Enter the Dragon
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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A Fyre Misfire
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 […]
A Post Easter Miracle: Magician
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 […]
Easter Litter Syren x Sandrider
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. […]
An Experiment in Tanning
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 […]
SY5 Tattooing
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 […]
Brat x Buckbeak
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 […]
Granain x Sandrider
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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, […]
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