Emus To Eggs: Meet Weston County’s Most Unexpected Farm

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Broken Arrow Farm is a family-owned and operated business established in 2014 in Newcastle, Wyoming, in the state’s northeast corner. Owners Paul and Bailey Eitel, and their three young sons, raise a variety of products, including pastured poultry, egg-laying hens, meat rabbits, beef cows, and emus, and maintain a large garden. The farm emphasizes high-quality products, processing most animals on-site and preserving garden produce. 

“We believe in locally and naturally raised quality products,” said Paul. “We take great pride in raising happy, healthy and quality animals.”

Farm for the community

Eitel initially moved to Weston County in 2014 for a job with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, later meeting Weston County native Bailey. The concept of starting a farm arose for them as they noticed a lack of locally-sourced and available products, such as meat chickens. They established the farm after learning of the current property’s availability from a friend. 

They started small, initially testing product demand and scaling up based on customer interest. They also take pre-orders for meat chickens to gauge production needs. Today, Broken Arrow Farm's market spans from Weston County throughout Wyoming and extends to Western South Dakota and Nebraska.

“Many of the products we provide have not been available in this area historically,” said Paul. “When we started, there was beef, sheep, and pork available locally to buy, but there wasn’t anyone raising and selling pasture-raised meat chickens. Today, we raise, process and sell around 500 to 600 chicken fryers every year.” 

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