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Monthly Archives: October 2014

New Guinea Pig Diet

October 31, 2014by dirtartful Leave a comment

Part of designing sustainable agricultural food systems is to test out the best ways to raise your livestock for the least amount of money. I have pellets freely available for […]

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Feeding Trial, Guinea Pigs, Homesteading, Spent Grain, Sustainability

He Didn’t Make It

October 28, 2014by dirtartful 1 Comment

Well, poor little sick guinea pig was fine when I left for work. Upright, moving a bit. But, by the time I got home, there was no trace of him […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Last Set of Guinea Pig Babies: Cassius

October 28, 2014by dirtartful 4 Comments

Well, this morning I moved Alchymyst to a temporary cage with a nesting box, as her and Magician were hormonal as all get out! While I was out, I got […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading, Rabbits

Why are there never enough cages?

October 28, 2014by dirtartful 3 Comments

I leave on Saturday morning at 7 AM to go to Long Beach, CA for the Soil Science Society for America meeting (so excited, many things that I planned and […]

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Eggs, Guinea Pigs, Homesteading, Incubation, Quail, Rabbits

Lost My First Guinea Pig in Labor

October 27, 2014by dirtartful Leave a comment

Last night, I noticed that Albie was in labor. Her back was hunched and she was grunting. Usually, labor takes an hour maximum. Three hours later, she was still in […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Closer to Being Legit

October 25, 2014by dirtartful 5 Comments

Well, I got my tuition refund, so it is about time to buy some much needed supplies for the rabbitry. I have a bunch of rabbits coming due, and needed […]

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Homesteading, Rabbits

The Sorting Hat of Guinea Pigs

October 23, 2014by dirtartful Leave a comment

I really love my guinea pig farming experiment. Today, it is the once monthly sort,  in which young males get moved to the male cage (they have fertility after 3 weeks!), […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading, Processing

Cinnamon had Babies

October 22, 2014by dirtartful Leave a comment

We are just raining in Ron’s babies right now! Cinnamon had a total of four, but one of them was twice the size and didn’t survive the birth. The other […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Charcoal had Babies!

October 21, 2014by dirtartful Leave a comment

What is it with Charcoal (who is black with a bit of white markings) and producing gorgeous babies! In her last set, she had Coco, an amazing brown creature. I […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Butters Had Babies!

October 19, 2014by dirtartful Leave a comment

Yesterday, I lost one of the two piggies that got super wet. It was the one that still had slight breath crackling. It was fine outside for a little while, […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Bring on the Ark!

October 16, 2014by dirtartful Leave a comment

It rained a lot yesterday, but when I checked the pigs in the back yard last night, the ground was fairly dry in the pen. I put in some straw […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

A Cure for Mites?

October 15, 2014by dirtartful Leave a comment

So, my dearest Fluffy Guinea pig ended up with mites from the immune system stress caused by getting attacked by Ron. He was crying in pain all the time, and […]

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First Aid, Girl Scouts, Homesteading

Pebbles had Babies

October 14, 2014by dirtartful Leave a comment

Well, the fun part about breeding guinea pigs together happens to come from exactly what type of coat and colors you will get. Remember the long haired guinea pig that […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Creme Puff had babies!

October 13, 2014by dirtartful Leave a comment

Creme Puff is a smaller pig than most… So generally, she only has two babies. But these guys are American and Abyssinian crosses, and they are a magnificent burgundy color  […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Tricked Out Quail!

October 11, 2014by dirtartful Leave a comment

Quail need 14 hours of daylight to lay through the winter… And usually stop laying in October. I, however, want fresh eggs year round for incubation and eating. Nummy! So, […]

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Eggs, Quail

A STEM Podcast Featuring Me!

October 10, 2014by dirtartful Leave a comment

So, a few weeks ago, I was interviewed for a Women in STEM podcast, talking about my love for soil science, my Citizen Science Program, and the various people that […]

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Soil, Update

Soil Texture Teaching Kit

October 9, 2014by dirtartful Leave a comment

I do a lot of workshops with youth on weekends (including my Citizen Science programs). Most of these workshops involve teaching about the 12 different soil textures, which are made […]

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Agronomy, Citizen Science, Girl Scouts, Soil

Graphic Guinea Pigs

October 8, 2014by dirtartful 3 Comments

I spent the night last nigh resorting my guinea pigs. Since all of the females that I got from VA had their babies, it was time to rebreed. One of […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading, Problems

Bobwhites Hatch!

October 5, 2014by dirtartful Leave a comment

And 23 days ago, my friend Lana gave me some of her Bobwhite quail eggs (10 of them). So far, 3 hatched right on time. I won’t open the incubator […]

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Eggs, Incubation, Quail

Baby Piggies and a Miscarriage

October 4, 2014by dirtartful Leave a comment

Once again… The doctorate student falls off the face of the earth, as she is cranking out faculty applications, organizing a communications in science workshop, and trying to get ready […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

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