Winter Updates
30 Nov 2011 Leave a Comment
I know it has been waaaaay too long since my last post! It’s been a rough summer with record highs. We didn’t have a lot of litters born, especially in mini rex. It took so much longer for the weather to cool down that it seemed like our rabbits came into fur the couple weeks after convention this year. Now we’re working on colder weather, but hopefully we’ll get a milder winter this year.
We had a great time at convention this year! We had tons of fun with the Mangipanos all week! We also had some fun nights with Keith, Nita, and Farrah (also from TX).
We had some really good placements and were so happy with our results.
Mini Rex:
MP Evolution – 5th Sr REW Buck Open
MP Turbo – 4th Jr REW Buck Open
MP Splat – 6th Jr REW Buck Open (now living with Nancy Walker)
MP Phoenix – 9th Jr REW Doe Open
Holland Lops:
MP Meatball – 16th SSB Youth
MP Peanut – 6th SSD Youth
MP Trina – 15th SJD Youth
MP Roxie – 6th BSD Youth
Country Critters Xochille – 8th BSD Youth
MP Zonameat – 12th BJD Youth
We also brought home some awesome rabbits to help with our herd. Jeremy and I were so lucky with the amazing mini rex we picked up. We got a broken black senior buck from Doug King that has tons of depth, which is what we were looking for. We got a pair of broken blacks from Jeremy Watmuff, these bunnies have amazing fur. We got a junior REW doe from Sandra Lowery. She placed 2nd in her class to the doe that won BOV. The judge actually said our doe, Qtip, had the better body type, but didn’t have the finish. Sandy also owned the BOV doe 
This doe is gorgeous, we are so lucky to have gotten her. We added two more REW senior does from Ashley McDaniel. She placed 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th in the senior doe class. That is awesome consistency! We’re super excited for those two does. To top if off our good buddy Sandra Neal gave us a new REW senior buck, Fitz. We are just really happy to have brought home such a nice bunch of mini rex.
Gabby also came home with some new hollands. First off she was lucky enough to be 1st on Tim and Ardis’ list, so she got to choose a super nice buck that would work for her herd. We picked Lov’s Remington, a senior tort buck who is amazing. Gabby already has 10 does bred (palpate positive) to him. We can’t wait to see our Remi babies! Gabby also picked up a senior black buck, Washburn’s Leroy, who is a little loverboy, just sits on her lap and licks away She also got a black junior doe from Chase’s rabbitry and a broken tort senior doe from 4Kid’s rabbitry.
That brings us up to…… now…..
We have bred like crazy since convention. We are not planning on going to any national shows this next year, but 100% will be at Wichita convention. I think this spring/summer will be spent working on our herd. We had a long spell with no litters, so it’s exciting to have a few babies out there. We have a few babies that have been weaned and then some babies in the box. Gabby has a ton of hollands that are pregnant. Our mini rex are not all sticking, so we only have a few for sure pregnant, but we keep trying.
Hopefully we’ll have a heater installed next month to help our litters this winter.
