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Category Archives: Problems

The menace is back…..

December 14, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

The pain is still pretty raw around here, i have lost 18 kits out of 29, which is hard enough. But when I woke up yesterday to find that my […]

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American Blue, American Chinchilla, Breeding, heritage breed, Homesteading, Problems

My Screw Up

March 16, 2015by dirtartful 2 Comments

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 […]

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Homesteading, Problems, Rabbits

New Stopgap Rabbit Houses

February 16, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

Well, the roof is added and the three sides of the hutch I don’t need to access is surround in a double thick layer of heavy-duty plastic painters tarp. (I […]

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Construction, Guinea Pigs, Homesteading, Problems, Update

New Baby Guinea Pigs and Bunny Mortality

December 15, 2014by dirtartful 1 Comment

Well, i have some sad news. While i was away at the dog show, Syren had seven babies, and lost all but one by today. She is only 8 months […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading, Problems, Rabbits

Lost Four Piggies?

November 17, 2014by dirtartful 4 Comments

So, today I lost four of the piggies from the growout pens. Two males, and two females. The last two nights have been brutally cold, 23 F and 32 F […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading, Problems

Hopefully the Last Two

November 7, 2014by dirtartful 1 Comment

Well, I have been observing the 12 remaining baby pigs since I separated them a few hours ago. I added some collard greens into the pen, and if the pigs […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading, Problems

Two More Lost

November 7, 2014by dirtartful 4 Comments

So, this morning, I pulled all babies out of the green box and out them out back.  Maple leaves and pine straw blew in from somewhere else and these toxic […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading, Problems

Genetic Defect and a Lost Pig

November 1, 2014by dirtartful 8 Comments

Guinea pigs can live a few days without food for a few days. It has been a few days since Cassius has given birth, and one of her babies was […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading, Problems

Graphic Guinea Pigs

October 8, 2014by dirtartful 3 Comments

I spent the night last nigh resorting my guinea pigs. Since all of the females that I got from VA had their babies, it was time to rebreed. One of […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading, Problems

Pumpkin Problems

August 30, 2014by dirtartful Leave a comment

So many weeds, squash bugs are out, vine borers are out… So, apparently, a weekly neem application isn’t enough. I spent over an hour and a half weeding one plot… […]

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Agronomy, Citizen Science, Fungus, Insects, Problems, Pumpkins, Weeds

The loss of Oxy

August 13, 2014by dirtartful Leave a comment

Usually, when I lose a Guinea Pig, I understand why. Guinea Pig diagnostics are tough, they don’t show any sign of illness until they drop dead.  Symptoms of upper respitory […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading, Problems

Baby Pictures and an Evil Preditor

July 21, 2014by dirtartful Leave a comment

Well, I woke up Saturaday morning, and all of my breeding female quails in growout were missing. All that was left was feathers, and a single wing. Whatever ate them […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading, Problems, Quail

The Odyssey for Sheep

March 5, 2014by dirtartful 1 Comment

Lately, all of my dog work has been agility with Clark (who is making some amazing progress), several hours of training blocks once or twice a week. But, we have […]

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Dog, Herding, Problems

Soil Science: Citizen Science Series Week 1 & 2

November 7, 2013by dirtartful 1 Comment

For those of you who didn’t get to read, Duke Energies gave the Girl Scout Council a grant to build a rain garden at the Camp Mary Atkinson Leadership Center […]

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Citizen Science, Girl Scouts, Problems, Programs, Rain Garden, Soil

Camp Acres – Week 13

July 22, 2013by dirtartful Leave a comment

After the incident of bunny heatstroke last week, baby bunny made it through a week of oppressive humidity and heat before succumbing. I was honestly crushed, since I was on […]

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Chickens, Homesteading, Phesants, Problems

Bunny Heatstroke

July 15, 2013by dirtartful 1 Comment

Yesterday, I nearly had a 5 week old bunny die of heat stroke! I put them outside in the shade to graze on grass, and escape the hot. stale air […]

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Problems, Rabbits, Update

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