Rabbit Cooling System
The forecast is pretty grim for those of us with small animals. But I went to install a cooling system for my rabbits. They are in the shade and covered, […]
Category Archives: Homesteading
Some Days, You Feel Like Giving Up
Over the month of June the temperatures rise from 83°F to 88°F. Rabbits hate heat, but these temps aren’t awful. The bucks go sterile anyways. So, I didn’t feel guilty breeding back in […]
New Back Pen Piggies
Another one of Raspberry’s January babies (Snozberry), had babies, as well as a few others. I also removed five piggies (2 girls and a 3 boys) to the grow out […]
Almost Lost Cocoa
I thought I was going to lose Cocoa last night. She had five babies, things went badly. Four still had their amniotic sacs attached, and she was oozing blood for […]
Brimstone Kits
I don’t know if it is the heat, or the fact I bred back to back, but after successfully raising a litter of 10 kits, she had 6 kits. At […]
Flyte’s Litter
On 6/7, Flyte the American Chinchilla Rabbit had a litter of seven kits. This may be the last litter for her for the summer, as it is hot out, and […]
Grapelets
I never really thought Grape would be a productive mother, yet on 6/6, she had four or five babies (it was dark, so I am not sure if the black […]
Processing Day
I got an order of raw pet food that I needed to fill. 10 lbs worth of duck, and 10 lbs worth of rabbit (one whole prey). Magicians kits were […]
Jelly had Four!
And another white Guinea pig gave birth to a healthy litter of four on June 4! There are two brown and red piggies, and two brown and tan piggies. They […]
Lisa’s Babies and Piggie Woes
This morning, I was received a treat. I had just finished treating the rabbits for ear mites, and I look over and see Lisa, my white albino guinea pig giving […]
All the Things…
Why is it that I run out of cages right before I go on a work trip?! I am going to Duluth to present my dissertation research for five days. […]
Random Single Baby
I am not sure who had this baby, but a black and white baby showed up on Tuesday May 26. I don’t know if Hermione had a first baby early, […]
Hermione had a Singlet
On Friday morning, May 29, Hermione had her first baby. It is a lovely Piggie that is a pale color grey, with some white markings. I don’t even know if […]
Hatchlings
The pheasants started hatching the day before the chukars. We hatched 39 pheasants and 34 chukars. This was a hatch rate over 70%, I am thrilled with the shipped eggs.
Waffles Had Three
I love my Waffles, Agouti, red, gorgeous… And she didn’t disappoint. She had a litter of three on 5/26/15. One has a blaze white on her head, and an orange […]
Single Pup from White
One of Raspberry’s babies from her January litter had a single baby on 5/24. It is a nice red and black baby. She was a little young to deliver, hence […]
Juvenile Ducklings get their Color
My juvenile Khaki Campbell ducklings are starting to develop their adult colorations! They are also getting in their drake feathers. I have at least three males (dark head).
A New Trio for Charcoal
Charcoal usually springs beautiful baby piggies… And she had a litter of 3 on May 24. Two of the babies are mostly black with small dots on the skull, and […]
Hatchlings
Six more khaki Campbell’s were born this last week. They were added to the group. This is the new hatchings next to the week old ducklings. What a difference the […]
More Americans
I fell in love with this rare rabbit breed that is critically endangered. I decided to breed some pure breeds, so I needed a Buck. On my way back home […]
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