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I had my first White Diamond baby born. He is out of a White Diamond female and Blue Diamond male both from Denmark. This unique double recessive white chinchilla will produce Standard VC/SC, White VC/SC, Sapphire VC, White Sapphire VC, Violet SC, White Violet SC, Blue Diamond, and White Diamond...

Yesterday was a very eventful day in my chin room. It's not very often that I am in awe of happenings with my chinchillas after being around them for 40 years but, yesterday was one of those unexpected days. It started out with me going out to check on the chins as I do every morning and finding...

1/19/13 Heartland Group State Show Burlington 4-H Hall, Burlington, KS Contact: Mike Lawrence 620-490-0325 Judge: Jim Ritterspach Dan Jensen-Trainee I hope a few of you can make it to our show this weekend. We are expecting about 100 Standards and 40-50 Mutations. We always have a good time...

* 12/1/12*ECBC Oklahoma State Show LaQuinta Inn - ECBC rate $62 1-405-942-0040 800 S Meridian Oklahoma City, OK Judges: Dick Bradford and Joe Brown 10 Class Standard Live Animal Show Mutation Show ECBC rules apply Entry Fee: $5 per animal Lunch will be provided Special Events: 50/50 Drawing...

Here is the first TOV Blue Diamond I've produced. He is 1 week old in this picture. I really like him!!! Just thought I would share his picture for all to see his unique color.

The first Blue Diamond chinchilla was sold on 2-1-12 on Chinchillas.com online auction. It received 36 bids and achieved a final sale price of $3555.00. Another good sign of the market for this highly desired double recessive color chinchilla.

Getting ready to leave for Empress Oklahoma state show. I haven't been to this show since 2008. Always a fun show with tough competition. Joe Brown, Bob Smith, Bob Merritt, Jennifer DeLozier (formerly the Bradford's herd) always bring nice standards and Tucker & Biggers and Joe Brown will be...

I've recently discussed this topic with a couple friends of mine that raise chins. I've raised chins and grew up around chins all my life. I've seen thousands of baby chins born in that time. About 15 years ago, we had someone come to our chin barn to buy a young animal. She was walking down the...

I had my first litter of European Blue Diamond babies today. They are pictured with their Violet s/c mother. Their father is a Blue Diamond from Denmark. This is a challenge I am very excited to be working on, improving the overall quality of this double recessive color in the U.S. They are a...

The ECBC Heartland branch is hosting a fall field day show in Burlington Kansas October 15, 2011. Jim Ritterspach and either Bob Merritt or Myself will be the judges. (I've been asked to judge if Bob isn't healed from his surgery and able to do it) It is a optional claiming show where animals...

I was researching through my Grandfather Chapin Hand herd record book and came across a female that produced 16 babies all in 1 calender year. Her litter record was as follows: Jan. 12 (2 males 1 females) April 30 (2 males 2 females) Aug. 19 (2 males 2 females) Dec. 8 (4 males 1 female). Records...

Which type of breeding practice has been more effective for each of you in producing the desired quality in your offspring? My father and I purchased 2 standard males at a claiming field day show from 2 breeders and completely different lines. We had to mate them with our females strictly based...

This has been a very eventful week in my chin room! Today I get home for my lunch break from work and go out and check on my chins like I always do. I check my animals before work, at noon, after work and then I'm usually out there in the evening doing daily chores. This is important because...

I came out to my chin room yesterday to a big surprise. My Somavia Beige TOV female had 3 babies and all are brown velvets. The sire is my best dark Standard male so I am very excited for all 3 of these babies. I've attached pics. One is very dark colored pictured with mom, the other two are...

I am considering organizing a annual show in York, NE with $$$ awards. Example plan would be: Open to everyone to show, Seperate Shows for Standards and Mutations with both using the 10-class system, Limit of 10 animals per show string, Probably $10-$12 entry fee per animal, $200-$100-$50 for...

I've recently wondered about something that I've never tried before. If a mother has raised a single baby for 30-45 days and that kit is only using 1 nipple and the others have dried up and stopped producing milk, but the 1 nipple being used still has milk, could that mother handle 2 fostered...

I was recently lucky enough to get back several of my original breeding stock females from another breeder. The problem is there are 5 or 6 that are between 2-4 years old and have not yet produced. They are completely healthy as far as appearance and diet. I have tried using both GNRH...

A few years ago I was looking at a chinchilla breeding chart for mutations and came across a listing for violephires. It listed them simply as a violet/sapphire cross. It intriged me so I started a thread to find out if anyone was breeding for them or had ever raised one. It turned into a heated...

As many of you have already heard, I am back raising chinchillas. I have had a very eventful year with a new marriage to my wife Noel. I was very disappointed to find out that the top show quality animals that I worked so hard to produce were all going to Mexico to be part of a pelting herd. I...