Quackquaponics
Ducks are very messy. But totally worth it for year round egg laying. And we are now selling at the farmers market with a co-op of 16 other farmers, so […]
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Thestral x Buckbeak
The daughter of Magician… This is her third litter, with the second being a miscarriage and the first freezing to death. So, her litter of five was born in a […]
Magyk x Sandrider Litter
Announcing the arrival of my very first pedigreed American Chinchilla litter! I thought that Magyk had a fertility problem. She was over a year of age, and hadn’t yet conceived. […]
Rabbit Channa Masala – For Canning
I love Indian food! And I wanted a recipe that I could grab and go. Enter Channa masala! Usually a vegetarian recipe, I added rabbit that I had laying around […]
Bottle Babies
Bottle babies. I am feeding three bottle babies for my friend Claire. They were born on Valentine’s day. This is to gain experience with bottle babies in case we need […]
American Chinchilla Update
Well, I am keeping my fingers crossed that Magyk is pregnant. My pedigreed doe has had three attempts. Each time she gets closer. It is Day 22, and it isn’t […]
Targeted by the City Government
So, we chose to move to our city, Creedmoor, NC, because they had no animal restrictions. (Except no pigs). Working as a farm is difficult under most circumstances; however, we […]
Eggs out the ears!
So, between my khaki Campbell adults (4), the juveniles that hatched in July (2), the Buff orpington females (2), and the pekin females born in June (4), I am finding […]
Mr. Mustard Failed Again
Well, I brought Mr. Mustard onto the porch… So I could hopefully gather her kits if she had them outside of the nest box. This was her third litter, and […]
Bun x Buckbeak
I am very excited that my American Blue doe Bun had a litter with Buckbeak last night. Eight wiggly little kits that will be ready in time for easter! This […]
Flyte x Sandrider
She is such an amazing mother! But she hadn’t had a litter since July. She had lost a lot of weight since then, and needed to get back into condition. […]
Pythons First Litter
We had somebody knock on our door and hand us a doe rabbit they couldn’t care for anymore. She is a small girl, only about 4 lbs, and a pretty […]
Fun with Color Genetics 4: Warlock the Buck
Here goes nothing! This is the the fourth installment of color genetics, starting with my other buck Buckbeak. I wanted to try and predict what color his kits will be […]
Color Results: What Can I Expect?
Looking only at Sorceress and Magician, both being bred to Buckbeak, what can I expect? (Not looking at the C and E gene for now, as that brings the possibile […]
Fun with Color Genetics 3: Profiling Sorceress
Well, this will hopefully be the last installment in finding out what the genetics are found in Buckbeak. In the second post, where we looked at his offspring from Magician, […]
Fun with Color Genetics 2: Profiling Magician
This is the second series trying to profile the color genetics of my rabbits. As I pointed out in Part 1, Magician and Buckbeak wound up with a broken yellow […]
Fun with Color Genetics: Profiling my Buck
Bring out the inner nerd! So, I am not one who cares much about coloration on my babies, so long as they are healthy and edible. Because of the complexities, […]
Soil and Art
Well, it has been awhile since I updated the Soils4Teachers website, since I have been really busy with this whole farm loan, and planning out the Post Dissertation Plans. However, […]
Laying out a Target Marketing Plan
Fingers crossed that we get a real farm… and if we do, we are hoping that it will be near the Charlotte, NC metro area (the red star). This project […]
It’s Magicians Turn!
Magician bred to Buckbeak, like Sorceress, and had a litter on 2/5/16. She started, building a nest right away on Monday, and didn’t have kits until Friday. Only 3 kits […]
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