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 Chickens Mail in
Patterson, Georgia
We have many Rare Chicken Breeds for sale in Patterson 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. Patterson
Georgia also has poultry equipment for sale, game chickens for sale in
Patterson 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 Patterson GA.
Raising Baby Quail Chicks in
Patterson, Georgia
Thumbing through a baby chickens for sale in Patterson 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
Patterson 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 Patterson
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 Chicks To Buy in
Patterson, 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
Patterson 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 Patterson,
Georgia Baby chicks are quite
cute as well as
difficult to resist,
yet it's ideal to plan for their
arrival prior to you get them. Prepare first
by compiling not only the
proper materials, however
likewise the proper
understanding to care for
them. Raising baby chicks is reasonably
straightforward, you just have to supply them with the following: A tidy and also warm
environment A lot of food and also water Attention and also
love Habitat Your habitat can be an easy box, fish tank,
feline carrier, or guinea
porker cage. Line it with old towels and
coverings (without loosened
strings!) to begin, as well as after a
couple of weeks utilize straw over newspaper.
Keep in mind: Avoid using only
newspaper or various other sandal
surfaces-- or your chicks legs could grow
malformed. You additionally need
something to serve up food and
water in, such as a chicken feeder and water
recipe from the feed store, or a pickle container
lid for food and also a family
pet bird water dispenser from a pet store. Also, as the chicks get
older you can introduce a perch
right into the environment to obtain them
trained on perching. Warmth To
keep your chicks heat you have to
offer them with a warmth resource.
This can be as simple as a 100 watt
light bulb in a reflective clamp design lamp from a
hardware shop, or an infrared reptile warmth
bulb also function very
well (my
referral). Chicks require this
warmth 24/7 until their downy fluff is
replaced with feathers (which could take up to two months). The recently
hatched out require a temperature
in between 90 and 100 levels,
and weekly this can
be decreased by
roughly 5 degrees or
so. The warmth resource should be on just one side of the cage
to allow chicks an array of
temperatures. The chicks are your finest
thermostat- if they are concealing in the
opposite corner of your warmth
lamp, you have to
reduce the temperature. If
they are surrounding each other under the
heat (not merely cuddling),
you have to include some heat.
House cleaning
Tidiness is vital and also it keeps your chicks healthy and
balanced. Make sure to alter
the bedding
typically and also
constantly provide clean
food and water Food and water.
Chicks grow very quickly
which calls for lots of tidy
food as well as water. Offer
enough at all times as well
as inspect
commonly to
stop thirsty and also
hungry chicks. Chick food is various compared
to adult chicken food, and it comes
in both medicated as well as non-medicated varieties. Feed chick food for the
very first two months, after that
switch over to a raiser food (~ 17 %
protein) for another 2 months,
and then to a slightly
lower healthy protein feed or a layer feed
(if you have levels). Soil Some chicks prefer to obtain a head start on taking
dust baths, while others won't take
up that task until they are
older. If you have the space in your chick
unit, introduce a tray of sand or
dust for them to bathe in.
Interest as well as love There are a couple of benefits to spending time with your chicks. First of all, they will certainly more than likely bond with you as well as
not flee as grownups. Second, if you
examine your chicks daily as well as
watch their habits, you can
capture ailment or various
other troubles previously. Keep an
eye out for wheezing, limping, or
various other harmful
indications. Make sure to
also check out
their poop, as looseness of the bowels can bring about matted feathers as well
as clogged up cloaca.
Finally, it is necessary to keep an eye out for social concerns, such as the
smallest chick getting badgered. Vacant nest syndrome So your
chicks are currently totally feathery
as well as its time for them to leave the
safety of your house
as well as move outside right into a
coop. Check out our
part on chicken cages to read more
about cages as well as
proper cage environments.
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