The Log House sleeps 12 in beds and more on the floor or on air mattresses if needed.  If you'd like to join us for a farm-stay experience we'd be happy to include you, if you just want to "chill" all day that is perfect too. You can be involved as much or as little as you like, we're just happy to have you stay.
Amber, Haley, Katie and Katrina were our 2014 summer volunteers.  They were a big help with daily chores and with special projects.   What a joy it has been to have them all here!  We have even more White Deer Ranch family now!  Find out more about the program that brought them here for the summer called World Wide Organic Opportunity Farms.

Click here for history of the Ranch