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
Hatchery in
Allison, Iowa
We have many Rare Chicken Breeds for sale in Allison Iowa,
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. Allison
Iowa also has poultry equipment for sale, game chickens for sale in
Allison Iowa, 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 Allison IA.
Raising Baby Quail Chicks in
Allison, Iowa
Thumbing through a baby chickens for sale in Allison Iowa
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
Allison Iowa * 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 Allison
Iowa * 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 Quail Chicks in
Allison, Iowa
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
Allison Iowa 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 Allison,
Iowa Baby chicks are quite
adorable and
challenging to resist,
however it's ideal to plan for their
arrival before you get them. Prepare initially
by collecting not just the
correct materials, yet
likewise the proper
knowledge to look after
them. Raising baby chicks is fairly
basic, you simply have to give them with the following: A
clean as well as warm
environment Plenty of food and also water Focus and
love Environment Your environment can be a
simple box, aquarium,
pet cat 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 make use of straw over paper.
Note: Avoid making use of only
paper or various other slipper
surface areas-- or your chicks legs could grow
misshapen. You also require
something to dish out food and
water in, such as a chicken feeder and also water
meal from the feed store, or a pickle jar
lid for food and also a pet bird water dispenser from an animal shop. Additionally, as the chicks grow older you can present a perch
into the environment to obtain them
educated on perching. Heat To
keep your chicks heat you need to
offer them with a warmth source.
This could be as easy as a 100 watt
light bulb in a reflective clamp style lamp from an equipment store, or an infrared reptile warmth
light bulb also function extremely well (my
referral). Chicks need this
heat 24/7 until their downy fluff is
replaced with plumes (which could take up to 2 months). The freshly
hatched out need a temperature
between 90 as well as 100 degrees,
as well as each week this could
be minimized by
around 5 degrees approximately. The heat resource need to get on merely one side of the cage
to permit chicks a variety of
temperatures. The chicks are your best
thermometer- if they are hiding in the
contrary edge of your warmth
light, you have to
minimize the temperature level. If
they are smothering each other under the
heat (not merely snuggling),
you should add some warmth.
Home cleaning
Cleanliness is key and it maintains your chicks healthy and
balanced. Make sure to alter
the bed linens
often as well as
constantly offer clean
food and also water Food and also water.
Chicks expand quite fast
which calls for lots of clean
food and also water. Supply
sufficient at all times as well
as inspect
often to prevent parched as well as
hungry chicks. Chick food is different compared
to adult chicken food, as well as it comes
in both medicated and
also non-medicated ranges. Feed chick food for the
very first 2 months, after that
switch to a raiser food (~ 17 %
protein) for an additional 2 months,
then to a somewhat
lower healthy protein feed or a layer feed
(if you have levels). Dirt Some chicks want
to get a running start on taking
dirt bathrooms, while others won't use up that activity until they are
older. If you have the space in your chick
unit, present a tray of sand or
filth for them to wash in.
Attention and love There are a couple of benefits to spending quality time with your chicks. First of all, they will certainly most
likely bond with you and
not flee as grownups. Second, if you
analyze your chicks daily and
view their actions, you can
catch ailment or various
other problems previously. Watch out for hissing, limping, or
other harmful
indicators. Make sure to
also take a look at
their poop, as looseness of the bowels could lead
to matted plumes as well
as obstructed cloaca.
Lastly, it is very
important to look out
for social concerns, such as the
tiniest chick obtaining badgered. Empty nest syndrome So your
chicks are now totally feathery
and also its time for them to leave the
safety of your home
and move outside into a
coop. Check out our
area on chicken cages for more information
about coops and also
appropriate coop environments.
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