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Babies are now separated from their Mums, boys and girls in different cages.  They are a lively lot, quite jumpy but very friendly.  Having a lot of trouble deciding who to keep!
Mated Taj Sunset last night to Yoda, so fingers crossed for sable/cream & satin babies on the 8th March :0)
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14th February 02/14/2012
 
Well I've been handling the babies as much as possible, this week. They are growing well, the minks are particularly big and chunky, but there are some lovely cream roans in the other litter. I particularly like the SH mink girl and a LH cream roan girl, think I have at least 2 keepers in these litters.
We've had a sad week, lost my 2 remaining 2009 hamsters - Tristar's Callisto, SH BEC and Designer's Gabriel Agbonlarhor, LH Mink. Both of these boys have been with me a long time and were much loved. Sleep tight lads, sweet dreams xxx
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Cleaned both litters out tonight and had a look to see what we've got.  Fey has got 3 cream boys and 1 roan boy, 4 roan girls and 1 cream girl.  It looks as though a few of them are going to be longhaired.
Shirley has 3 minks, 2 are definitely girls the third could be a boy but I'm not sure at the moment.
Have given them all cuddles and they are very cute. Love baby hamsters at this stage.
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28th January 01/28/2012
 
Sad day today, I found Ziggy Stardust passed away at only 7 months.
Had a good look in both girls nests, Fey has 9 babies and Shirley has just 3 babies.
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Babies! 01/23/2012
 
Well we finally have babies here again! I was convinced that Fey and Shirley had missed as they didn't look pregnant until 2 or 3 days ago, when they suddenly blew up like barage ballons.
Fey gave birth yesterday and it looks as though Shirley will have her babies today - so New Year, new babies - Yay!
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Now have 2 girls mated up, following Fey's date with the Starman night before last, Shirley Temple, LH BEC Rex met up with Nadal, SH Mink last night and if I'm lucky we should have litters of Wyeside babies on the 22nd and 23rd January.  If babies do arrive we should have some sables and possibly mink along with cream in Shirley's litter and maybe some rex as mum is rex and dad should carry rex. Fey would have cream and cream roan and they will probably all be shorthaired.
Watch this space.
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Welcome to 2012 01/07/2012
 
I can hardly believe that this is my 7th year of breeding and showing hamsters, it only feels like yesterday when I bought my first hamster - a yellow banded I named Basil.
The end of 2011 was a bit of a downer, 5 missed matings, including litters due on Christmas Eve and Christmas day, which would have been very nice had they happened.  Escada was mated twice and missed both times so much as I'd like a second litter from her I won't try again.
I also decided to stand down as the Midland Show Manager due to family circumstances. Frail elderly parents and very young foster children were making it difficult to commit to all the shows plus the time needed to do the job properly. Dan Brown is the new Show Manager and I think he will do a great job.
So now it's a new year and a new start now so I thought it was about time I tried for another litter.  Last night I mated Fairy Fey to the Starman so fingers crossed that we have some babies in the nest on the 22nd January.
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