Tower Garden Update- 4 weeks since transplanting & Chicks!!!
I have been MIA for almost a month now- I’m sorry! I just finished producing my yearly high school musical (this year was “Little Women”) which literally takes everything out of me. Just keeping up with family life has been a struggle, so the blog had to go on the back burner. I have, however, kept up my garden and have managed to take a step further into my backyard homesteading adventure with new baby chicks!
Here are a few pictures of the only 4-5 weeks after transplanting the little seedlings. It never ceases to amaze me how fast plants grow! (.) And even though I said I’ve managed to keep up my garden…with the that pretty much entails checking once a week to make sure there’s still water in the tank.
While the Tower Garden eliminates most pests, I noticed a few aphids on one plant…then I saw this little red guy came to eat them all up!
Don’t forget, you can have a just like mine. I sell these wonderful contraptions and would love to chat with you about getting your own. Check out , or feel free to directly with questions!
And now for the chicks…
On the way home from a homeschool field trip last week, I saw a feed store and made the impulse decision to bring chicks home. (Just an incentive for my husband to make a coop!) We’ve been planning on having a small backyard coop of chickens to give us a few home raised eggs and help us compost our food trash so we don’t waste. It’s amazing how much we throw away now that we don’t have chickens when we used to be able to just guiltlessly give kitchen scraps to the chickens for recycling into fertilizer and nutritious eggs. I’m looking forward to keeping these beautiful Buff Orpingtons fat and happy with our kitchen scraps. I also can’t wait to eat some homegrown eggs again. If I’m successful at all my endeavors, I will prove to the world how even a small little yard can sustainably produce a lot of food for a family. You don’t need to live on acres of land! (I say that now, but just wait ’til I’m dying to raise goats or a milk cow again!)
I’ll keep you updated on all our backyard homesteading adventures!
Baby Chicks Near Me in
Cobbtown, Georgia
We have many Rare Chicken Breeds for sale in Cobbtown Georgia,
including Sussex Chickens, Welsummer Chickens, Turken Chickens and more.
Be sure to check out the Bargain Specials, as you can combine different
egg layers in smaller amounts and buy as an assortment. Cobbtown
Georgia also has poultry equipment for sale, game chickens for sale in
Cobbtown Georgia, bantams for sale, ducks for sale, geese for sale,
turkeys for sale, guinea for sale, peafowl for sale, pheasant for sale,
chukar partridge for sale, bobwhite for sale, many different breeds of
baby chicks for sale in Cobbtown GA.
Baby Chickens
For Sale Near Me in
Cobbtown, Georgia
Thumbing through a baby chickens for sale in Cobbtown Georgia
catalog is a yearly traditions in many houses. My kids and I eagerly await
the Murray McMurray Hatchery catalog. We love looking at all the cool and
different chicken breeds available. Catalogs are free so head on over to
their site and request one if you are interested.
Typically hatcheries online offer both standard breeds
and bantams. Bantams are fun hardy little chickens, they lay tiny eggs
that kids especially love collecting. Bantams typically weigh less than 2
pounds when full grown. Just like ordering anything online there are pros
and cons to ordering baby chicks online. Pros of buying baby chicks in
Cobbtown Georgia * Big Selection - If you are wanting a large
variety of different chicken breeds and egg colors, you will find the best
selection at an online hatchery. * Both Bantams and full sized chickens
available * You get to choose what sex you want. If you want a mixture of
both male and female then choosing a "straight run" will save you money
and you will get a mixture of male and female chicks. You can also choose
all males or all females too. * Weekly specials. Hatcheries have sales on
chicks, you are likely to get a good deal if you are flexible with the
breeds you are wanting. Cons of buying baby chicks in Cobbtown
Georgia * Order early to get the best selection. Certain breeds sell
out fast, sometimes as early as 6 months in advance of shipping! If you
are wanting a certain breed it's best to order your chicks in the fall
before their orders sell out.
