homesteading

10 Reasons Why Hens Stop Laying Eggs

10 Reasons Why Hens Stop Laying Eggsby Alexa Lehr | The Pioneer Chicks | Nov. 25, 2024This post may contain…

2 weeks ago

How to Winterize the Chicken Coop

How to Winterize the Chicken Coopby Alexa Lehr | The Pioneer Chicks | Nov. 12, 2024This post may contain affiliate…

1 month ago

How to Treat Northern Fowl Mites on Chickens

How to Treat Northern Fowl Mites on Chickensby Alexa Lehr | The Pioneer Chicks | Oct. 1, 2024This post may…

3 months ago

How to Choose the Right Chicken Coop Litter

How to Choose the Right Chicken Coop Litterby Alexa Lehr | The Pioneer Chicks | Sept. 17, 2024This post may…

3 months ago

How to Prevent Disease & Death in Chickens

How to Prevent Disease & Death in Chickensby Alexa Lehr | The Pioneer Chicks | Sept. 3, 2024This post may…

4 months ago

Why are Roosters Needed on the Homestead?

Why are Roosters Needed on the Homestead?by Alexa Lehr | The Pioneer Chicks | August 6, 2024This post may contain…

4 months ago

Why the Poultry Pecking Order is Important

Why the Poultry Pecking Order is Importantby Alexa Lehr | The Pioneer Chicks | July 9, 2024This post may contain…

5 months ago

8 Tips for Shipping Hatching Eggs Successfully

8 Tips for Shipping Hatching Eggs Successfullyby Alexa Lehr | The Pioneer Chicks | June 11, 2024This post may contain…

6 months ago

10 Tips for Hatching Svart Hona Chicks

10 Tips for Hatching Svart Hona Chicksby Alexa Lehr | The Pioneer Chicks | April 30, 2024This post may contain…

8 months ago

10 Chicken Keeping Myths to Ignore

10 Chicken Keeping Myths to Ignoreby Alexa Lehr | The Pioneer Chicks | March 5, 2024This post may contain affiliate…

10 months ago

How to Choose the Best Type of Chicken Feed

How to Choose the Best Type of Chicken Feedby Alexa Lehr | The Pioneer Chicks | February 20, 2024This post…

10 months ago

8 Most Cold Hardy Chicken Breeds

8 Most Cold Hardy Chicken Breedsby Alexa Lehr | The Pioneer Chicks | May 2, 2023This post may contain affiliate…

11 months ago

Feeding Chickens a Homestead Diet: Grain, Treats, & Supplements

Feeding Chickens a Homestead Diet: Grain, Treats, & Supplementsby Alexa Lehr | The Pioneer Chicks | November 7, 2023This post…

1 year ago

How to Stop a Hen from Being Broody

How to Stop a Hen from Being Broodyby Alexa Lehr | The Pioneer Chicks | June 20, 2023This post may…

1 year ago

Incubating Chicken Eggs Part 3- Lockdown and Hatching

Incubating Chicken Eggs Part 3- Lockdown & Hatchingby Alexa Lehr | The Pioneer Chicks | April 25, 2023This post may…

2 years ago

How to Control Humidity in an Incubator

How to Control Humidity in an Incubatorby Alexa Lehr | The Pioneer Chicks | April 18, 2023This post may contain…

2 years ago

Incubating Chicken Eggs Part 2- Setting and Candling

Welcome to the second post in the series "Incubating Chicken Eggs"! This three post series is designed to help you…

2 years ago

Are You Ready for Raising Chickens?

Chickens are often considered the gateway animal to homesteading. However, just because they are one of the smallest livestock animals…

2 years ago

Feeding Chickens for Free- Is it Safe?

What’s your biggest on-going chicken keeping expense? If I could hazard a guess, I would say it’s buying feed for…

2 years ago

How to Prevent Chickens from Egg Eating

Egg eating can become a real bahviour problem once a hen aquires a taste for her own eggs. While egg…

2 years ago