Names

I have decided to call the agouti baby 'Captain Simnel' aka 'GrandWilf Cavies Conceptual' and the two black english crested babies 'Shank' aka 'GrandWilf Cavies Monochrome'(boar) and 'Jab' aka 'GrandWilf Cavies Motion Blur'(sow).

English Crested Twins!

Laverne had her babies this morning, two utter chunks(they are the same size as the agouti baby- their half brother)
One of each flavour, just right for the Choc American project, Major Siege is doing me proud with his offspring, clever boy!(and of course very clever Laverne!)

Twins!

Sow: looks like she's going to be a cheeky one already!

Boar: a lovely chunky lump with a few white hairs in his crest - bonus!

I Think He's Chocolate...

I keep getting out Utterly's baby boar(he still needs a name) and checking his colour and I'm now pretty much certain that he is indeed chocolate based as I originally thought, which is very good news indeed! Here he is in the sun looking very chocolatey(in other lights he looks to have a slightly greyer undercolour and darker pigment) :

Belteds

I picked up a trio of Belteds from keighley at the weekend (a pair from Heather Henshaw and a sow from Su Schofield), hopefully these will help me get back on my feet with the Belteds!
Although, saying that, I never really got ON my feet with the Belteds! I've not yet had a live litter born, my first sow aborted her litter, recoverd and was re-mated to a different boar, but also lost her second litter and passed away shortly after. My second sow passed away due to bloat and my third was one of the many lost in the 'sudden death' that hit the stud :( I really could do with lady luck smiling on this trio, I should love to finally have some Belty babies of my own!

Sow 1: Daisy Chain

Boar: Buckle:

 Sow 2: Shoe:

Agouti Baby

This is the little chap born yesterday, I can't quite decide whether he is golden agouti or chocolate agouti, his pigment is suggesting black based but his under colour looks chocolate! Think I will reserve judgement til he's a bit bigger! Need to think of a name now......