Baby Chickens On
Sale in
Cobbtown, Georgia
Quantity - you must order a certain number of chicks. Typically hatcheries
will require you buy a minimum of 25 chicks at a time. The number is
necessary for the chicks survival during shipping. All 25 chicks are put
in one small box without heat. They are crowded in the box and produce
enough body heat to arrive in good shape. * The wait - If you choose to
buy chicks from a feed store you will have them the same day but if you
choose to go with a hatchery you have to wait until they are ready to ship
and then wait for the chicks to arrive. Ordering baby chicks online in
Cobbtown Georgia is easy and has always been a very pleasant
experience of me. It can be a little frustrating waiting for the chicks
but it's so worth the wait. When the post office calls and you hear all
those little "cheeps" or "chirps" in the background you'll know the wait
was worth it! How to Care for your new baby chickens in Cobbtown,
Georgia Baby chicks are really
charming and also
tough to withstand,
however it's ideal to plan for their
arrival before you obtain them. Prepare first
by compiling not just the
proper products, however
also the appropriate
understanding to care for
them. Raising baby chicks is reasonably
easy, you merely have to provide them with the following: A
clean and cozy
habitat A lot of food and also water Interest and also
love Environment Your environment could be a straightforward box, aquarium,
pet cat service provider, or guinea
pig cage. Line it with old towels and also
blankets (without loosened
strings!) to start, and also after a few weeks utilize straw over paper.
Keep in mind: Avoid using only
newspaper or various other sandal
surfaces-- or your chicks legs could grow
misshapen. You also require
something to serve up food and
water in, such as a chicken feeder and water
dish from the feed store, or a pickle container
cover for food as well as a pet dog bird water dispenser from a pet shop. Likewise, as the chicks grow older you can present a perch
into the environment to get them
trained on setting down. Warmth To
keep your chicks heat you have to
supply them with a heat resource.
This could be as simple as a 100 watt
light bulb in a reflective clamp style light from a
hardware shop, or an infrared reptile heat
light bulb additionally work extremely well (my
recommendation). Chicks require this
heat 24/7 up until their downy fluff is
replaced with plumes (which could use
up to 2 months). The freshly
hatched need a temperature level
between 90 and 100 degrees,
and also every week this can
be decreased by
roughly 5 levels or
so. The heat resource need to get on just one side of the cage
to enable chicks an array of
temperature levels. The chicks are your ideal
thermostat- if they are hiding in the
contrary corner of your heat
lamp, you have to
minimize the temperature. If
they are surrounding each other under the
heat (not merely curling up),
you should add some heat.
Home cleaning
Tidiness is key as
well as it maintains your chicks healthy. Make certain to transform
the bed linens
commonly as well as
consistently give clean
food and also water Food as well as water.
Chicks grow really quickly
which calls for lots of clean
food as well as water. Give
enough at all times and also check
commonly to avoid thirsty and also
hungry chicks. Chick food is various compared
to adult chicken food, and also it is available in both medicated as well as non-medicated selections. Feed chick food for the
first 2 months, after that
change to a raiser food (~ 17 %
healthy protein) for one more 2 months,
and after that to a somewhat
reduced healthy protein feed or a level feed
(if you have levels). Dirt Some chicks want
to obtain a running start on taking
filth baths, while others won't take
up that activity till they are
older. If you have the room in your chick
room, present a tray of sand or
filth for them to bathe in.
Attention and love There are a couple of benefits to spending time with your chicks. To start
with, they will probably bond with you and
not run away as grownups. Second, if you
analyze your chicks daily and also
see their habits, you could
catch illness or various
other troubles previously. Watch out for hissing, hopping, or
other undesirable
indications. Make sure to
also take a look at
their poop, as looseness of the bowels can lead
to matted feathers as well
as clogged up cloaca.
Last but not least, it is very
important to look out
for social concerns, such as the
tiniest chick getting badgered. Vacant nest syndrome So your
chicks are now totally feathered
and also its time for them to leave the
safety and security of your house
and also relocate outside into a cage. Check out our
part on chicken cages to read more
concerning coops and also
appropriate cage environments.
Baby Chicks As PetsBaby Chickens Online More Posts Baby Chickens for Sale in Box Springs, Georgia Baby Chickens for Sale in Blackshear, Georgia Baby Chickens for Sale in Bristol, Georgia Baby Chickens for Sale in Bremen, Georgia Baby Chickens for Sale in Abbeville, Georgia