In survival training, many instructors refer to the “Rule of Threes”. Here they are, as taught to me by Hank, of Green Earth Survival School:
Category: Quail
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 […]
Five Reasons I Grow My Own Food
I’d like to go over my five reasons I try to grow my own food, or at least as much food as I am able to squeeze into my already hectic life. It all started when one of my daughters was 5 years old, we noticed she was developing girly parts significantly faster than we […]
The Value of Backyard Protein
I’ve often been asked what price I’d charge for the rabbits, quail, ducks, or chickens I raised in my backyard. I’ve done some rough estimations on what I have invested in each animal, but the number of variables staggers me. Do I include electricity used to pump the water for the automatic waterers?Should I put […]
Harvesting Quail
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What I’m Doing Today to Prepare for a Failing Government
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Back At It
Today’s article was brought to you by the fine folks over at Reef-Hunter.com. Go check out their great line of custom apparel, and tell them FloridaHillbilly sent you! (click to open a new page) As much as I needed to step away from FHB, the longer I stayed away, the harder it became to NOT […]
Problems with Automated Systems
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Urban Predation – Snakes
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Building a Simple Quail Cage
Today’s article was brought to you by the fine folks over at Reef-Hunter.com. Go check out their great line of custom apparel, and tell them FloridaHillbilly sent you! (click to open a new page) Raising backyard Quail seem to be the flavor of the day. While I’ve been raising them for several years, lately, word […]