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 Coop in
Zwingle, Iowa
We have many Rare Chicken Breeds for sale in Zwingle 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. Zwingle
Iowa also has poultry equipment for sale, game chickens for sale in
Zwingle 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 Zwingle IA.
Baby Chickens Buy in
Zwingle, Iowa
Thumbing through a baby chickens for sale in Zwingle 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
Zwingle 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 Zwingle
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 Chicks As
Pets in
Zwingle, 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
Zwingle 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 Zwingle,
Iowa Baby chicks are really
cute and also
tough to resist,
but it's ideal to prepare for their
arrival prior to you get them. Prepare initially
by compiling not only the
appropriate materials, however
additionally the correct
knowledge to take care of
them. Raising baby chicks is relatively
simple, you simply should supply them with the following: A
clean and warm and comfortable
environment Lots of food as well
as water Interest and also
love Habitat Your environment could be a basic box, fish tank,
feline provider, or guinea
porker cage. Line it with old towels and also
coverings (with no loosened
strings!) to start, and after a
couple of weeks utilize straw over newspaper.
Note: Avoid utilizing just
newspaper or other sandal
surface areas-- or your chicks legs can grow
misshapen. You likewise require
something to provide food and
water in, such as a chicken feeder and water
meal from the feed store, or a pickle jar
lid for food as well as an animal bird water dispenser from a
pet dog store. Additionally, as the chicks age you can present a perch
right into the environment to get them
trained on perching. Warmth To
maintain 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 light from an equipment shop, or an infrared reptile warmth
bulb likewise function very
well (my
recommendation). Chicks need this
heat 24/7 until their downy fluff is
replaced with feathers (which can occupy to two months). The freshly
hatched out require a temperature
in between 90 and 100 degrees,
as well as every week this can
be reduced by
roughly 5 levels approximately. The warmth resource must be on simply one side of the cage
to enable chicks a range of
temperatures. The chicks are your best
thermostat- if they are hiding in the
contrary edge of your warmth
lamp, you should
decrease the temperature level. If
they are smothering each various other under the
warmth (not merely snuggling),
you should include some heat.
House cleaning
Sanitation is essential and it keeps your chicks healthy. Make certain to change
the bed linens
frequently and also
consistently offer tidy
food and also water Food and also water.
Chicks grow really quick
which calls for plenty of clean
food as well as water. Offer
sufficient at all times and inspect
commonly to avoid thirsty and
starving chicks. Chick food is various compared
to grown-up chicken food, and also it is available in both medicated and non-medicated varieties. Feed chick food for the
very first 2 months, after that
switch to a grower food (~ 17 %
healthy protein) for one more 2 months,
then to a somewhat
lower protein feed or a level feed
(if you have layers). Soil Some chicks want
to obtain a head start on taking
dirt baths, while others won't occupy that activity up until they are
older. If you have the room in your chick
unit, present a tray of sand or
filth for them to bathe in.
Attention and love There are a couple of benefits to spending quality time with your chicks. To start
with, they will probably bond with you and also
not flee as adults. Second, if you
analyze your chicks daily and also
view their actions, you can
capture ailment or other problems earlier. Keep an
eye out for wheezing, limping, or
various other undesirable
signs. Be sure to
additionally consider
their poop, as diarrhea could result in matted feathers and also obstructed cloaca.
Finally, it is important to keep an eye out for social problems, such as the
littlest chick obtaining picked
on. Vacant nest syndrome So your
chicks are currently completely feathered
and its time for them to leave the
safety and security of your house
as well as relocate outside right into a cage. Take a look at our
part on chicken coops for more information
about coops and also
proper coop environments.
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