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My New Obsession with Quail
I don’t know WHAT I started, but this week, my quail are averaging about an egg a day! Since I got these guys at auction, I am not 100% sure of their age. But needless to say, I AM OBSESSED with the...
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The Continuing Saga of Monster Chicken: Week 5
What a week! From archery, to canoeing, to agricultural history, it has been a great one! The quail eggs will be arriving some time in the next few days. and I am preparing their new living spaces,...
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Six Weeks of Crazy, and a Saturday to Forget
This week, I got my Sawzall and angle grinder, so I have been tearing up the pallets needed to construct the new quail and guinea pig cages! YAY! I also have to till up some land at the Durham Hub Farm...
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El Monstro is No More: Week 7
Got a WHOLE bunch of work done at the homestead this week! Picked up six free Angora and Lionhead mix rabbits this week for free food, as well as paying $2.50 a piece for 16 4-week old babies, and the...
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The Cold Brooder for 25 chicks
Let me preface this post by saying that I wanted to be a green as possible with this batch of chicks. Since we live in the south east, and it is really hot out for a majority of the summer , I thought...
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New Quail Cage and Overflow Incubator
I love my sloped floor quail cage!!! It is supported by wire, and has a 1″ opening for the egg to roll through. It is 20 inches deep, and 10 inches tall at the front, and 8 inches tall at the back. It...
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Cost of Constructing Quail Cages
The bookshelf was free, so I built the cages to fit into the shelves for support. I bought 1/2″ x 1″ x 30″ welded wire for cage floors. $16.97 for a 10 foot roll, I used four feet for four cages =...
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Finally… A craft studio in the making.
Our last rental house was 1200 square feet with a LOT of wasted space… The new house we bought has a TON of room for me to actually have a proper craft space instead of commandeering the living room....
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Homestead Has a Fence
With three dogs that need agility training, rabbits, and guinea pigs to protect (not to mention future quail and meat chickens)… A secure back yard fence is pretty critical. I tried the DIY approach,...
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Finished Sow Cage
So, I have finally finished the Guinea pig cage! It is for the sows to breed and birth in. It is split into two 16 square foot segments, and is 2 feet high. The outside of it is covered with hardware...
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Rabbits FINALLY Have a Proper Setup
So, i have been REALLY behind with the rabbit setup, what with the fact that I got so many on the bargain. It takes quite a bit of capital to build a rabbit cage, and each rabbit needs its own, unlike...
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Automatic Waterer
I don’t have a ton of time, so it is super important to save it anywhere possible. Filling up individual water bottles is a ton of work, so connecting four waterers to one five gallon bucket saves on...
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Shelters Are Here!
Rabbit winter shelter is here!!!! Time to get building! It is a 12 x 12 foot structure that is 8 feet tall. In it, I can put 3, 12 foot long cages (8 foot and 4 foot) rows, stacked two or three units...
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New Stopgap Rabbit Houses
Well, the roof is added and the three sides of the hutch I don’t need to access is surround in a double thick layer of heavy-duty plastic painters tarp. (I also added this to the guinea pigs to stop...
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Introducing Huey, Duey, and Louey
It is oppressively humid tonight, and I can see lighting flashing across the Western sky. Anyways, I wax poetic from time to time, but things are humming along on the homestead. I managed to get the...
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All the Things…
Why is it that I run out of cages right before I go on a work trip?! I am going to Duluth to present my dissertation research for five days. I love people and being a charismatic scientist, but holy...
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Rabbit Cooling System
The forecast is pretty grim for those of us with small animals. But I went to install a cooling system for my rabbits. They are in the shade and covered, but that doesn’t mean it is super cool. First,...
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Rabbit Racks
After building the cattle panel barn, it was time to devise a rabbit holding system. Without these rabbit racks, we can only hold 14 cages. With it, we can hold 28. Naturally, we want more bang for our...
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New Stopgap Rabbit Houses
Well, the roof is added and the three sides of the hutch I don’t need to access is surround in a double thick layer of heavy-duty plastic painters tarp. (I also added this to the guinea pigs to stop...
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Introducing Huey, Duey, and Louey
It is oppressively humid tonight, and I can see lighting flashing across the Western sky. Anyways, I wax poetic from time to time, but things are humming along on the homestead. I managed to get the...
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