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Tag Archives: guinea pigs

Don’t Worry, I hate me too…

November 21, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

So, butchering is always super difficult. It takes me a lot of mental strength to do it. This is especially the case with guinea pigs. They are sweet, adorable, and […]

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Butcher, Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Babies for Rubey and Frenchy

August 12, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

Both Rubey and Frenchy are offspring of my beloved Butters. This week, they both had litters of two. I am very proud of that! First litters of two mean well […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Have I lost count?

August 7, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

And two more baby pigs were born. A solid white pup and a white piggies with a brown mask! So cute!

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Singlet for Charcoal

August 6, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

Charcoal does it again! Only one pig, but a gorgeous pig it is! Burgundy red (my favorite ).

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Four new piglets from grow out!

August 5, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

Four new babies were found in the grow out pen. They are thriving right now, but I am worried,  as two of the three mothers wound up with ketosis. I […]

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Guinea Pigs, Heat, Homesteading

Frizzy’s first litter

July 28, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

Every once in awhile, I mess up and sex a pig wrong, and wind up with a whole bunch of pregnant girls in my growout pen. And today, Frizzy gave […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Chunk’s trio

July 28, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

Last Friday, Chunk had a really gorgeous trio. A really cute red pig with black markings, a pig with a red head, white blaze, and black butt, and a mostly […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Twins for Twix

July 22, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

Last week, I wound up with two tan and brown guinea pigs from the sow on the left. She is doing such a good job as a first time mother.

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Cinnamon’s Trio

July 19, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

All three were born this morning, and really doing well! I am very excited to get my numbers up again, as I haven’t lost any to the heat in three […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Two new piggies

July 17, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

There is a really pretty black and tan pig, as well as a white pig with a grey spot. These two were born to a Piggie that just came out […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Cookie’s Litter

July 9, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

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.

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Grow Out Time

July 9, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

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 […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Five for Amythyst

July 8, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

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 […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Babies for Pebbles

June 27, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

On June 26, Pebbles had two babies. They were healthy and happy.

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Pop had Babies

June 26, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

And more babies on the Wheeker Acres pen! This lovely trio belongs to Pop, and was born on 6/25

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

New Guinea Pig Babies

June 24, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

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 […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Toast, Flora, and Chunk had Babies

June 20, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

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 […]

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Guinea Pigs, Heat, Homesteading

New Back Pen Piggies

June 13, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

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 […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Almost Lost Cocoa

June 12, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

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 […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

Grapelets

June 8, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

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 […]

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Guinea Pigs, Homesteading

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