Update update update !

Alright so I really don't have an update so I'm just going to ramble on about whatever rabbit related things come to mind.

So yes, I have 2 Brun does bred. We'll be attending the PA state convention in February and offering transport @ $15.00 a hole. Exciting stuff.

I had an Awesome time judging at the Royal, but I did manage to pick up a little virus there so my posts may seem a little less then enthusiastic right now.

I'm also training a very promising little white Mini Lop for rabbit jumping, after she scaled my bookshelf and showed she preferred sleeping on beds rather then in her cage. The girl can JUMP.

So I think I'm going to go take some medicine now and go back to bed.

Okay I will be getting pictures tonight I promise :)

Anyhow once again the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair is creeping up on us. I believe we have a very promising bunch of rabbits we'll be taking and I'm very excited about them this year, mainly because I have not been able to make it to very many shows at all this year because they interfere with my work.

Anyhow my only litter right now is a very messed up mix. A Red Satin for a father, and a BrunXHarlequin for the mother. Unfortunately they're not as cute as they sound, I have come to realize Satins have possibly the ugliest babies ever. Although it's quite a collection of colours in that box. 2 jap Harlequins, 2 magpie harlequins, 2 Blacks, and 2 chestnuts, all of which have the possibility of getting silvering. How cool is that?

I won't be breeding any Bruns until after the Royal so I won't have any available until the End of January beginning of February. Although I currently have 5 Brun bucks available 3 Jr's, 1 sr, and a 6/8 and no I cannot make a trio that requires does, which I scarcely have.

Last week I finally got around to processing a couple fryers. It was the most frustrating day of my entire life.

Do to neighbours and a lack of privacy in the backyard it would be unwise to dispatch fryers outside which means the only place with a sink big enough inside is in the kitchen. Usually not an issue. Now add in two sisters. Both of which are highly against using rabbits as meat. You see where it starts to get frustrating. Two sisters, I told to stay out of the kitchen while I was processing fryers. Of course it's not going to happen.

Start with fryer one: Place fryer on the ground get everything ready and then. "STOP. I need advil!" so I stop what I'm doing and give her the bottle of advil. "WHAT is Nemo doing?" I look out the window, and Nemo is being is normal mental self. So I turn back to what I was doing and guess what? The fryer is GONE.

Gone, as in no longer there where I left it in the kitchen. What I had completely forgot about was in the corner beside the dishwasher there is a hole that goes under the counters were the baseboard was missing. Yep that rabbit went in the hole. I tried bribing it with food, I tried poking it out with sticks, I tried reaching in and grabbing it, I tried sending a dog after it, I tried leaving it be and hoping it would come out. I finally gave up and processed 3 more fryers, meanwhile I have sisters complaining the entire time to "hurry up" and "it smells" and "You're so mean" all the while that rabbit is still in the hole.

So I had enough even though I still had 2 other rabbits to do plus this rabbit in the hole. I'd just wait for a day when they're not home. So I cleaned everything up and they stopped whinning. My only problem was, that fryer went in the hole at 11am. It was still in the hole. So I gave up and at 3pm my mother came home and we tried again, only to find the rabbit was no longer in the hole, but in the dishwasher where the motor and all the wires are. Lovely. Yet we still couldn't coax it out. My dad gets home at 6pm and we try again literally taking the entire dishwasher apart, and by 7pm we finally got that rabbit out.

That rabbit was in there for 8 hours. How frustrating is that?

This past year the only thing I really wanted in my Argente Brun litters were does. I tell you, I tried breeding by the moon phases for does, I have tried breeding by Zodiac signs, I've tried folklore remedies and old wivestales. Heck for amusement purposes I may have even tried tribal dances, and processed my fryers in the name of the diety that promises does.

Why am I so desperate for does? Consider this, this year so far, I have had not one, not two, but three Argente Brun does born. Yes you read that right t.h.r.e.e. as in 3 I am quite frankly so desperate for does I literally tried every trick in the book to ensure I got them. Not that it worked, of course that's just silly, but it was fun.

