Butters had Babies
The last week of her pregnancy, Butters was so fat that she couldn’t get into the smaller Guinea pig homes without squeezing in. And it was worth it, as Thursday […]
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Merryweather Had Babies
On April 16, Merryweather, the sister of Fauna, had three little babies. It was the week after her sister delivered. One of them is variegated like the father, Black and […]
Eleven New Guinea Pig Babies
There were several guinea pigs that gave birth yesterday in the back pen. Eleven babies were born, but four of them were born dead, most likely came too fast for […]
General Homestead Update
It has been pretty quiet on the homestead. There have been no new babies born since Saturday, even though Butters the guinea pig looks like she will pop any minute. […]
Raspberry had Babies
Friday night, Raspberry had babies. She is a good producer, and I totally accidentally walked in on her cutting off the umbilical cord of the last one. There were three […]
Flora Had Babies
Yesterday afternoon, when i got back from a horrible agility trial, I came home to a new set of babies from Flora. I got her in December, and this is […]
Chunk had Babies
I am going to be up to my ears in guinea pig babies soon! Yay! And so many pretty ones! They were well worth the wait. After a month of […]
Cocoa Had Babies
When I first got Charcoal over a year ago from Petsmart, she just looked to be a black pig with a bit of white trim on her stomach. I never […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Mohawk Piggie
Well, Cinnamon is now back in with the front yard pigs, as her single baby boy is weaned. He is a solid 0.40 lbs, and has an epic Mohawk down […]
Snow Piggies!
The heavy snowfall (9″) didn’t dissuade my Guinea pigs at all. The 1/4″ mesh acted like a roof in and of itself. I have been feeding fodder fairly consistently, and […]
Fresca had Babies
The nursery is working! I like being able to keep an intense eye on my new mother piggies. But, on 2/21/15, Fresca gave birth to two healthy little Guinea pigs. […]
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 […]
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