We recently had an accidental breeding.  Due to the fact I do not want any of the traits ever in my lines it means the entire litter is going.  Several of them look very good, and the doe corrected many of the traits that I hated in the buck.  But where we are working specifically to solidify some things in our lines, this would work against us.  The offspring however is shaping up to be very cute and will be nice for the right home or for 4H.  This is the first time I have placed an add for babies.  I was quickly dismayed at how quick everyone wants a suprise animal.  One they have no idea how it will turn out.  More than that I was really shocked at how many people responded with wanting to breed it to sell babies.  A huge amount of people out there, with no regard for the quality or effort put into these animals, they just want to profit off of them.  YUCK.  
So on that note, I also was put into a situation that made me reflect on something else.  Our uncle was here talking to us, about when he was a kid.  He went on to explain that one Easter he thinks he had over 300 rabbits and he sold them for about 1.00 each.  When he sees our rabbits his eyes always light up.  It always takes him back to those days and you can see it.  When I pull a baby bunny out of the nest box he looks like a kid all over again.
So in the era of political correctness, and animal rights activists, we have managed to completely exile those who just plain and simply love baby animals and the rewarding effects they do have.  Of course we don't need more baby animals in this world.  But at the same time, I look back to when I was a kid and the first time I found a stray cat.  And the first time that stray cat had a litter of kittens.  I was in pure heaven.  I had never in my life witnessed or loved anything so magical.  I was hooked and it made me love animals all the more.  Granted i never set out and planned to profit off of them.  But it did sculpt me.  And to this day I run  into people who have never had a pet and I secretly think (what is wrong with you?).  I feel like it instills a compassion in you that sometimes you may not come across.  
So while I am fairly judging of the rotten breeders out there, sometimes it's wise to sit back and think in simpler terms.  That not everyone is out there to breed for money and that sometimes one litter could be a memory that changes someones life forever.  Those animal lovers often go on to be great defenders for many animals.  So I'm going to really work on thinking there are good people out there that can make good choices and hopefully not ruin it for everyone.  And I am going to block out the bad eggs and keep hoping that Karma catches up with them.  

We'll start of with the good news, Sugar is doing fine.  He has even gained 4 ounces.  Not too shabby.  Still not even 2 pounds at over 3 months old.  He is however so nicely built that he will be staying.  He still has some maturing to go but he might be a perfect guy to use with our big girls.  
We also have another promising buck, Wombat.  He is just finishing up his jr molt so we're waiting for his head to grow in some.  So far we like what we see, however we have been pretty picky on our bucks and haven't kept one to use so far.  In the midst of being picky about bucks, we have been smitten by a blue point buck.  For the longest time we thought he was a blue tort, then we thought perhaps smoke pearl, now we are ending with a blue point.  He is so nice however we may hang on to him for a bit.  We didn't really have any plans of working with dilute, but we ended up with some nice dilutes that we can't quite part with.  
Along with our bucks,, we have a few promising jr does as well.  Our most exciting, being a little blue tort.  We have no doubt about wanting to hang on to her, however she has two litter mate sisters that are also looking promising.  Sigh.  Decisions decisions.
We have had a fun season of learning that we have fuzzy in our lines, and dilute.  Now where to go from here only time will tell.  
We will be moving on a few animals.  We are parting with one of our favorite senior Does, along with several others.  
Stay tuned for updates in our Juniors section as we ad updated photos.