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 In
The Mail in
Canton, Texas
We have many Rare Chicken Breeds for sale in Canton Texas,
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. Canton
Texas also has poultry equipment for sale, game chickens for sale in
Canton Texas, 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 Canton TX.
Baby Chicks Buy in
Canton, Texas
Thumbing through a baby chickens for sale in Canton Texas
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
Canton Texas * 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 Canton
Texas * 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 For Easter in
Canton, Texas
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
Canton Texas 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 Canton,
Texas Baby chicks are really
charming and
tough to stand up to,
however it's finest to prepare for their
arrival prior to you get them. Prepare first
by collecting not only the
proper materials, however
additionally the correct
expertise to take care of
them. Raising baby chicks is reasonably
simple, you merely need
to offer them with the following: A
clean and warm and comfortable
habitat Lots of food and water Interest and also
love Habitat Your environment can be a
simple box, aquarium,
feline service provider, or guinea
pig cage. Line it with old towels as well as
blankets (with no loosened
strings!) to start, as well as after a few weeks utilize straw over newspaper.
Keep in mind: Avoid making use of only
newspaper or other sandal
surface areas-- or your chicks legs can expand
malformed. You likewise require
something to dish out food and
water in, such as a chicken feeder and also water
dish from the feed shop, or a pickle jar
cover for food as well as a family
pet bird water dispenser from an animal store. Additionally, as the chicks age you can present a perch
right into the environment to get them
trained on setting down. Heat To
keep your chicks warm you have to
give them with a warmth source.
This can be as straightforward as a 100 watt
light bulb in a reflective clamp style light from an equipment shop, or an infrared reptile warmth
light bulb additionally work effectively (my
referral). Chicks require this
warmth 24/7 till their downy fluff is
replaced with feathers (which could occupy to two months). The recently
hatched out need a temperature
in between 90 as well as 100 levels,
as well as every week this could
be lowered by
roughly 5 levels or
so. The warmth resource ought
to be on just one side of the cage
to permit chicks a range of
temperature levels. The chicks are your finest
thermostat- if they are hiding in the
opposite edge of your warmth
light, you should
decrease the temperature level. If
they are surrounding each other under the
heat (not just curling up),
you have to add some warmth.
Housekeeping
Cleanliness is essential and also it keeps your chicks healthy and
balanced. Be sure to alter
the bedding
usually and also
always give tidy
food as well as water Food and also water.
Chicks grow quite quickly
which calls for a lot of tidy
food and water. Offer
enough at all times and also check
often to prevent parched and
hungry chicks. Chick food is various than adult chicken food, and it is available in both medicated and non-medicated varieties. Feed chick food for the
very first two months, then
switch over to a raiser food (~ 17 %
healthy protein) for an additional 2 months,
and then to a somewhat
reduced protein feed or a layer feed
(if you have layers). Soil Some chicks prefer to obtain a head start on taking
filth baths, while others won't take
up that task till they are
older. If you have the room in your chick
room, introduce a tray of sand or
dirt for them to shower in.
Focus and love There are a couple of advantages to spending time with your chicks. First off, they will probably bond with you as well as
not flee as adults. Second, if you
examine your chicks daily as well as
see their behavior, you could
catch ailment or other troubles earlier. Watch out for wheezing, hopping, or
various other harmful
indications. Make certain to
likewise look at
their poop, as diarrhea can lead
to matted plumes as well
as clogged up cloaca.
Lastly, it is necessary to watch out for social issues, such as the
littlest chick getting badgered. Vacant nest syndrome So your
chicks are currently completely feathery
as well as its time for them to leave the
safety and security of your residence
as well as move outside right into a
coop. Take a look at our
part on chicken coops to get more information
concerning cages and
proper coop environments.
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