So my herd mainly consists of bucks right now, very nicely typed bucks at that, very nicely typed bucks, with great fur and colour, bonus. So it does not bug me right now that my buck to doe ratio is so embarrassing that I won't post it. Heck I usually don't have more then two litters at a time anyways. So in the grand scheme does it matter I didn't have very many does born?

Yes. 1000x YES. Bucks are great but they can't have litters to help promote the breed and sell to new breeders.

I've come to terms with the fact I will be bringing in a new doe hopefully by the end of the year.

Update, finally.

So my website hasn't been updated in forever because of a complete computer meltdown and the only computer I had access too all summer does not have my update program on it. Everything is almost fixed though so my website will be updated VERY SOON I promise, so until them please bear with me.

Most of the rabbits on my for sale page and litter pages have been sold, but I do have some unlisted ones for sale all you have to do is e-mail and ask.

Please note, most days I don't get home from work until 9pm and I usually don't turn the computer on because I have other chores to finish. Then depending what time I work the next morning, I may not reply right a way and it may take a few days to get a response so if you don't get one within 4 days e-mail me again because my e-mail has not been working 100% on my backup computer either, and it's better safe then sorry.

Right now technology and I are not getting along.

Also, I will Not be attending any more rabbit shows this year until the Royal Winter Fair, as I work weekends, and rabbit shows don't tend to happen on Wednesdays and Thursdays (my days off). Tristyn will be going to the shows, so delivery will still be available to most shows, just not me :(

Okay, so I'm really impressed with my current crop of kits.

The just weaned Bruns (7 weeks) are silvering really well, all are between 3.4 and 4lbs. I should expect them to start to thrive, size wise now that they no longer have to compete which each other for food. There are a couple that just really stand out from the rest. Sonata and Prima Donna will be re-bred soon.

With the Mini Rex, Mercedes kits are just phenomenal. The type and fur on these guys is just mind blowing right now. Not to mention they are as friendly as all get out.

Boston's trio is fantastic, the fur is so dense, the bodies nice and compact and the personalities just complete the package.

Sancta Terra has 6 lovely kits all right now are equal quality wise, it will be really hard to decide who stays and who goes, because I cannot keep all 6.

Au Contraire's Kits are feisty little guys and I'm excited to see how they'll turn out.

Meridian's 11 are doing great, I have my eye on a couple right now who are sure to be show stoppers.

Speg, had 4 babies, and they each have a Je Ne C'est quoi about them.

Updates, it has been a while.

Seeing as it's been quite sometime since I've posted something. I'll start with litters. I currently have 3 litters on the ground out of Donatello that I am very excited for, they will be prime junior age for shows in September and October, and I have a couple litters due in the beginning of June that will give me some prime juniors for October and November shows.

For a couple of my Does, they're on their last litter here, because I do have several replacements out of them, so they will either be retired to pets, or conditioned back into show shape. For a couple of my show does, they have been retired from shows and have been put into production. So currently my show team consists of 2 Mini Rex bucks, 2 Satin Bucks, and 1 Brun Doe. Extensive isn't it?

New stuff. Well I went to Mini Rex Nationals, mainly to deliver some Bruns, and pick up a new Mini Rex buck, who I had pre-bought and everything. I ended up bringing a couple of rabbits (even though they were molting). They got great comments on their bodies, didn't place to well because of their coats (Figured that would be the case).

I purposely made sure I didn't bring an excess amount of money, because I didn't really need anything seeing as I now have a bunch in the nestbox of course that means I'm going to find something with something I need that fits into my tiny budget...Which I did. I ended up buying a black doe, with 2 legs. For $40.00... that's not it, she's bred to a black otter GC buck. Can you say DEAL?

But, that's not all folks. I get a message, from a friend asking if I can pick up a doe for him, so I do, and she's gorgeous (and if you decide you don't want her, she's more then welcome to stay here...) I also picked up a buck for another friend, and that buck has had a couple dates with a couple of my does, so all in all, I didn't need to spend big bucks for a couple rabbits all I had to do was pick up a couple for other people, and instead of charging a boarding fee, I get a couple breedings, and kits back. Which seems like a win win situation for me.