The Rest of the Barnyard

Broken Road Farm

Hi! Thanks for stopping by. We are a small, country farm located in North-West Ohio. We are dedicated to raising Registered Olde English Babydoll Sheep, Scottish Highland Cattle, Khaki Ducks, Pearl and Pied Guineas, and a variety of other animals. Be sure to stop by often as we are constantly changing!

We are also a home-based bakery offering a wide range of freshly baked cookies, breads, candies, fudges, party favors, edible photos, etc. Be sure to check out our yummy selection.

Our barnyard family keeps growing! We now have a page devoted to all of our new additions!

Guineas

These very noisy birds look like a bunch of AWOL army helmets as they run across the yard. They are great for controlling the bug and tick population.

Our Pearl Guineas - Larry, Mo and Harry

Guineas often lay their eggs out in the fields and hatch their young by themselves. Young guineas are called "keets." Being native to dry areas of Africa, they are very susceptible to dampness during their first two weeks, and can die from following the mother through dewy grass. After two weeks of age, they are probably the hardiest of all domestic land fowl.

Some of our keets

Both males and females are very loud! They make a single syllable, machine-gunlike alarm call, but only the females have a two syllable call. It sounds like they're saying "buck-wheat." They are a lot noisier than our watch dogs and alert us when someone or something is around that is out of the norm.

We are currently building our flock, but plan to offer Keets and eggs up for sale starting in the summer of 2009. Check back for prices and availability.

Khaki Campbell Ducks

Ducks, ducks everywhere! We have several Khaki ducks running around gobbling up every bug and mulberry in sight and more ducklings on the way! They are so much fun to watch and a real joy to have.

The Khaki Campbell was developed in England during the early 1900's by Adele Campbell. Khaki ducks exceed most other duck and chicken breeds in egg production, with some strains averaging 300 eggs per year. Though not usually raised for meat, Khakis make high quality, lean roasters of 3-4 pounds; they average 4-5 pounds as adults. Campbells are extremely hardy, are excellent foragers, and are at home on land as well as in water. They eat large quantities of slugs, snails, insects, algae, and mosquitos from ponds, but do not require swimming water to stay healthy. The ducks are mainly khaki colored. The drakes have greenish-bronze heads with brown-bronze tails, backs, and necks and slightly greenish bill.

Khaki's are excellent foragers and love to dig around in the loose dirt looking for tastey grubs and insects. While they do not require swimming water, they definitely enjoy it! They are very comical to watch. Often they will come running when when they see water from the hose. They will happily thrash around in it playing, bathing, chortling and quacking for hours.

We are currently building our Khaki duck flock, but plan to offer both ducklings and eggs up for sale starting in the Summer 2009. Please check back for prices and availability.