About Wardle Feed & Pet Supply

Our History

Wardle Feed was started by Byron Wardle in 1938.

Byron made an early living raising sheep in Agate, Colorado around 1910. Several years later he met and married his wife Amelia while taking a herd of sheep to Lebanon, Kansas.

In 1935, Bryon, Amelia and their six children moved to Wheat Ridge, Colorado to three acres of land on the southwest corner of 42nd and Wadsworth Boulevard he had bought for $5,700. The family lived in the chicken house while the older boys and Byron completed the house and the mill.

In 1937 everything was complete and the Wardle family began selling grain under the name Wardle & Sons Feed Company.

In 1961, the old building was reconstructed so the entrance faced 42nd Avenue instead of Wadsworth Boulevard. The original house was moved to Arvada, Colorado where Byron and Amelia soon retired and allowed their three sons to run the company.

In 1994, the Wardle Brothers sold Wardle & Sons Feed to Shaun and Terri Pearman and Patty and Gene Pyell, after having run the company for more than 50 years. The Pearmans and Pyells owned and operated Wardle Feed for nearly three decades, sharing the same love for animals and good nutrition as did the Wardles.

In November of 2023, the Pearmans and the Pyells sold Wardle to Mark and Jennifer Skufca. Mark’s father, William Skufca, born and raised on a farm in Cañon City, Colorado served Colorado homeowners for over 50 years as a builder in Denver, and raised his children with the same love for animals and God’s green earth. Mark and Jennifer will humbly carry the torch of the Wardle name and do their best to preserve the big red barn on Wadsworth.