No Babies. . . .

Hi. Well, I have been so busy I have forgotten to post blogs! Lol, well im not sure if I posted it or not, but I bred Gracy, Lacy, and Bear in August (I think I did post it). Well, they are all at LEAST 3 days over due, and NO babies......hmmm. I cant palpate my meat does very well, so im gonna have my mom *try* to palpate them, if she doesnt feel anything, I will rebreed them tonight, when its cooler. Speaking of breeding, I bred Sweetpea to Blue (weird cross, tell you later), and Secret Score to Buddy, for our FIRST batch of Dutch Lops! :D I tryed, and tryed to breed my ND doe to Blue, but she was not giving very well, so I just decided to breed Sweetpea, who was very much in heat, and made it easier for Blues first time breeding a doe. Im still gonna put a box in with the ND doe, just in case. ;) Well, thats all for now. TTYL. Oh, I updated the site.


~Kayla

Meat....Or Fancy?

Hi. I thought I would post a blog about personal opions about Meat Rabbits, and what we call "Fancy" Rabbits. I love all my Fancy breeds for there type, and temperment, but when it comes down to it, in this economy, they dont sell as well. Meat rabbits are awesome.

Meat Rabbits are awesome. Great type, and temperment. Even if they dont sell for meat (which about 99% of the time they do), we still can eat them our selfs. It may sound....mean...horrible...or disquisting to butcher rabbits, but its not that bad. Its quick and painless to a rabbit, and they dont know its coming. So, me and dad are trying to work towards GOOD type on my meat rabbits right now. Since at fair if your Fryer or Roaster pen wins, and gets to go to auction, you usually get at least $1000 for 3 rabbits. Thats over $300 a rabbit! I will take that!!! Lol. Just thought I would post my opion.

Please dont feel ofended, if you dont like that we butcher rabbits...thanks.



~Kayla :)

Almost Autumn!

Hi. I cant believe fall is just around the corner! This heat doesn't make it any eaiser to believe. Where did July go? Well, we haven't lost any more rabbits. It has been in the mid 80's lately, so thats good. About a week ago I bred, Lacy, Gracy, and Bear. Lacy and Gracy were bred to Harley, and Bear, was bred to Snickerdoodles. So around late September we will have more babies! :D I decided to talk a little bit about rabbits that we want to keep forever, to live out there days at the rabbitry. Well, I have made my decisions, on who is so far worthy enough to stay here. ;)

*Oakey. Oakey is a real sweetie. He loves head rubs, and to be held and loved. Even though he has only sired a couple litters, his personalty lets him stay. I made a mistake breeding him to Creampuff, and the babies aren't that great. I plan to breed him to Secret Score, as they complement each other well. ;)

*Buddy. Buddy is my showmanship rabbit, and is my replacement of Thumper. I miss Thumper, but Buddy is just as great, such a sweetie!

*Sweetpea. Sweetpea was from Shasta's first litter. I love this doe. She takes good care of her babies. If one of my friends wanted her as a pet, I MIGHT consider, but 99% no.

*Harley. Harley as produced countless litters for me. He has produced winning babies, which lets him stay. He is also a big love.

*Shasta. Shasta was my very first rabbit, and I will never sell her. She is a spolied pet now, and she knows it. She has produced countless GREAT litters for me, with last litter being her last. Plus she is my Ex-Showmanship rabbit (A really good one at that). I let her run around while I feed everyone at night, she's such a cutie/sweetie.

*Gracy. Gracy was from my 2nd litter of babies ever. She was smoke gray when she was born, a real cutie. She has produced countless litters, and Lacy is one of her double champion daughters (whom im really proud of). Gracy is a sweetie.

*Snickerdoodles. I love Snickerdoodles. He produced Bear, which is a champion doe. I love Bear, and am happy with Snickerdoodles. He is a sweetie.

There are a few rabbits on the ? side of things. But these ones for sure get to stay. ;) Well, have a great day. TTYL.


~Kayla

LONG TIME!!!!

Baby Netherland Dwarf cross

Baby New Zealand

Baby Dutch

Baby Mini Lop

Baby New Zealand, with painted background. :)

Hi. Well, your probly wondering if I fell off the face of the earth.....NOPE. Well, this heat has been HORRIBLE!!! We lost 4 rabbits in 2 days because of it. We lost Nakita my Champange doe, Harley JR (my keeper NZ cross buck), and 2 New Zealand babies. :( So..RIP guys, we will miss you! :( We opened up the walls a little, and put the industrial fan in there. Its alot cooler now. These past few days have been alot cooler, like in the 80's so thats good. :) It is time for the Mini Lops, and New Zelands to be weaned..ALLREADY!! :O Lol. We painted a cool background for the bunnies pictures. Its really nice. The Netherland Dwarf cross leave tommorow, to the pet store, I know mean, but this guy takes really good care of them, and makes sure they find good homes. We might be getting another rabbit. A BEW Netherland Dwarf doe. If we can get transport then we will get her. ;) We got a new rabbit named Lilly. She is a Californian doe. She is a WITCH! When I got her she was very sweet, but she has MAJOR cage aggresive issues. So, we will see how long she sticks around. Well, thats all sorry. TTYL.

~Kayla

Summer Time

Hi. Well, all the baby bunnies are doing great! They are SO much fun to watch bouncing around the nestbox. They all have there eyes open, so they are adorable! Sorry no pics, our computer is overloaded with them, so until I sort thru the pics, no pics, sorry. :( I have been keeping a good eye on all the bunnies behavior. Making sure non of them are gonna get sick and die. So far so good. If anything kills them, it would be this heat!! Its SO SO SO hot here! In the 100's!! ACK! And its muggy!! We are gonna take off the top part of the right side wall on the bunny barn, and put a shade cloth there. Then we are gonna put my dads HUGE idustrial fan up there, and get that hot muggy air OUT. That little fan doesnt work as well as I wish it did. It just doesnt reach clear to the other side of the bunny barn. :( Nice fan, but doesnt work to well. Well, thats all for a couple days. TTYL.


~Kayla

RIP

Hi. This isnt a good picture, but this is Thumper. Thumper was my baby. I loved him to no end. Anyways, he passed away this friday, of unknown causes. I pray he flew up to heaven on the wings of angels. :) R.I.P my baby boy!!!! You will NEVER be forgotten!! :( ) Congrats to Thumper on his blue ribbon at fair. :)

All the baby bunnies are good. I dont really fell like posting. So, TTYL.

~Kayla

New News

Hi. I went camping over the weekend it was fun!!! My grandma watched the animals while we were gone. Well, I guess after we left, she went to the rabbitry, and Oreo was found dead in his cage. :( She said he looked fine, he had food and water, she said it looked like he went to sleep and didnt get back up. So, im puzzled. I miss him, but luckily we have some babies from him. When I came home Shasta's runt was dead (and they had just opened there eyes). :( But Shasta has 2 golds and 1 tort. BUT....we did have a couple litters over the weekend!!!! Creampuff had 7 babies, all Lilacs. :) And Melody had 5. :) They are so sweet!!! :D Im not sure if I told you or not but a while ago, I had to give Charlie back, there was a misunderstanding. Well, the owner of Charlie broke up with Sams dad, so we got Charlie back, and there wont be any more misunderstandings. ;) I also cleaned the rabbitry today. I got a 3 hole stacker, and some more carrying cages. Well, I plan to get some pics of the babies tonight, and post them sometime maybe tommorow. :) TTYL.



~Kayla