When Will My Pullet Start to Lay Eggs?
Young hens, or pullets, begin laying sometime between their 16th and 24th week of age.
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Raising Chicks 6-8 Weeks
At week six, you made it through the brooding period! Between 6 and 8 weeks of age, your chicks will be much larger and will need twice the amount of floor space they started with. If the temperature is mild and the chicks are fully feathered, they can be allowed...
Planning Your Garden
Looking to grow your own food and enjoy the rewards of a flourishing garden? You're in the right place. January marks the perfect time of year to start planning and getting everything ready. Whether it's your first time starting a garden or you're a seasoned green thumb, there are a...
Raising Chicks 4-5 Week Old
Raising Chicks 4-5 Week Old Your babies are growing up! By weeks four and five, you begin noticing that your chicks’ fluffy appearance slowly disappears. Their fuzzy down is replaced with feathers of a mature bird. Chicks will usually be fully feathered by 5 to 6 weeks of age. You...
Spring Grass For Horses
Managing Horse Care and New Spring Pasture Turnout
Quick Tips for Controlling Flies
Now is the time to map out your fly control program with fly control products from Pasturas Los Alazanes.
Winter Horse Care Tips
Winter Horse Care Tips: Now that winter is approaching and the temperature is dropping, horse owners need to consider how to winterize their horse. Keeping your horse healthy during the winter months is easy with these Winter Horse Care Tips. During the cold season, horse owners must make sure that...
Meet New Livestock Product Specialist Ramiro Gonzalez
Meet New Livestock Product Specialist Ramiro Gonzalez: Are you in the rodeo circuit or just passionate about livestock in Texas? Then you're in for a treat! Pasturas is proud to introduce Ramiro Gonzalez, the latest addition to our Mansfield, Texas store. Ramiro is also an international team roper for American...
Three Tips To Help Molting Chickens
It’s autumn. Time for comfy sweaters, pumpkin-flavored everything, and… vacation? For backyard chickens across the country, shorter days often signal time for a break. Birds may stop laying eggs, lose old feathers and grow new ones. This annual vacation from egg laying is called molt. Read our Three Tips to...
Fall Cow-Calf Management Reminders
Fall Cow-Calf Management Reminders: October • Beginning in late October or November, provide supplemental feed for bulls on dry grass according to age and condition. • Evaluate cows’ body condition score (BCS) at weaning. Develop winter nutrition program to have cows at a BCS of six at calving to enhance...