Incubating Chicken Eggs Part 3- Lockdown & Hatchingby Alexa Lehr | The Pioneer Chicks | April 25, 2023This post may contain affiliate links. See our Disclosure for more information. For those of you following along in our homestead Incubating series, part three covers the last two big parts of incubating...
Grain-free Herbed Cheese Rollsgluten-free | grain-free | tree nut free | yeast freeby Alexa Lehr | The Pioneer Chicks | April 20, 2023This post may contain affiliate links. See our Disclosure for more information. These grain-free herbed cheese rolls are perfectly delicious when warmed, buttered, and sprinkled with savory garlic...
How to Control Humidity in an Incubatorby Alexa Lehr | The Pioneer Chicks | April 18, 2023This post may contain affiliate links. See our Disclosure for more information. There are three essential conditions that chicken eggs need in order to hatch: heat, humidity, and turning. Humidity is necessary during incubation...
What’s better than a chocolate cookie? Grain-free double chocolate cookies why of course! They have a rich, chocolate taste, just enough sweetness, and the perfect texture! I love crispy, chewy cookies that melt in your mouth. Add in the occasional chocolate chip (or minty chocolate gems are even better!) and...
Should Chicks be Fed Medicated Chick Starter Feed?by Alexa Lehr | The Pioneer Chicks | April 11, 2023This post may contain affiliate links. See our Disclosure for more information. Raising a healthy brood of chicks, naturally, is always the goal on the homestead! When deciding what to feed your brood,...
Gluten-free Carne Asada Venison Quinoa Bowlsgluten-free | grain-free | dairy-free | tree nut free | egg freeby Alexa Lehr | The Pioneer Chicks | April 6, 2023This post may contain affiliate links. See our Disclosure for more information. I tend to get in a rut when it comes to thinking...
Welcome to the second post in the series “Incubating Chicken Eggs”! This three post series is designed to help you successfully incubate and hatch chicks on your homestead! If you aren’t quite to the stage of putting hatching eggs in the incubator, then you will want to jump back to...
These gluten-free meatball sub sandwiches are made using the best homemade meatball recipe and the fluffiest gluten-free sub buns! They can easily be made grain-free and dairy-free as well. The grain-free meatball recipe that I use for these sub sandwiches is a menu staple on my homestead and the sub...
I feel like spring is the both the most exciting time and the most frustrating time for raising chickens on the homestead. Spring means it’s time to hatch chicks, and it’s hard not to have a good day when you have chicks on the homestead! However, spring can also be...
I try to stick to an anti-inflammatory, low-grain diet as much as possible… but breads, bagels, and muffins are my weakness. However, thanks to these amazing grain-free blueberry bagels, I can enjoy bagels that are still delicious and enjoyable without splurging on store-bought gluten-free bagels! I love making these homemade...
The three main elements needed for incubating chicken eggs are heat, humidity, and turning. All incubators should have an automatic method of controlling the temperature. And you can often choose incubators that have an automatic turning system as well. However, humidity features in different incubators vary and can range from...
Gluten-free Moose Barsgluten-free | dairy-free option | tree nut free | egg freeby Alexa Lehr | The Pioneer Chicks | March 16, 2023This post may contain affiliate links. See our Disclosure for more information. These gluten-free moose bars rank as one of my top favorite gluten-free desserts! They are almost...
How much does it cost to raise chicks? Do you know how much of an investment those cute little fluff balls will be for your homestead budget? I didn’t either until I started keeping poultry expense records for my 4-H poultry project each year. Every year I would record what...
The classic breakfast bagel has been glorified… into grain-free egg in a hole breakfast bagels! Whether you like your eggs soft and easy, or maybe you like your eggs hard and done… this breakfast bagel sandwich can easily be customized to meet your egg preferences. This sandwich is bursting with...
If you are planning on hatching chicks on your homestead without using a broody hen, you will need to invest in an incubator. Nowadays there are plenty of incubator models and styles of incubators to choose from. They range from small tabletop models to large cabinet style models. Aside from...
Okay, who doesn’t like a giant cookie? If you are one of those rare individuals who doesn’t delight in chomping into a huge, gooey, delicious giant cookie, then this recipe is not for you (maybe check out this traditional grain-free cookie recipe). But for those of us who do enjoy...
Welcome to the first post of our ‘Incubating Chicken Eggs’ series! This three post series will guide you through the process of incubating and hatching chicken eggs. It will provide you with the basic guidelines you need to know for storing fertile hatching eggs, programming an incubator, candling eggs, setting...
Warm, hearty, and bursting with flavor… this grain-free venison pasta soup is a staple on our homestead menu! The whole family loves it, it is bursting with nutritious ingredients, it’s super easy to make, and leftover can easily be frozen and saved for later. Made with homestead-sourced ingredients like home-harvested...
Coccidiosis is a very common chicken disease that is most prevalent in young chicks and chickens. It is a protozoal disease that destroys the intestinal lining in a chicken’s gut. Acute coccidiosis can lead to death. The coccidia protozoa are found nearly everywhere there are chickens present. It naturally exists...
Taco Tuesday here we come! Now, not only can you have tacos for dinner, but you can have them for breakfast too! These grain-free breakfast tacos are a huge hit in my family. They are super easy to make, can be customized to each family member’s preferences, and are filling...