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 Diet in
Lesage, West Virginia
We have many Rare Chicken Breeds for sale in Lesage West Virginia,
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. Lesage
West Virginia also has poultry equipment for sale, game chickens for sale in
Lesage West Virginia, 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 Lesage WV.
Baby Chickens
Black in
Lesage, West Virginia
Thumbing through a baby chickens for sale in Lesage West Virginia
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
Lesage West Virginia * 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 Lesage
West Virginia * 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 Male Or Female in
Lesage, West Virginia
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
Lesage West Virginia 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 Lesage,
West Virginia Baby chicks are really
adorable and
hard to withstand,
yet it's best to prepare for their
arrival before you get them. Prepare first
by gathering not only the
correct materials, however
additionally the correct
knowledge to care for
them. Raising baby chicks is relatively
simple, you just have to provide them with the following: A
clean and also cozy
habitat A lot of food as well
as water Interest and also
love Environment Your habitat can be a
simple box, fish tank,
pet cat carrier, or guinea
porker cage. Line it with old towels and also
coverings (without any loosened
strings!) to begin, as well as after a few weeks utilize straw over paper.
Note: Avoid making use of just
paper or various other slipper
surface areas-- or your chicks legs could grow
malformed. You also require
something to dish out food as well as
water in, such as a chicken feeder as well as water
dish from the feed store, or a pickle jar
cover for food and also a family
pet bird water dispenser from a pet shop. Likewise, as the chicks get
older you could present a perch
right into the environment to get them
trained on setting down. Warmth To
maintain your chicks heat you have to
supply them with a heat resource.
This can be as basic as a 100 watt
light bulb in a reflective clamp design lamp from a
hardware store, or an infrared reptile warmth
light bulb additionally function extremely well (my
recommendation). Chicks require this
heat 24/7 until their downy fluff is
replaced with feathers (which could use
up to two months). The newly
hatched out require a temperature level
in between 90 and also 100 levels,
as well as each week this could
be lowered by
around 5 degrees or
so. The warmth source must get on just one side of the cage
to permit chicks an array of
temperature levels. The chicks are your ideal
thermometer- if they are concealing in the
opposite corner of your warmth
lamp, you have to
lower the temperature level. If
they are smothering each various other under the
heat (not just snuggling),
you need to add some warmth.
Home cleaning
Sanitation is vital and it maintains your chicks healthy. Be sure to transform
the bed linens
usually as well as
consistently offer tidy
food and water Food as well as water.
Chicks expand very quickly
which calls for a lot of clean
food and water. Supply
enough at all times and also examine
usually to avoid parched as well as
starving chicks. Chick food is various than grown-up chicken food, as well as it can be found in both medicated and
also non-medicated ranges. Feed chick food for the
initial 2 months, then
switch over to a grower food (~ 17 %
protein) for one more 2 months,
then to a somewhat
reduced protein feed or a level feed
(if you have levels). Dirt Some chicks want
to get a running start on taking
dirt baths, while others will not take
up that task till they are
older. If you have the area in your chick
enclosure, introduce a tray of sand or
dust for them to shower in.
Attention and also love There are a
few advantages to hanging
out with your chicks. First of all, they will more than likely bond with you and
not run away as adults. Second, if you
examine your chicks daily as well as
see their behavior, you could
catch health problem or various
other troubles earlier. Keep an
eye out for hissing, hopping, or
various other undesirable
signs. Make certain to
additionally check out
their poop, as looseness of the bowels could bring about matted plumes as well
as clogged cloaca.
Finally, it is necessary to keep an eye out for social problems, such as the
littlest chick getting badgered. Empty nest syndrome So your
chicks are currently fully feathery
as well as its time for them to leave the
security of your residence
and relocate outside right into a cage. Take a look at our
section on chicken cages to find out
more
about coops and also
proper cage habitats.
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