New Stopgap Rabbit Houses
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 […]
Evil Winter Storm
Well, yesterday, I left to hang out with friends at around 5 pm, and all of a sudden, the wind descends onto the Piedmont (45-50 mph gusts). I got home […]
Single Chestnut Baby
I am a total sucker for this color of chestnut! This is a big baby, the size of raspberries eight day old. I have no idea who the mother is […]
Magician had Rabbit Babies
This morning, Magician the rabbit gave birth to seven wiggly babies. She has done an excellent job preparing her fluffy nestbox. It is going to be cold, so she has […]
Weaning Day Males
There are seven males in this bunch, and they are amazing. A lilac pointed puffy white baby (my favorite, by far). A broken white rabbit. One orange baby. A silver […]
Weaning Day Females!
I finally finished the growout cages. I have two litters, one which is a week older than the other. There is an even split, 7 males and 7 females. Some […]
Raspberry had Babies
Well, we had four new babies yesterday (three survived). This was perfect timing, as the black baby from Oreo died yesterday. It is hard being a solo baby. However, I […]
Fodder Harvest Day!
Today, the wheat fodder is ready to harvest! All animals get 2% of their body weight in fodder. But since it is winter, and there have been very few greens […]
Oreo had a Baby
Well, after the tragic carnage of the last month, it was looking like some of the guinea pigs were pregnant, including Charcoals baby that was born in June. Well, Oreo […]
Lost them all… And finally a fodder setup
Well, I haven’t posted because the homestead has suffered from a major setback. Because of that one day of wind chill below zero, I have lost all of the baby […]
Everything is Frozen, and Three Lost Piggies
This weekend, the temperature was in the 70s, and it was damp and raining. Last night, the windchill (a term nearly foreign to NC), was hovering at 0. Below freezing […]
Krinkle had Babies!
On January 4th, 2015, three new babies were born! They are my first babies of the new year. These guys are around 0.2 lbs, and are utterly gorgeous! I am […]
New Setup and Buffy and Lisa’s Babies Into Growout
I did some major shuffling of the homestead recently. I moved the pigs into a more shaded corner of the yard that stayed a bit drier. With this Pacific Northwest […]
Citizen Science Raingarden Transformation
Over a 6 week process, I got to know 10 girls very well, and I am very proud of the work that they did for planning the garden. I thought […]
Citizen Science Good Earth Adventures: The Final Chapter
Today was a day for transformations! During early April, the girls got together and we created concrete “badges” to permanently decorate our “sash”. and leave our mark on the project […]
Citizen Science Week 5: October 26-27th, 2013
Well, I am like over a year behind on the writing of this blog (life is busy, and actually running my programs take precedent to writing about them.) I will […]
Bunnies Over Three Weeks
The rabbits are growing very well. Magicians litter is 23 days old. The hair patterns are starting to show a bit of the lionhead gene from Leo, giving them little […]
Hay and Wood
Who doesn’t like getting an entire trailerful of wood for $85 (including delivery)? Apparently, if the power goes out in a storm, our little town is one of the last […]
My Tattooing System
Well, I got this brand new tattoo kit for rabbits at Bass Equipment company. I am going to use it to tattoo all of my rabbits, so I can know the […]
Sorting Hat of November Piggies!
Well, I am trying to get a handle on my breeding records by creating a new base page for all of my breeding harems. I also really need to build […]
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