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I'm curious as to which types of feeds breeders in the US are currently using and how their kit production for 2012 was and how 2013 is going so far. Considering last year was a horrible year for hay, I'm wondering if baby production has dropped throughout all feeds or just some in particular...

I am a sucker for TOV Whites.. there's just something about them that drives me crazy. Meet B69 - just turned 5 months old yesterday. I think I need to work on creating more of these guys (or gals)!

I've been working my butt off this summer and haven't really had much time to spend shopping for myself because I'm constantly on the road. I wanted to splurge on something chinchilla related, but just didn't have time to go and buy animals. I've been wanting to add to my chinchilla jewelry...

<--- Click me for video This is Faith, one of Mish's chins that I decided to steal and bring home with me because her father produces black velvets so well and I'm hoping she grows up to do the same :) She's still young, but she's a rowdy chin - she escapes show cages at shows (a few of you may...

Our first litter of the year was just born today. My poor Amber has been miserable for days and I figured she would have quads as she did with her last litter due to her size. I watch her give birth to A1-A4 about an hour and a half ago, 3 beige females and one standard male. I just went out to...

As many of you may know, I'm a die-hard Linkin Park fan. My loyalty to my favorite band, is now killing my sleep. I'm sitting up right now, jittering because I finally got to hear a quick snippet of the vocals for their first single off their new album coming out Sept 14th. Single is called 'The...

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Last year I purchased a gorgeous extra dark ebony male bred by Whitewoods as a non-breeder. He had taken Grand Show Champion at the MCBA Nationals in 2007 and hadn't produced for the rancher he belonged to. He had difficulty cleaning his hair rings, so I guessed that was part of the reason why...

Today I weaned Memphis who was born on 4/17. I usually wean at 8 weeks, but this guy was just too huge to keep with mom. Memphis weighed in at 343g today. He's only 57g smaller than my 4 month old black velvet, and he's barely 7 weeks! He's from my favorite black velvet and he's the sweetest...

For those of you who aren't friends of mine on FB - here are photos of my completed chin barn from start to finish. I'm so in love with it, I just have to brag. No one knows how badly I wanted this thing, and I surely needed it!

Got bored today after I had a nice family come over and look at my chins, so I decided to take a bunch of photos, nothing in particular. Figured I'd share. First off is Priscilla, my bowling ball chin. I wish all of my females were as large as she is. Her rolls are the cutest things in the...

I have two white females from Jim Ritterspach that should be littering in the next two weeks. Both are out of his "most prepotent" white, K887. I'm hoping for a pair out of each, but it looks like I may be surprised with more as big as these girls are getting. Poor Arwen is miserable. I sit in...

So, after waiting a week for labs to come back on my chin with mastitis, the vet called this morning to tell me it could be another 2 weeks before we get a definite answer of what to do. Andariel's labs show a resistant strain of enterococcus species which require further testing. At this time...

My little Kirby (X3) is such a looker. He's keeping some of his markings and I figured I would update photos of him so you all can check him out. I plan to keep him and show him in York and NY. My grandfather is in love with him and begged me not to sell him. I asked Ralph what he thought of him...

I've been waiting for this poor girl to deliver for days. She's been wobbling and dragging and I just knew it was time. I thought she was going to explode. Felicity (Shoots extra dark standard) and Obsidian (JAGS 1st place extra dark ebony) have given birth to 3 wittle babies! All ebonies so...

Introducing the "Chincliner"

I've been suffering with severe back pain for years. I was diagnosed with spinal stenosis and bulging discs a few years ago and the pain has gotten much worse as time goes by. Back problems run in my family, I guess I just lucked up, eh? I asked the orthopedist if I was eligible for surgery, and...

Ritterspach has what appears to be a mosaic female out of two standard animals. The pairing has produced multiple whites, not just a single white. They're not like the Lowe mutation, nor are they a repeat of the Wilson White since the pairing produced a white each time. Not opening a can of...