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Enter the Dragon

April 21, 2016by dirtartful Leave a comment

I traded Fyre to another AmChin breeder for this lovely girl. By far the best quality. Another dual pedigree girl who actually has a set of shoulders on her! Unlike […]

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American Chinchilla, heritage breed, Homesteading, Rabbits

A Fyre Misfire

April 7, 2016by dirtartful Leave a comment

Well, she had a total of seven babies, but she had them all on the wire. Not too bad for a first time though, hopefully she gets better! She is […]

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American Chinchilla, Homesteading, Rabbits

A Post Easter Miracle: Magician

March 29, 2016by dirtartful Leave a comment

I thought Magician was at the end of her breeding cycle. Her litters went from 8-10, down to six, to three. She is nearing four years of age, and this […]

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Homesteading, Rabbits

Easter Litter Syren x Sandrider

March 27, 2016by dirtartful Leave a comment

This is the third pairing of my pedigreed buck, Sandrider, and my most consistent AmChin, Syren. There is a healthy litter of 8 baby kits born around midday on Easter. […]

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American Chinchilla, Homesteading, Rabbits

An Experiment in Tanning

March 26, 2016by dirtartful 1 Comment

Well, I have been doing a lot of rabbit processing throughout the last year, and have been holding onto the skins. Mostly junior pelts, less quality than older animals, but […]

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American Blue, American Chinchilla, Homesteading, Rabbits, Tanning

SY5 Tattooing

March 24, 2016by dirtartful Leave a comment

This is the second litter from Sandrider and Syren. I already sold two rabbits, a doe and a buck. There are three remaining bucks, SY51, SY53, and SY55. This is […]

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American Chinchilla, Homesteading, Rabbits

Brat x Buckbeak

March 23, 2016by dirtartful Leave a comment

My American Blue doe Brat had her very first litter of babies with our resident Buckbeak! There are 10 wiggly kits that are placed in an immaculate nest full of […]

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American Blue, Homesteading, Rabbits

Granain x Sandrider

March 22, 2016by dirtartful Leave a comment

I am really excited to announce the very first litter of my Granain! She is from the magical horses litter (I kept Thestral as well) out of Magician and Warlock. […]

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American Chinchilla, Homesteading, Rabbits

Quackquaponics

March 13, 2016by dirtartful Leave a comment

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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Ducks, Eggs, Farmers Market, Grow Beds, Homesteading, Khaki Campbell, Pond, Poultry, Quackquaponics

Thestral x Buckbeak

March 12, 2016by dirtartful Leave a comment

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 […]

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Homesteading, Rabbits

Magyk x Sandrider Litter

March 11, 2016by dirtartful Leave a comment

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. […]

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American Chinchilla, Homesteading, Rabbits

Rabbit Channa Masala – For Canning

March 7, 2016by dirtartful Leave a comment

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 […]

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Canning, Homesteading, Rabbits, Recipies

Bottle Babies

March 3, 2016by dirtartful Leave a comment

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 […]

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Homesteading, sheep

American Chinchilla Update

March 2, 2016by dirtartful Leave a comment

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 […]

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American Chinchilla, Homesteading, Rabbits

Mr. Mustard Failed Again

February 23, 2016by dirtartful Leave a comment

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 […]

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American Blue, Homesteading, Rabbits

Bun x Buckbeak

February 21, 2016by dirtartful Leave a comment

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 […]

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American Blue, Homesteading, Rabbits

Flyte x Sandrider

February 20, 2016by dirtartful Leave a comment

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. […]

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American Chinchilla, Homesteading, Rabbits

Pythons First Litter

February 19, 2016by dirtartful Leave a comment

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 […]

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Breeding, Homesteading, Rabbits

Fun with Color Genetics 2: Profiling Magician

February 12, 2016by dirtartful 1 Comment

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 […]

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Coloration, Genetics, Homesteading, Rabbits, Uncategorized

Fun with Color Genetics: Profiling my Buck

February 11, 2016by dirtartful 2 Comments

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, […]

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Coloration, Genetics, Homesteading, Rabbits, Uncategorized

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