Our chicks are now approximately five and three weeks old (if you recall we have two varieties: Araucanas and Golden Comets). We recently made another trip to the local feed store to get some more chick food. The twenty-five pound bag we purchased when we bought the chicks is almost all gone already, so we purchased another three twenty-five pound bags of non-medicated chick food. This should last them until they are ready to go outside and eat “layer” feed.
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Chick Grit
Posted in Chickens, tagged box, brooder, carrots, chickens, chicks, feed, feeder, food, grit, perch, roost, scraps, weeds on April 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve Only Just Begun: Growing a Garden
Posted in Garden, tagged edging, fence, garden, gardening, harvest, plants, seeds, weeding, weeds, winter on April 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
We moved into Independence Homestead at the beginning of the summer in 2011, so almost a year ago. Last year was spent improving the inside of the house and settling in. While we did routine maintenance on the yard, that’s about all we did outside. The prior owners were obviously not gardeners, so we started […]
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