Tuesday, May 29, 2012

One of my goals for this year was to take time off of showing, and focus on breeding, and juniors. I hit a bump, and I was focusing more on showing, and not getting those does bred. Now that I have juniors to show I am incredibly pleased with the outcome of my recent homegrowns. There are only three that I am showing currently. They all are receiving great comments on the table, two have already received legs when shown against some really nice rabbits; brother and sister Toulouse (Black Otter) and Marie (REW). Marie even got the comment "I want to see this rabbit in a month", as well as how typey she is. Her first leg was for BOS. Toulouse has one for BOB, his teeth is butting so his show days are unsure at the moment. All of my rabbits are "typey" and "promising" and that is such a great feeling. I'm not at the point that I want to be yet, not sure if I will ever be satisfied, but it's a step in the right direction and I am improving.

It's a slow ride, but I'm getting somewhere and that's important.

Sunday, May 20, 2012

A view of the rabbitry

After a deep cleaning, the rabbitry is looking quite spiffy! Here is the final look, and how everything is set up as of now.

These are my new weaning cages. I got rid of the hutch I had, and bought this cage from a friend and converted it to a four hole.

One side of the rabbitry

The first set of stackers that you see. There isn't much organization going on here.

The second stacker and three single hole cages

My table that I work on. I placed my netherland here. The boxes in the back are my medicine, and show box. My show table top is also here so I don't have to keep it on the stand all the time. It takes up unnecessary room. I also have equine bedding, vinegar, sweet pdz, and a bag full of pine cones on the left. The trash can is where my feed is kept, and the boxes have trash that I need to throw out.

The other side that only has two rabbits. My scale, hanging show table, and an extra nest box are on top of the cage. The drawer unit has the Sevin dust, wipes, and travel bowls on top with the first drawer filled with random stuff, second has toilet paper rolls, and the last one holds all of my dust pans and brushes.

Another side view

OPI <3


My little Opal buck. His name is Dimple.

Braden all sprawled out.

Gemma eating a pine cone while laying down, too lazy to get up with Marie in the back. These two get along great considering they're not even litter mates.


That's it! I may do a video tour soon, it depends on if I'm home alone this week.