Magyck Had Babies
Like her sister Flyte, she gave birth on day 33. At least I knew I could expect that. We had six healthy kits. Flyte lost one of hers, and one […]
Category Archives: Homesteading
Out of the Nestbox
Magicians kits are two weeks of age, which means it is time for the nestbox to come out of the cage (and its time for her to be rebred). There […]
Hoppy Easter from Flyte
Rabbits gestate for around 30 days, and you put in a nestbox around day 28. Well, it is now day 33 (I have never had a rabbit go past day […]
Jelly Had Babies
Jelly is a pure white guinea pig, who gave birth to three healthy pups on 3/30. The black one is like, half the size of the […]
New Incubator
Don’t get me wrong, I love my automatic temperature regulating coolerbator. It has been back in business for the last week and a half with the collected duck eggs that […]
Grape had Babies
Grape was born last year, and had her first litter of babies Sunday night. I caught her cleaning placenta. There are three babies total. A mostly white baby with a […]
A White Piggie had Babies
I can’t tell these durned white adults apart! I brought this Piggie in last week, and Sunday morning, she gave birth to two white babies. This puts my white baby […]
Cassius had Babies
There were three births over the weekend in my nursery. Cassius gave birth while I was in West Virginia at a dog show. She had four babies Saturday, but lost […]
Abby had Babies
On March 26, I came home from work and Abby had four babies. Now, Abby is my albino Abyssinian, and has a good track record of producing large litters, and […]
Blackberry had Babies
Imagine my surprise when I go out and feed everything this morning, to find a single baby crawling around out in the back pen! I hate singles, because full term […]
Magician Had Babies
So, on my way back from my agility trial this weekend, I get a call that Magician had some bunny babies. I tried for several days to breed her, and […]
Peaches Baby Sort
About a month ago, Peaches dropped two pure white piggies. At weaning, one weighs 0.39 lbs, and the other is 0.32 lbs. I totally forgot to sex them… But unless […]
Waffles finally Popped!
Man, it felt like a gajillion years that Waffles was pregnant. It is her first litter, and she did not disappoint! Three babies. However, one of them had a part […]
Epic Wedding Present: Herding Ducks
I love taking my dogs Banjo and Pocosin herding. But, we can’t practice sheep every day, because we don’t live on a farm that has them. Ducks are a viable […]
My New Doe: Brimstone
Went to the wicked chicken auction and wound up getting this black rabbit for $8. She turned out to be a doe (in heat). Since she is a little big […]
Charcoal had a Ginger Baby
Once again, Charcoal doesn’t disappoint in the color department! Last night, 3/15 (the Ides of March), out popped a MASSIVE 0.27 lb Piggie (this is almost weaning weight). She looks […]
My Screw Up
I failed at palpating. When I felt Sorceress two weeks ago, I thought there could have been something, but then bred her back to Buck. Last Thursday, Sorceress was gathering […]
Fresca Baby Sort
Well, after three weeks, Fresca’s two babies are only half the size of all other weaned pigs. Even though there is a male and a female, both of these will […]
Creme Baby Sort
Creme had two piggies, a boy (at 0.44 lbs), and a girl at 0.48 lbs. She is back outside in the backyard pen, and looks to be pregnant again.
New Male Breeding Piggies
Well, I hate white piggies, so I need to get rid of my white Himalayan boar. So, I grabbed these two guys off craigslist. Both were in AMAZING shape for […]
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