Males
These are the front and side views of the males. Born 10-11 weeks ago. Sorceress Litter Male #1 Male #2 Male #3 Syren Litter Male #1 Male #2 Male #3
Category Archives: Homesteading
New Trio of Baby Piggies
Some of the females from the grow out pen managed to give birth last night. I am not sure who yet, and my new boar isn’t chasing them down yet. […]
Da Turkeys
Well, if we already are pasture raising ducks, we might as well pasture raise us some thanksgiving turkey right?! So anyways, we picked up three Bourbon Red heritage breed turkeys […]
More Coturnix Hatching
So far, 42 coturnix quail have been hatched and moved to the brooder. More are hatching as we speak. Most of them are pharaoh colored, but I have a handful […]
Cookie’s Litter
Early on July 4, Cookie had three baby guinea pigs. All of them were a cool buff color. With two of them having black on them as well.
Grow Out Time
Well, I added 23 guinea pigs to the grow out pen from the birthing pen. They are about 0.3-0.6 lbs. I also am starting to process the males that are […]
Five for Amythyst
She is one of my favorite pigs, from Charcoals litter last fall. She had two earlier this year who are growing out very well. She had a total of five […]
Another Nine for Magician
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, […]
Babies for Pebbles
On June 26, Pebbles had two babies. They were healthy and happy.
Pop had Babies
And more babies on the Wheeker Acres pen! This lovely trio belongs to Pop, and was born on 6/25
Ducklings! Buff and Khakis
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 […]
New Guinea Pig Babies
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 […]
Syren Kits
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 […]
Finished Processing Magicians Kits
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 […]
Sorceress the Yard Rabbit
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 […]
Toast, Flora, and Chunk had Babies
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 […]
Queste had Kits
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 […]
Fyre Had Kits
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 […]
Darke and her Peanuts
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 […]
It works!!!!
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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