figured I may as well put this here... I had more links that the computer ate and I haven't been able to find again. but its decent list..
full link file I put together on the FB meat GP group:
~food nutrition chart (*anti breeding site but has some good info on things*)http://www.guinealynx.info/chart.html
~GP for meat thread at BYC forum
http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/23...a-pigs-as-meat
~article with
videohttp://therealknowhow.com/2012/03/ ... -for-meat/
~article with breeding plan suggestions
http://survivalblog.com/2012/01/rais...s-a-survi.html
~GP for meat thread at HT forum
guinea pigs for meat
~guinea pigs for meat prduction 1991
http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.echocom...GuineaPigs.pdf
~article on Fekunia couple who are sort of spotlight for gp as
meathttp://www.abc.net.au/local/stories ... 287792.htm
~guinea pig management manual 2003
http://www.bensoninstitute.org/Publi.../guineapig.pdf
~due date calculator (i love this! type in the date you put em together and click a button and you have a appx due date!)http://www.gestationcalculator.com/other/guinea-pig-calculator
~a bit on genetics
http://www.zianet.com/nstcbbt/genetics.html
~genetic diversity in cavies (i admit this is all totally greek to me!)http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3229130/
~about a girl with benson institute on breedin up GPs for
sizehttp://www.bensoninstitute.org/Publ ... /jenny.asp
~profit in guinea pigs (copyright 1922!)http://archive.org/stream/profitinguineapi00robe#page/n7/mode/2up
~latin american research review, on the guinea pig in andean
culturehttp://lasa-2.univ.pitt.edu/LARR ... &Start=129
~guinea pigs as meat
producershttp://www.agriculturesnetwork ... t-producer
~scroll down to 7.2.2 for GP
infohttp://www.agriculturesnetwork.org/ ... t-producer
~someones article about small backyard
herdhttp://www.users.on.net/~arachne/guinea.html~GP in
africahttp://www.new-ag.info/en/develop ... php?a=2751
~word of mouth, three ways to eat a guinea
pighttp://petercherches.blogspot.com/20 ... html~micro livestock book (can read at this link!)http://www.cd3wd.com/cd3wd_40/LSTOCK/001/Minor_Stock/Microlivestock/INDEX.HTM
~commercial breeding of guinea pigs (translated page)http://www.microsofttranslator.com/b...a-de-cuyes.htm
~hydroponic green fodder and their application in breeding guinea pigs (translated page)http://www.microsofttranslator.com/b...idroponico.htm
~breeding of guinea pigs peru (translated page)http://www.microsofttranslator.com/b...za-de-cuyes%2F
current feeding file on the FB meat GPs group:
WHAT KATIE FEEDS:
as of 9/27/13 i'm feeding one scoop rolled barley, two scoops whole wheat, two scoops rabbit pellets (producers pride, from TSC). on top of that i feed tons of hay and tons of forage as possible in the warm months plus some regular mix veg sometimes (carrots, cucumbers, bell peppers, zucchini, spinach,..). in winter i sprout and grow some of the wheat into wheatgrass (not like usual pretty stuff you see, mine is short or else it molds before it grows taller).
SOME OF WHAT JACOB FEEDS:
"grain,; chook pellets; banana, whole plant; passionfruit, whole vine; mints, oregano/marjoram, parsley (most all culinary/medicinal herbs rosemary causes abortions in ppl and possibly animals); borage, lemon balm, all edible fruit trees, canes, leaves, prunings etc; sweet potato vines, carrots, all parts; wilted comfrey, (limited treat); Swiss chard; plantain; dock (contains iron); dandelion (even root, calcium); chickweed (go nuts for it, cuy love it too, tastes like corn); sow thistles/smooth thistle or whatever u want to call it (its called puha in NZ; wheat grass; corn stalks an...d leaves; sunflowers all parts (I take off the leaves and feed as they fade/get damaged); jobs tears (clumping grass, edible seeds, u can keep cutting this down and it just keeps coming back); violet flowers; loquat leaves and branches (sheep love the leaves too, I had one try to climb the tree to get at the leaves); squashes/pumpkins; at the mo im trialling them with dill (small nibbles, it can repel rodents apparently) cape gooseberry leaves and globe artichoke leaves (nibbled). Molasses can encourage biting insects, esp. in warmer areas. I tend not to feed any brassica or pulses (beans, and other nitrogen fixing plants like tree Lucerne, I do have a lot of clover in my pasture, but the cuy never eat it)."
THINGS TO GROW:
~wheat: if you can find some that is whole and not treated from the feedstore etc it makes good sprouts or grow it in plots with the garden and cut it for the GPs
~oats: mine never seemed to like oats really but some peoples do. the oats i could get never sprouted well and growin some (thanks to rabbits spillin theirs it grew some around the hutches) but it never grew the oats really. could possibly be good to grow for forage greens though for some people
~indian corn: corn is one of the controversial topics among GP and rabbit people. i have quite a bit of seed and i'm going to seperate out the lesser quality seed from what i have and crack it and see if they eat it. either way i know they clean up sweetcorn raw cob ends and stalks and husk/silk so even if i grow the corn for myself they will have tons of stalks and husk to eat.
~cilantro/coriander: this is medium-low in vit C level and supposed to be easy to grow.
~carrots: careful feedin too much because its like candy to rabbits/GPs and high in natural sugars and can actually give them diabetes. but the greens are good for them AND DID YOU KNOW you can take the big store carrots and cut the tops off with a bit of carrot left and plant it in a pot (or outside really) and it will grow a top again! i currently have 4 tops in a large pot that are doing great. day after i put em in the pot they started growin!
~garden cress: i have no experience with this but some people have wild patches of it that grows all year round i hear. its med-high vit C level.
~dill weed: medium-high vit C level.
~kale: high vit C level.
~lambsquarters: medium vit C level.
~cantaloupe melon: low-medium vit C level.
~mustard greens: medium-high vit C level.
~mustard spinach (tendergreen): very high vit C level
~NZ spinach: medium-high vit C level
~parsley: easay to grow once its going. medium vit C level.
~bell peppers: yellow are very high vit C level, red are med-high vit C level, green aremed-high vit C level. pretty easy to grow.
~pumpkin: very low vit C level but they keep easily over winter and pretty easy to grow. seeds have natural worming affect. whole thing is edible to them with little work on your part to feed out.
~watermelon: not much nutrition but grow it for you and feed em the rinds! ~summer squash (crookneck, straightneck, scallop, zucchini): low-medium vit C level but super easy to grow and store.
~winter squash (hubbard, acorn, butternut, spaghetti): very low vit C level but easy to grow and easy to store for winter.
~strawberries: med vit C level but i'd rather have strawberry shortcake for me then feed em to the GPs
~sweet potatoe/leaves: very low vit C level but easy to start from store ones. currently have several small plants in large pot now doing pretty well.
~watercress: med vit C level