About Us

Susan Ammerman and her husband Bart Ellison moved to northern New Mexico from New Orleans in 1999 to retire and attempt to raise a few sheep;

Ammerman set out to raise easy care sheep as a quieter alternative to power lawn equipment.  The project evolved into preserving the Navajo-Churro sheep breed and raising flavorful meat lambs for the local market

Later, started chicken sales became a project to develop improved winter laying chickens.  The started chicks were a way of dividing orders of 25 chicks and helping customers who couldn’t or wouldn’t brood their own chicks.

Ammerman is a Houston, Texas, native who is a University of Houston journalism graduate.  She studies sheep and chicken genetics, social cognition and horticulture.

Bart Ellison has extended a passion for photography in recent years.  He worked 30 years in research and oil production for Shell Oil Company.

Ellison, is a San Diego native with a UC Berkeley PHD in engineering.  He helps wrangle sheep, looks after the farm infrastructure and maintains the web site.