From our last juniors we had a little tort doe. I wasn't too impressed with her but she was part of our line breeding and the only one left so I held onto her until we could think it over more. Well a couple months have gone by and she is now a senior. And wow! What a senior she is. I would like to see some bigger bone on her, but she has a lot going for her in other areas. And Pancake just keeps getting prettier and prettier. I am so glad we didn't let judging effect our decision to keep her. Hoping to have a cute litter out of her soon!
Well I managed to add a few pictures, however I don't love them and it was too cold to get the shots I wanted. So for now it will have to do. They are all in the uglies but I see potential in them all and think they are going to look incredible in a month or so.
From our last juniors we had a little tort doe. I wasn't too impressed with her but she was part of our line breeding and the only one left so I held onto her until we could think it over more. Well a couple months have gone by and she is now a senior. And wow! What a senior she is. I would like to see some bigger bone on her, but she has a lot going for her in other areas. And Pancake just keeps getting prettier and prettier. I am so glad we didn't let judging effect our decision to keep her. Hoping to have a cute litter out of her soon! My morning routine here is a bit ocd. I usually go out and feed and then take some rabbits out for play time in the yard. Then I work with others on posing and general inspections. If one is looking extra nice, out comes the camera! Then of course I can't just take pictures of one rabbit.
However, in the very cold temperatures I am unable to take many pictures and surely can't take them out for play time in the yard. Our house is consumed with kids and presents and a tree so I can't bring them in. And I am a fanatic about lighting, I detest indoor flash. It's really quite dreadful. Yesterday for a brief moment I put my coat on and thought... well maybe I could do a few photos.... and I quickly changed my mind. So perhaps I will be stuck in the garage for the next couple weeks. I am dying to take some nice ones of our juniors we have growing. They are some of the nicest we have produced and I am so excited how they are turning out. Rudy, our own buck produced two gorgeous blacks. One buck and one doe. I am thrilled that he is likely going to be a great herd buck for us. We also have a gorgeous buck out of Fibonacci that just keeps getting better and better. He is also solid black. We are hoping to get him to some shows this year. And our gorgeous litter out of our TF doe is coming along nicely. I am so in love with a little doe in this litter, I think she may be the best doe we have produced so far. She should be very showy in a few months. On the bright side of the cold winter, we have a couple cute litters to occupy us inside. Cream Puff had 9 sable point babies. One did not survive, but even 8 is a huge huge litter. I almost feel like one looks to be a siamese sable but not sure if that is even an option. This is why I dislike the sables so much. My mind likes to look at a rabbit and know what color it is. I don't have it in me to sit them aside for weeks at a time and then figure it out. Anyhow, they are all growing very nicely! Quinnes rabbit had a cute blue tort and black tort which she has already named Peppermint and Jingle bells. Not my choice in names but since she puts a good amount of effort into the care of her rabbits I suppose she gets to name them whatever she pleases. So until later here's a pic of the newbies to grow. I plan on getting at least a few pics of our gorgeous Juniors up on the website sometime today or tomorrow. I have so many things I am excited about this week. One of the big ones is Kaits continued interest in the rabbitry. She will be taking over pedigrees on her lines and overseeing all breeding and culling. On top of that, our homegrown Rudy, has produced two gorgeous offspring. Still lots of growing to do, but so far they are some of my favorites we have ever produced. I see many improvements. I am also really in love with the width we are getting out of my litter. I have one buck and one doe that I am blown away by at the moment. I am dying to see them in 2 months. And lastly we have a litter at last. After months of misses and DOA kits, we finally got a live litter. And wow what a litter it is. Eight Sable Point Babies! That should make for some darling photo shoots in a couple weeks. :) Well this last month has been exciting. After the last show Kait has taken more interest in the rabbit projects. Being that this was the entire reason we started out to begin with, we are very happy about this. She officially likes the shows and no longer wants me involved or "hovering" around. She was quite annoyed by all the moms lurking about their kids so much so that the kids can't even watch their own rabbits being judged. Along with this change, comes her desire to take charge of her rabbits and the breeding schedule. At the same time Kami has forsaken hers. She has no interest in pursing the rabbit world any longer. Therefore Kait has taken over her share of the rabbits. Kait has gone through the herd and chosen to make some cuts. It might make me cringe a little... because I have put a lot of time and effort into getting us here, but I also want her to take the lead. That being said, we will be selling off our herd bucks! (seen on our Holland Seniors page. Both Fibonacci and Buddha will be listed within the next month. This will leave us with only Kaits homegrown buck for the time being. GULP. We also have a few junior bucks available. We will be moving on a decent amount of our herd come spring so if there is something specific you are looking for, please let us know. We will for sure be listing our solid black senior doe and possibly our blue tort doe with 2 show legs. We also have a couple of solid tort does available. |
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