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so feed vs. meat ratio would quail or cornish be a better option? cornish would be bought as chicks (I don't want to own that big of adult chicken, while quail I could breed and not need to buy new stock. What breed of quail? and at what age can they be butchered. Also they eat the same feed...

I have 1/4 acer total. half is front yard half is back. plus much may be taken up by gardening. I already have chickens and ducks and am looking at quail. Wasn't sure what else I could get away with.

Love it... that kinda what I'm looking to do....

We have raised tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and such... is their any plants that we could use in landcaping that would look both decrotive plus give us stuff to nibble on? I am adding strawberries and rasberries, but I am thinking of taking the flowers out and replacing them with something...

I figured chickens of course, quail, and rabbit... anything else??

I feed my family of 3 at mcdonalds for $3.50.... I bought two Mc doubles... and a small order of fries. We get home and I take 2 buns out and seperate the sandwiches... walla 4 hamburgers!! I do this about 1 a week.

thanks for everyones reply... Yep, I'm gonna go with 2 weeks worth... and will be working on going threw their closets the next few days. ------------------------------------------ But I did add to the question with another thing that bothers me.... All the toys toys toys.... We do have more...

I have two sons... 18 months and 4 years... and EVERYONE gives us clothes... Not complaining but our kids have more clothes than they will ever wear. I want to downsize.... but am unsure... how many outfits do they need... how many of what?? Any help will be greatly apprechated.

I'm mainley looking for a new hobby. used to do taxidermy, but am know looking for a cleaner hobby. Always loved crafts. Was thinking of designing my own curtins and I went to hancock fabrics and saw alot of neat things, didn't realize that you could make you own clothes, but they had tons of...

I have never used a sewing machine, but am thinking of borrowing one from my mom to learn from... But she really dosen't have time to teach me. What steps should I take to learn how to make my own clothes? Is it easy enough to self teach? Any books I should get?? steps I should take.. anything...

Wow it has been a little bit since I visited, I did a bit of research, but hadn't made it that far in... been... um.... busyish on the chicken forum.... haven't read all the posts but promise I will.:hide So far I found out that: The US Dept. Of Agriculture estimates that the average person in...

:frow Need to figure out How much land goes into feeding each person every year? "hobby Farmers" typically use more land per animal than factory farmers, How much more land would we need to use if animals were raised more humanely? Any random Facts, links, etc. to help me figure this out will...

thank you all. My brother went into the military so he lent me his cullagin filter thig. it only does one pint at a time, but while my hubbys away I fill it up and fill up the plastic bottles we have. he hasn't said anything yet. I couldn't taste the metal taste anymore myself. I will try some...

every year my husband grows a garden, mostly tomatoes, peppers, watermelon pumpkin and a few other odd and end plants. We normally buy the plants already started by a nursery, but this year I would like to start the plants from scratch by ourselves. I am tempted to go out and purchuse the little...

....Sorry question...... Is there any table scrape type foods you can feed to chickens, ducks and geese to supplement their diet???? Thanks. .....answer...... I use a mix of store bought feeders and old tupperware type containers. The store bought ones actually seem to be more work.

Well My husband and I are just starting out trying to be "fugal" so I'm trying to figure out how to elimanate some of the biggest expenses. I already made a big step by quitting smoking <yeah me.> We started using the bus for shuttling our children to and from school. But now I got to start...