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Monthly Archives: June 2015

Another Nine for Magician

June 30, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

What an amazing rabbit! She is amazingly productive. Even with the heat, she managed to kindle a litter of nine last Saturday. I really wish she was a bit bigger, […]

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Homesteading, Rabbits

Babies for Pebbles

June 27, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

On June 26, Pebbles had two babies. They were healthy and happy.

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Pop had Babies

June 26, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

And more babies on the Wheeker Acres pen! This lovely trio belongs to Pop, and was born on 6/25

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Ducklings! Buff and Khakis

June 25, 2015by dirtartful 1 Comment

I got my new dual purpose heritage breed ducklings, the Buff duck. They are good for meat (take 12 weeks instead of 8-9 weeks for the Pekins), and lay a […]

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Ducks, Eggs, Homesteading

New Guinea Pig Babies

June 24, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

Burgundy, Butters, and Mandarin had babies this week. In the record heat! Poor Butters, had four, but they were early, and only one is running around. Four others were lost […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Syren Kits

June 23, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

Syren had six kits this morning. My litters are low in size, and I hope that is heat related. Or I didn’t wean their last kits fast enough, or they […]

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Homesteading, Rabbits

Finished Processing Magicians Kits

June 22, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

I have a repeat customer with an exceedingly large snake. So, he wanted one processed rabbit and four whole prey rabbits. Two weeks ago, I processed the first half of […]

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Homesteading, Processing, Rabbits

Sorceress the Yard Rabbit

June 21, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

Our rabbit assembly came crashing to the ground and one of the cages broke open and Sorceress and seven of her kits escaped. I got all but one kit, who […]

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Homesteading, Rabbits

Toast, Flora, and Chunk had Babies

June 20, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

This was Toast’s first litter, with two tiny babies born while I was in Duluth. The are cute, and small, and happily running around. Chunk had four babies. Two of […]

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Guinea Pigs, Heat, Homesteading

Queste had Kits

June 19, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

Well, my yard rabbit Queste was gathering up nesting materials pretty frantically Monday night, and by Tuesday morning, she had a litter of four! Purebred American Chinchillas. It hasn’t rained […]

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Homesteading, Rabbits

Fyre Had Kits

June 18, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

I witnessed her give birth to the second kit. She too had some of her babies on the wire, and in the morning of 6/16, I gathered up those that […]

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Homesteading, Rabbits

Darke and her Peanuts

June 17, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

I nearly lost Darke to heat stroke on Sunday afternoon. She was trying to prepare her nestbox, and seized up. I managed to grab her and get her into the […]

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Homesteading, Rabbits

It works!!!!

June 16, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

and after 10 minutes, the burlap is wet, and the rabbits are relaxed and frisking around. I have it set up so the excess water drips into the duck pond. […]

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Heat, Homesteading, Rabbits

Rabbit Cooling System

June 15, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

The forecast is pretty grim for those of us with small animals. But I went to install a cooling system for my rabbits. They are in the shade and covered, […]

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Construction, Heat, Homesteading, Rabbits

Some Days, You Feel Like Giving Up

June 14, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

Over the month of June the temperatures rise from 83°F to 88°F.  Rabbits hate heat, but these temps aren’t awful. The bucks go sterile anyways. So, I didn’t feel guilty breeding back in […]

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Guinea Pigs, Heat, Homesteading, Rabbits, Update

New Back Pen Piggies

June 13, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

Another one of Raspberry’s January babies (Snozberry), had babies, as well as a few others. I also removed five piggies (2 girls and a 3 boys) to the grow out […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Almost Lost Cocoa

June 12, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

I thought I was going to lose Cocoa last night. She had five babies, things went badly. Four still had their amniotic sacs attached, and she was oozing blood for […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Brimstone Kits

June 11, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

I don’t know if it is the heat, or the fact I bred back to back, but after successfully raising a litter of 10 kits, she had 6 kits. At […]

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Homesteading, Rabbits

Flyte’s Litter

June 9, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

On 6/7, Flyte the American Chinchilla Rabbit had a litter of seven kits. This may be the last litter for her for the summer, as it is hot out, and […]

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Homesteading, Rabbits

Grapelets

June 8, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

I never really thought Grape would be a productive mother, yet on 6/6, she had four or five babies (it was dark, so I am not sure if the black […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

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