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 […]
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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 […]
Quail Week Day 1 – Overview of My Setup And a live Video Feed
I have most of my Coturnix Quail setup operational now, so I wanted to commit a week to describing my setup, go over the parts that I made, how I made them, and why I decided to make my own bits and pieces rather than buy them. I’ve mentioned many times how I favor quail […]
The Everglades Tomato
UPDATE April 2014: Due to the high demand and ungratefulness of some, I will no longer be offering free seeds and do not offer them for sale. I spent hours of my own time and took food out of my family’s mouth (literally), only to have people bitch and complain about the speed of my […]
Unfinished Projects – Motorizing a Kayak
About two years ago, BlueTang and I did a kayak dive trip, dropping our kayak in the Intercoastal Waterway at Jimmy Graham Park, paddled up the Intercoastal to a narrow spot on the beach, portaged our kayaks and all of our dive gear across, paddled out about a mile, did an hour scuba dive, then […]
Home Depot Now Selling Paracord……Not Really
Paracord, also known as 500 cord, was originally used as its name implies, as part of parachutes. It has since expanded its use to a vast number of uses, including articles of clothing, whip making, and furniture, to name a few. I’ve personally made a
Goliath Grouper Catch and Release
Here is a story of something I would never experience had I not lived here. Makes me happy to be where I am. I went fishing with a friend today, and had a rather unique experience. He happens to work at a local nuclear power plant, and have access to their property, so the two […]
Litter Size Vs. Growth Rate in Rabbits
I raise my rabbits ultimately for meat production. Some of the byproducts are manure, hides, some occasional cash, and therapy from handling them. But the main reason I raise them is for meat. So whenever I would have a small litter born, say 4 or 5 kits (the term for a baby rabbit), I would […]