~New Farm Additions~

Meet White Henry...

 He is a 6+ week old Holstein steer

When I saw him, I immediately thought he looked like a "Henry".
  Me: "Big Boy, what color is he?" Big Boy : "White!" Me: "Good job, he is white. What do you want to name him?" Big Boy: "White!" Me : Yes, he is white, but what is his name?" Big Boy : "WHITE!" 
    So there you have it. White Henry. He is so cute and he loves his head scratched. :)

Here are the six girls Darlin picked up for us at Tractor Supply....

 Lord willing we will have 30 Blue Laced Red Wyandottes in a week or two! The 5 old hens I have now started laying again a couple weeks ago. We get about 2-3 eggs from them per day. They are a mix of Dorkings, BLRW, GLW and a Black Jersey Giant. All but one of them are 6+ years old. We use a lot of eggs, so I will be glad when the girls start laying! It is much easier to monitor the health of a backyard flock for illness than tens of thousands of birds in a factory house. I want to be able to make cookies with the boys without going all "freak-out Mama" on them if they lick their fingers or a spoon. Our birds free range, eating a delicious diet of grasses, bugs, worms, seeds, fallen fruit and of course chicken feed. So far they are very healthy, happy chickens and they are entertaining to watch sauntering around the barnyard.

Darlin is building our Bar-Top Beehive! I have been taking pictures and will do a post on it soon. Everyone should study honey bees, they are amazing! If you spent some time learning about bees and watching them work, I think it would be very difficult, if not impossible to believe this was all a "big bang".  Truly amazing!

Have an awesome day!