After the Great Mink Incident of 2009, Kelly and our friend, Rose, boarded up an old door on the south side of the chicken coop. The door had significant gaps and was showing the effects of time, plus we never used it. This year, we’re planning to provide the birds a pasture area instead [...]

Since we first started raising birds, many of our friends in Omaha have said, “I want chickens!” It’s okay to be jealous. We get fresh eggs every day, and the entertainment value is huge. Do you want to keep some urban chickens? It’s legal in Omaha, and we’re here to help. We are gathering interest [...]

Sam, our oldest, has been interested in birds for a few years, and living on a farm has meant he has gotten to see so many cool and interesting species, but his favorite bird is a bald eagle.  We have an abundance of hawks around here, and I’m sort of over the excitement of seeing [...]

Last week, Brian and I had the honor of being a part of the Sierra Club’s speaker series.  We gave a speech entitled, “The Road to Black Sheep Farms.”  People are always asking us why and how we came to be farmers, so this was the perfect opportunity to tell our story.  We had a [...]