Coturnix Quail for Homesteaders

I’ve had a bit of interest over the last few weeks regarding quail as a backyard meat source. I thought I’d dust off the topic and put another article together covering the ins and outs of raising Coturnix quail, particularly in an urban setting. It is a rather long article, but still not as detailed […]

Harvesting Quail

Today’s article was brought to you by the generous folks over at Hides.com. Go check out their great line of “Multifunction Eyewear Necessities”, and tell them FloridaHillbilly sent you! Today I’m finally posting my quail how-to video. I’ve written about it before, but I never could task anyone into holding the camera while I went […]

Free books! Quail Q&A, and other tidbits from Floridahillbilly

Today’s article was brought to you by the generous folks over at Hides.com. Go check out their great line of “Multifunction Eyewear Necessities”, and tell them FloridaHillbilly sent you! Today I am updating everyone on a few changes here at FloridaHillbilly.com, as well as answering some quail questions that came in last week. First, I’m […]

Mailbag May 2, 2013 Quail vs Ducks or Chickens

Yesterday, I received a comment from a regular reader, Darren from Green Change. com, and  I thought I should expand on my reasoning. “Just a quick comment to thank you for all your quail articles. I didn’t think quail were worth messing about with (small eggs and little fiddly bodies for meat!), but you’ve managed […]

Quail Links

Here are links to articles I’ve written regarding Quail, listed in chronological order, oldest to newest. My choice in animals for “Urbansteading” Birds (chickens, ducks, & quail) Thinking about Raising Coturnix or Pharoah Quail? What to do with thirty Quail Eggs Revisiting My choice in animals for “Urbansteading” Coturnix Quail (Yes, Again!) Backyard Egg Options […]

Quail Week Day 5 – Processing Quail

This is the final chapter in the 5 day Quail Week FloridaHillbilly How-To. We’ve covered my setup and my brooder live video feed, We’ve talked about my incubator, how I built it and the incubation process. We then moved on to brooders, feeders, the importance of water, and how to make a self waterer. And […]

Quail Week Day 4 – Quail Housing

Day four in my week long series about quail. I’ve written about my setup and my brooder live video feed, I’ve talked about my incubator, how I built it and the incubation process, as well as talking about brooders, feeders, the importance of water, and how to make a self waterer. Today we talk about […]

Quail Week Day 3 – Brooders, Water and Feeders

Day three in my week long series about quail. I’ve written about my setup and my brooder live video feed, I’ve talked about my incubator, how I built it and the incubation process, and following along the quail timeline brings us to brooders. Just as incubators are the replacement for a birds mother while the […]

Quail Week Day 2 – Building and Using an Incubator

Day two in Quail Week in celebration of finally getting my quail setup mostly organized, and at least moving forward. Today we talk about incubators, hows and whys, commercial and DIY options, how I made mine, and the results I’ve had with it. Incubators are merely simulated mothers, offering the proper amount of heat and […]