American Chinchilla Breeding Line
After some major scouting on Craigslist, I was able to find a rare breed of rabbits that I liked. Everyone here grows Californian and New Zealand. Boring white rabbits. They […]
Category Archives: Homesteading
New Digs and New Does!
After the unceremonious end to my last rabbitry (needed to liquidate stock after the landlord flipped out, even though we weren’t violating any city codes or laws). We officially have […]
Germinating Pumpkins!
Well… The awesome pictures that I got from the installation of PRS nutrient probes (more on these later) and nutrient sampling with my interns Karyn and Bella went into the […]
Baby Pictures and an Evil Preditor
Well, I woke up Saturaday morning, and all of my breeding female quails in growout were missing. All that was left was feathers, and a single wing. Whatever ate them […]
Welcome Max and Ruby
Why yes, I do realize that I am m0ving in 12 days… yet for some reason, I couldn’t resist these two guinea pigs on craigslist. Something about their coloration (roan) […]
More new Babies!
I had a hunch that Cassius was pregnant. I came home today with fresh zucchini and corn husks, and saw that she was much skinnier! I looked in the little […]
Homesteading is Mocking Me
There has been a lot of upheaval on the homestead as of late… What with the buying of a house (long story, and no, I wasn’t breaking any city codes […]
The last set of New babies
Some time early this morning, Brownie had her litter of pups. There were five in it… However, two of them had their guts eaten out, and one of these eaten […]
More New Babies!
Late afternoon today, both Cookie and Charcoal gave birth. There was a total of 8 babies! Sadly, only 3 of them lived. Based on where they were grouped, both girls […]
New Babies!
Well, the first set of Guinea Pig babies are here! Crème Puff had three babies (one died shortly after being born). The remaining two have their fathers rosettes. One is […]
Another Weekly Update: Week 1 for Baby Chicks
I realize it has been FOREVER since I have done a weekly update. I have been moving a lot of stuff around, cleaning things, etc. I have also been really […]
The Cold Brooder for 25 chicks
Let me preface this post by saying that I wanted to be a green as possible with this batch of chicks. Since we live in the south east, and it […]
Two New Guinea Pigs
I picked up two 7-8 month old sisters, Summer and Autumn. Free off craigslist. They are lovely brown and orange. One of them has smooth hair, and the other has […]
The New Babies are Here!!!
How many urban post offices get chickens sent to them? Walk up to the counter and say “we have the noisy box”. They laugh, and bring us our chicks. Open […]
A new workbench!
Craigslist is amazing! I found a free 4′ x 8′ workbench out of MDF board. This means that I don’t have to build cages and electronics on my living room […]
More Guinea Pigs and a Rex
Craigslist was good to me again. I got another free guinea pig cage, that also had two free hamster cages (aquariums) that I can use for my quail babies!!! Both […]
A Pregnant Doe
So, i got a free pregnant doe (she thinks) off craigslist. She was bred to a male lionhead previously, and had 5 kits. The person I got her from said […]
Two New Guinea Pigs
I really got these two girls so I could get their cage… They are my favorite ones for giving the pigs exercise outdoors, and having another is exactly what I […]
The Clarjo Rabbitry
I spent a ton of time in the last week and a half setting up my rabbit operation… Including cage building ( I love wire and J clips), grow out […]
And the Incubator is Up!
After the first week of temperature failures in my incubator, (since the temp and humidity stabilized again after four days), I decided to make a better incubation unit. After a […]
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