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Natural Quail Keeping for Meat and Eggs – Epi-3545

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Today we are joined by Heather Smith to discuss how she is raising quail in a natural on the ground manner along with “edible landscaping” right smack in the middle of a blue hair HOA. If she can do this, you can too! Tune in to find out how. Heather is a dedicated listener to the TSPC and has used the show as a motivation to get serious about homesteading her .05 acre suburban property.  This led her to Jack’s magnum opus on quail and into the world of natural or on the ground quail keeping. Heather and her three-year-old … Continue reading →

Getting Started with Quail for Meat & Eggs – Epi-3140

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In my recent talk with Ken Berry about home meat/egg production the subject of quail came up.  It may be the easiest and fastest way into production for the largest number of people.  Eggs hatch in 18 days, young meat birds are ready for harvest in 6 weeks, new layers start laying in 7 weeks.  You can breed your own replacements.  It can all be done in a back yard or even a garage.  Today we talk about how to maximize this highly over looked aspect of home meat production. Join Me Today to Discuss… Why the quail for meat … Continue reading →

Redneck Venison Pho and New Aquatic System Drains

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Couple videos we did over the weekend.  First is what we call Redneck Pho (pho is pronounced fuh) this version is made with venison and quail.  Most of the time I actually do the broth for about 3-4 hours longer, chill over night in the fridge and remove any hardened fat/tallow from the top.  Then use the broth for Redneck Pho or other things.  But for the sake of this video I condensed it into one process. Items mentioned in this video Items mentioned in this video are Red Yeti Shears  and the Stock Sock ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Next up some … Continue reading →

Episode-1717- Quail Keeping Q&A Edition

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So I had anohter one of my little ideas for an easy show.  Ask me about quail and I will do what I can to answer them.  Figured a dozen questions might come in, well um yea.  The Regenerative Ag Group on Facebook alone has PAGES of questions on this. Frankly this makes the Three Hours of Q&A I did on ciders and meads look like a walk in the park!  But I will do my best. To make this even doable, here is what I decided to do.  There is no way to go though them in real time … Continue reading →

Episode-1071- Raising Quail for Eggs and Meat with MoonvalleyPrepper

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MonvalleyPrepper (aka Brad Davies) is a long time member of the TSP audience and community.  A few months ago he chimed in on a comments thread  here at the TSP Blog about raising quail  When I heard the shear volume of production in such a tiny foot print I knew I had to get him on the air. It got better though!  Next, I heard he lived in the suburbs, had neighbors on either side.  That inspire of that he was able to produce in the range of 20,000 eggs a year and hundreds of meat animals.  Now get this … Continue reading →

Episode-765- Useful Small Animals for the Homestead

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Okay there is a lot of gloom and doom out there and to be honest some of the crap is really hitting the fan right now.  It will be necessary for me to delve into that world more and more in the coming months/years but I still want to keep some positive and fun stuff coming as well. Hence today we are going to focus on homesteading and animals that can feed us, protect our property or provide us with other benefits.  The list we will cover today includes some “traditional small livestock”, some wild game and some other stuff … Continue reading →