equipment, food preservation, how-to, projects

Repairing an Excalibur 3900 (No Heat)

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I recently had a failure of my Excalibur dehydrator‘s heating element. Since it comes with a 10 year warranty, I had plenty of time left to get it fixed. An email to the company along with my make, model number, and serial number showed I was still under warranty and they started the process of […]

how-to, meat, projects, Quail

Quail Week Day 5 – Processing Quail

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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 […]

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Quail Week Day 4 – Quail Housing

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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 […]

equipment, how-to, projects, Quail

Quail Week Day 3 – Brooders, Water and Feeders

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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 […]

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Quail Week Day 2 – Building and Using an Incubator

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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 […]

equipment, how-to, Planning, projects, Quail, self sufficiency

Quail Week Day 1 – Overview of My Setup And a live Video Feed

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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 […]