A White Piggie had Babies
I can’t tell these durned white adults apart! I brought this Piggie in last week, and Sunday morning, she gave birth to two white babies. This puts my white baby […]
Monthly Archives: March 2015
Cassius had Babies
There were three births over the weekend in my nursery. Cassius gave birth while I was in West Virginia at a dog show. She had four babies Saturday, but lost […]
Abby had Babies
On March 26, I came home from work and Abby had four babies. Now, Abby is my albino Abyssinian, and has a good track record of producing large litters, and […]
The Soils Dress: Part 3
One layer looked really good, but we decided to add more volume. For the batchelorette party, Sam, Courtney, Kristin, and I got together and went to Durham scrap exchange to […]
The Soils Dress: Part 2
I visited the Durham Scrap exchange and got some fabrics that would match and compliment with the soil dyed colors. Since the panels are white, I used a maroon color […]
The Soils Dress: Part 1
I wanted to totally customise my pi day wedding dress and make it myself. So I decided on a tattered skirt style, which would keep the cost low, and allow […]
Incubation On!
I am getting on average of 3+ duck eggs a day out of my Khaki Campbell’s. So, after a week, all 24 eggs that I have gathered are ready to […]
Blackberry had Babies
Imagine my surprise when I go out and feed everything this morning, to find a single baby crawling around out in the back pen! I hate singles, because full term […]
Magician Had Babies
So, on my way back from my agility trial this weekend, I get a call that Magician had some bunny babies. I tried for several days to breed her, and […]
ComSciCon Day 2
We are at the North Carolina Museum of Science in their brand new wing for our second day of the triangle science communication workshop. To start out our morning, we […]
Peaches Baby Sort
About a month ago, Peaches dropped two pure white piggies. At weaning, one weighs 0.39 lbs, and the other is 0.32 lbs. I totally forgot to sex them… But unless […]
Waffles finally Popped!
Man, it felt like a gajillion years that Waffles was pregnant. It is her first litter, and she did not disappoint! Three babies. However, one of them had a part […]
Epic Wedding Present: Herding Ducks
I love taking my dogs Banjo and Pocosin herding. But, we can’t practice sheep every day, because we don’t live on a farm that has them. Ducks are a viable […]
My New Doe: Brimstone
Went to the wicked chicken auction and wound up getting this black rabbit for $8. She turned out to be a doe (in heat). Since she is a little big […]
Charcoal had a Ginger Baby
Once again, Charcoal doesn’t disappoint in the color department! Last night, 3/15 (the Ides of March), out popped a MASSIVE 0.27 lb Piggie (this is almost weaning weight). She looks […]
My Screw Up
I failed at palpating. When I felt Sorceress two weeks ago, I thought there could have been something, but then bred her back to Buck. Last Thursday, Sorceress was gathering […]
Krinkle’s Friday the 13th Piggies!
I came home last night from dinner with the family to find that Krinkle had popped out three babies on Friday the 13th. One of them was huge, and died […]
Fresca Baby Sort
Well, after three weeks, Fresca’s two babies are only half the size of all other weaned pigs. Even though there is a male and a female, both of these will […]
Creme Baby Sort
Creme had two piggies, a boy (at 0.44 lbs), and a girl at 0.48 lbs. She is back outside in the backyard pen, and looks to be pregnant again.
New Male Breeding Piggies
Well, I hate white piggies, so I need to get rid of my white Himalayan boar. So, I grabbed these two guys off craigslist. Both were in AMAZING shape for […]
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