New Guinea Pig Diet
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 […]
Monthly Archives: October 2014
He Didn’t Make It
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 […]
Last Set of Guinea Pig Babies: Cassius
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 […]
Why are there never enough cages?
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 […]
Lost My First Guinea Pig in Labor
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 […]
Closer to Being Legit
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 […]
The Sorting Hat of Guinea Pigs
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!), […]
Cinnamon had Babies
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 […]
Charcoal had Babies!
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 […]
Butters Had Babies!
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, […]
Bring on the Ark!
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 […]
A Cure for Mites?
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 […]
Pebbles had Babies
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 […]
Creme Puff had babies!
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 […]
Tricked Out Quail!
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, […]
A STEM Podcast Featuring Me!
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 […]
Soil Texture Teaching Kit
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 […]
Graphic Guinea Pigs
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 […]
Bobwhites Hatch!
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 […]
Baby Piggies and a Miscarriage
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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