Your Chick Days chick should be 14 weeks old now! Feed: We're still on the Start & Grow Medicated or Non-Medicated. Keep track of how much your chickens are eating. You'll need to switch food in about 4 weeks. See our featured product over there? It's a ceramic egg. We're still a few weeks away from hens laying eggs, but if you start getting any hens laying eggs on the floor, place one of these eggs in their nest, so they are laying in an appropriate spot. If you have a golf

Your Chick Days chick should be 13 weeks old now! Feed: We're still on the Start & Grow Medicated or Non-Medicated. Last week we featured the Hen Hydrator and this week we guide you to some great tutorials so you can make your own automatic waterer. Here is a great guide. As well as here. And if you are more of a video person, go here. This video is the one shown below as well. Don't forget to train your hens to drink from the waterer with a red laser or by tapping their b

Your Chick Days chick should be 12 weeks old now - can we just say 3 months? Feed: We're still on the Start & Grow Medicated or Non-Medicated. Now's a good time to start keeping track of how much feed you are buying and how often. In 6 to 8 weeks we'll be changing food to something for laying chickens and it's best not to overbuy. We sell 50, 25 and 5 pound bags of Start & Grow to help make the transition easier. Chicks are now 12 weeks old and looking very adult. One of our

If you purchased chicks at our Chick Days event, your chicks should be 11 weeks old now. Temp: Whatever temp it is outside! Feed: Start & Grow Medicated or Non-Medicated - because they are babies, you can free feed them. Fill up their feeders when they are empty. They won't overeat. When you bought your chicks, you should have been given a chick dictionary to help you with all the terminology. But that’s why we’re here. This week’s word is “broody.” This word is used often to

If you purchased chicks at our Chick Days event, your chicks should be 10 weeks old now. Temp: Whatever temp it is outside! Feed: Start & Grow Medicated or Non-Medicated - because they are babies, you can free feed them. Fill up their feeders when they are empty. They won't overeat. We discussed how to keep your chicks cool last week. Another idea: Cut up apples or peeled bananas then freeze them. Keep the chicks active with treats like these and they will be less likely to p

Here's what you will need: Sometimes people come in and buy chicks, but have no idea what is involved in raising them into healthy adult chickens. We do what we can to help them see that having chickens will cost more than just the price of a baby chick. We don't encourage people to buy just one chick (it'll be lonely and cry through the night - true story) and we encourage people to set up their brooders before they take a chick home. It's best to calculate the cost and make

Original post: Eight Reasons Why Backyard Chickens May Be The Wrong Choice By Christine on November 9, 2012 in Backyard Chickens and Ducks You’ve decided you want backyard chickens. You know you want fresh eggs, you think you would enjoy the backyard antics, and some extra bug control would be great. But what if I told you there was a better option for you than the backyard chicken? What if I told you there was an option that was a better layer, more entertaining, and a stra

We're happy to announce that it is now permitted to raise chickens within the city limits of Las Cruces. Here are some of the major guidelines: 1. Anyone wanting to have chickens or ducks and who lives within the city limits, must have a special permit to do so. No roosters or drakes are allowed generally. 2. Only six fowl may be allowed with the special permit – 6 chickens or 6 ducks or a combo adding up to 6 animals. 3. Special permits may be obtained from the Codes Enforce

Factor in your own cost for time spent on labor. Shopping and building can take a while. Plus if you need any additional tools, that is an added expense. But having a coop you like and makes it easy to care for your hens is the most important. 5 pieces of 4'x8' plywood: $100 3 4'x1" dowels: $12 12 8 foot 1x2s: $18 200+ wood screws: $20 2 smaller fixed pin utility hinges: $2 4 larger fixed pin utility hinges: $5 5 hook & eye: $5 1 1x12x8 piece of wood: $15 Chicken Wire: $16 1

Finishing your chicken coop is the most exciting part of the project. Here you can put in a lot of personality and color. You should paint the outside of the coop to protect it from weather, and the inside floor of the coop to protect your birds from mildew and other elements. Materials needed: Chicken Wire (not much) 1 gallon exterior paint 1 quart accent exterior paint 1 quart primer (we used Kilz Premium Primer) Tools: Paint brushes Rollers Paint pan Drop cloth (for ramp)