I have a doe!!!!!!!

For the past year all of my litters have been bucks. Bucks and bucks. 

Finally in my past litter I got one doe. She is an opal and her body seems good. 

Fw for Christmas

Fingers crossed-but I am hopeful I didn't imagine the babies in her belly. 

Removing the pee

The reason I don't like white rabbits is the pee factor. This seems worse in the boys. 

Propecia is about 5 months and started to spray with a vengeance. I clean out the inside of cages about once a week- but I started doing his daily. This helped some - but he was looking like a red pearl. 

I asked on a facebook groups and was told by other breeders to use vinger and cornstarch. It helped- but not much.

Someone elese suggested hydrogen peroxide- which worked remarkably. 

Some pictures from Monroe show

New home for bunnies

After much discussion my husband and I installed a green house to double as a barn and a rain room. It's working well so far and the best part is that I haven't had to deal with frozen water bottless.

3 week old Florida Whites

Attempted to sex my 3 week old Florida white kits tonight. 3 does and 1 buck. Also trying to socialize them

Emunclaw show

We had a very good day at the emunclaw show.

Molly got 2 more legs making it so she and chronellus are grand champions. 

My fw also did well. 

First litter of Florida whites

2 weeks old today

Prego giant

I was cleaning cages and shoved my giant and JW into 2 cages - forgetting that there was a tinny hole in between. Less than 5 minutes later the he was in her cage and the evidence indicated she was breed. Given that she is due I took her coat off. 

My jr team

First grand champion

Corny or chronellus got his third leg at the Albany show. I was so ready to take his coat. He seems pretty happy about it also. 

Baby week

Two of my FW had kits this week. My EA Splash had 2 giant kits also.

My newest Florida white

At the Albany show I bought home a new fw doe. She is still a baby. What's funny to me is people say this breed is boring- but in truth there is a difference. She has a much softer coat than my other fw.

DB Damblanca

Sleeping like a baby

There have been a lot of posts lately about tonic immobility. To me this reads like house rabbit bullshit. I have some angoras that don't like to be on their back but the majority of them sleep like babies on their back. Propecia here is actually snorning. 

Satins for sale

I have 6 satin bucks for sale. 3 Rews, 2 blacks and 2 chocolate. 

Me in Cali with the serious english

http://ncag.blogspot.com/2014/10/english-angora-youngsters-at-stockton.html

Blow Me....

I have threw items of rabbit wear. I love my "breed the best, eat the rest" shirt- but my new favorite is my Ugly Rabbit appeal hoddy "blow me".

English kits at 8 weeks

It's my s'mores litter.

New Doe

Mary Jane was breed by Casey Jones in California.

I am very happy to have added her to my barn. 

Stockton show

We drove down to California for a rabbit show and to pick up another English doe. We also bought home two Jerrsey Woolies.

The Himi got his first leg. 

I also got 2 Florida White does. 

 Molly got good comments- but was to young to win anything. 

Don't touch me look

Lyrica is really good at that "don't touch me look".

Getting kicked by a giant

Coke is 11 pounds. I was cleaning up her bottom for the upcoming shows. She kicked me in the chest and knocked the wind out me. She is very sweet but I am pretty sure is stronger than the dog. 

Managing big coats

This the first time I have grown out a "real" show coat. Molly was doing well until the last week in which she developed a case of poopy butt. After much talk with other breeders - it was suggested I trim her bottom down. The theory was that she wasn't able to reach the special night time poop.

Trimming her down seems to have fixed the issue. 

The "joys" of breeding

Sometimes things go so smoothly. The doe kindles in the box after building a beautiful nest. She feeds them right away and all goes well. 

Sometimes she pulls out belly fur and eats it instead of putting it in the box. Them your dealing with a doe giving birth and wool block. 

Sometimes the doe chews the ears and tails off the best bunny in the litter. 

Spice did well in the giving birth department. She kindled in the box. I saw her in a couple times. 

Day 4 I found 1 dead kit- about half the litter was listless and the other half were loud and crazy jumpy. Spice had very swollen breast that were clearly full of milk. When I picked her up she whimpered when I touched her underside    . When I flipped her over she kicked the shit out of me. 

We came to a compromise- she was on top of the nest box. She let me lift her up and put kits under her. I was able to get them all feed and she felt drained after we were done. I am pretty sure I am going to loose a couple of kits but they mostly looked feed after I was done. 

Molly's coat

Again...not sure if I am looking forward to spinning this coat or showing it more. 

First Satin litter

Spice had a litter of 9 tonight. I keep going back and forth on the satins. I love my English- but they are hard to get correct and it does take time to maintain that coat. 

I don't like how big they are- some of my worst cuts are from spice. It seems to me that they take really long to re-grow a coat. I also don't like how it spins on it's own. 

The fiber however blends nicely with other fiber. The rabbits however have great personalities. They are truly cat like. They are also shinny.  

I got 6 weeks before I have to make any decisions.