Agreed.
I always have a garden. Planted large addition to our orchard 2 years ago. Have blackberry bushes and strawberry plot.
We are in the planting seed business and have on farm grain storage and cleaning facility. I am always looking at something new to try in our dry climate. Have a couple on the plan for next spring.
We have not had chickens since I was a child. Threatened to add them last year, but wife nixed. We will have them this time. I like quail and they are scarce here now. The drought has really hurt the quail population. I am not sure that it is worth the effort for domesticated quail. Normally we have enough wild population on our land. Also deer, wild turkey and wild hogs.
I am not a prepper, but have some of the traits. We have a building at the farm set up to process meat. Walk-in box, commercial butchers band saw, meat slicer and Hobart sausage mill. Also a brick pit to smoke link sausage in. I know the ropes about that.
But your suggestions are warranted. The alarm bells are going off all over the place with the re-election of Obozo. The Middle East will soon be in total chaos. They know the US is not a threat with Obozo at the helm.
God protect Israel, the US and Texas.
God Bless your family and mine.
Think we shall see what we are really made of soon.
I mentioned the quail because the “gardening show” (survivalpodcast.com) that I listen to has an interview coming up in January regarding quail.
The upshot is that they require very little space and inputs and have a very high meat production output for the amount of feed given to them.
Definitely do the chickens - I look at the amount of compost / wasted food our family generates and see “chicken food”. Eggs from garbage? Great trade.