Good Morning Steemit!
First off I must say I have hit a Steemit milestone this week. I now have over100 followers! Thank you all that follow, like comment and share in my families homesteading journey. We are so blessed and happy to be a part of this wonderful steemit/homesteading community.
Now for even more exciting new!!! Our homestead is growing. This weekend we added 7 new friends. 3 adult age Mottled English Orpingtons and 4 baby Mottled English Orpingtons. We have two Hens and one Roo that are laying/adult age. We are not sure about the 4 babies as they came 'unsexed'. BUT the lady we bought them from thinks we have at least 3 hens and possibly 1 Roo.
below is the 4 baby chicks we got - their names are Nugget, Drumstick, Buffalo and Barbeque
We have not named the adults yet...open to suggestions:
We even built them a nice little chicken run so they would not be cooped up in the tiny little chicken coop we have. We definitely need a bigger barn/coop!
we added a little section for the babies apart from the adults so they would not get hurt but could still start to socialize with one another. The little chicks have a Rubbermaid tub for a Minnie coop right now so they have a dry place to sleep at night.
We are getting a shed for the critters that will be converted into a barn type structure as we definitely needs something bigger for all the chicks AND the two goats we are getting today too. We are welcoming a pair of Twin Nigerian Dwarf goats to our little homestead this weekend too. Good thing our shed is being delivered today too. We do have a temporary structure inplace for the goats while the shed is being built though.
so for now - I am off to the Tractor Supply store to get hay, grain and straw.
Happy Homesteading Friends. Will definitely give y'all an update once the goats get here. Right now their names are Eeyore and Tigger. I am looking to rename them though...our dogs name are Fenrir and Freya - want to stick with Norse Mythology names. probably going to check out their personalities before I jump into anything. BUT I think I will name the little boy Loki...just not sure about his twin sister...