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Monthly Archives: April 2015

Eight Kits for Sorceress

April 30, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

After her disastrous loss of all her kits a little over a month ago, Sorceress had eight healthy kits in her new nestbox on 4/29. At least one of them […]

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Homesteading, Rabbits

Ruby has Babies

April 29, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

Last October, Pebbles and Ron had a little girl, Ruby. And on 4/20/15, she had her first litter of two baby pigs. She is doing very well. They are both […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Fyre had bunny babies

April 28, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

Fyre delivered nine babies on Friday, April 24. Sadly, I interrupted her, and she lost one of them because she didn’t clean off the nose of the baby. But eight […]

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Homesteading, Rabbits

Bobwhite Quail Eggs in Incubation

April 27, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

After experiencing success with free range ducks, and a successful coturnix quail hatch, I decided to get back into the game bird business. I installed my quail rails into my […]

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Eggs, Incubation, Quail

Pop had Babies

April 26, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

For her second litter, little Miss Pop, daughter of Cassius and Brutus, had a litter if three tiny, black, orange and white babies. This guy broke out of the nursery […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Darke had Bunny Babies

April 25, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

Darke was on her last chance. She had not had a successful litter in the six months I have been trying. I upped her food and added fodder into her […]

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Homesteading, Rabbits

Guinea Pigs Moved Outside

April 24, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

There were over 60 guinea pigs in the indoor pen, so since the weather is nice, and I need to convert that area into a brooder box for my future […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Buffy had Babies

April 23, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

Buffy had three babies early Friday morning. There is a solid white baby Piggie. Another baby Piggie has a black face with a blaze, and an orange butt. But, by […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Poor Queste

April 22, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

So, Queste was the female I took out of the cage because she refused to lift for any of my males. It has been a little over a month. Before […]

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Homesteading, Rabbits

Gris had a Baby

April 21, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

One solid grey baby born on 4/18 by Gris. It was a first for her, and everything is going very well. It isn’t a color I have yet.

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Butters had Babies

April 20, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

The last week of her pregnancy, Butters was so fat that she couldn’t get into the smaller Guinea pig homes without squeezing in. And it was worth it, as Thursday […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Hatched Quail and Hatching Ducks

April 19, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

Well, the quail hatched a day early (Friday, 4/17) meaning my temp is just a wee bit too high. I have a variety of colors and sets, a Texas A&M, […]

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Ducks, Eggs, Homesteading, Incubation, Quail

Merryweather Had Babies

April 18, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

On April 16, Merryweather, the sister of Fauna, had three little babies. It was the week after her sister delivered. One of them is variegated like the father, Black and […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Brimstone Had Rabbit Babies

April 17, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

A little over a month ago, I got a black doe I named Brimstone. Well, on 4/16/15, I came home from work to the worlds neatest nestbox, and 10 wriggling […]

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Homesteading, Rabbits

Cucumbers are In!

April 16, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

The lawn mowers are at it again! Doing an amazing job keeping the weeds and grass down! There are ten adults and three babies in this pen right now, and […]

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Cucumbers, Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Eleven New Guinea Pig Babies

April 15, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

There were several guinea pigs that gave birth yesterday in the back pen. Eleven babies were born, but four of them were born dead, most likely came too fast for […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

General Homestead Update

April 14, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

It has been pretty quiet on the homestead. There have been no new babies born since Saturday, even though Butters the guinea pig looks like she will pop any minute. […]

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Agronomy, Ducks, Eggs, Guinea Pigs, Homesteading, kale, Potatoes, Rabbits

Raspberry had Babies

April 12, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

Friday night, Raspberry had babies. She is a good producer, and I totally accidentally walked in on her cutting off the umbilical cord of the last one. There were three […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Flora Had Babies

April 11, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

Yesterday afternoon, when i got back from a horrible agility trial, I came home to a new set of babies from Flora. I got her in December, and this is […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Chunk had Babies

April 10, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

I am going to be up to my ears in guinea pig babies soon! Yay! And so many pretty ones! They were well worth the wait. After a month of […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

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