About Us

We have raised sheep at Hickory Hills since 1978. We started out with 10 sheep and have grown to approximately 250 ewes.

It is our belief that food and animals should be grown and raised naturally. That includes our vegetable garden and orchard, as well as our free-ranging turkeys, geese, peafowl and chickens. Our flock of approximately 250 Merino, Rambouillet and cross-bred ewes is rotationally grazed year round with lambs on pasture summer through fall. The ewes birth their lambs on pasture, which decreases disease and promotes healthier lambs. We have recently started a herd of Boer Goats that are pastured with the sheep and have plans for producing either solar or wind energy in the near future.

Our working dogs, Utah and Gordon (150-pound Great Pyrenees sheep guard dogs); and Luke and BB (fanatic herding Border Collies) are as prominent and vital on the farm as the sheep. We have only had our Great Pyrenees dogs for 10 years and the Border Collies for 5 years. Looking back, we wonder how we ever managed without them.

We are both active in the Buffalo County 4-H program and are also involved in several other community
boards and organizations.  As a working occupational therapist, Judie is active in her state and national
professional organizations.

In 2005, Greg received an award for his land conservation and preservation practices from the State of
Wisconsin office of the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Services.