Not much new to report on the Jersey aspect in the barn, so I am running out of blog ideas. I am always repeating myself and it is boring me lol!
Fantasy has 6 kits, none ended up being peanuts!! and all are doing well- smoke pearls mainly but looks like a couple of blue points (non-showable) as well.
We have 2 more Jerseys due today and tomorrow- Foxy Lady and Hot Flashez.
I have 6 other does bred as well.
Champagne litter is doing great, getting big. Can't wait to see them develop!
If anyone has any ideas of what I can blog about please let me know!!
I will try to write another interesting blog tonight!
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Saturday, March 22, 2008
98 bottles of beer on the wall!
Well, okay, not beer but babies.. We currently have 98 babies between all the litters- we had 42 babies born yesterday in our breedings that were due that survived(more that didn't survive from first time Jersey litters). You just can't seem to count on dwarf breeds! With our older babies, plus these new ones it makes 98!! Plus we have 3 more mini lops bred, 2 more to breed, 6 or 7 Jerseys bred, 2 more to breed. And 2 more Champagnes to breed in about 2 weeks.
Spring has sprung here!
We are expecting a calf this summer as well that I am personally looking forward too.
So Jersey litter wise.. The only doe that came through was Fantasy with 6 babies, of which 4 may be peanuts. Sophia had 3 DOA, and Sierra had 2 DOA. I will rebreed both does in a few days. Sophia pulled just a tuff of fur, and Sierra pulled a little more then that. Fantasy (my favorite girl now lol) pulled a box of fur, built a beautiful nest and is a terrific mom. Right now she has 2 mini lops in her box as well... Ack! We had to do a bunch of fostering because mini lops had HUGE litters!
Spring has sprung here!
We are expecting a calf this summer as well that I am personally looking forward too.
So Jersey litter wise.. The only doe that came through was Fantasy with 6 babies, of which 4 may be peanuts. Sophia had 3 DOA, and Sierra had 2 DOA. I will rebreed both does in a few days. Sophia pulled just a tuff of fur, and Sierra pulled a little more then that. Fantasy (my favorite girl now lol) pulled a box of fur, built a beautiful nest and is a terrific mom. Right now she has 2 mini lops in her box as well... Ack! We had to do a bunch of fostering because mini lops had HUGE litters!
Thursday, March 20, 2008
New litters, updates etc
I can't believe it has been 4 days since my last blog...
I had a couple new Jersey litters to report today. Leapin Fantasy X Leapin' Cowboy had 6 kits- first litter! 4 MAY be peanuts, though with 2 for sure that are regular size.
And Leapin' Sierra X Leapin' Cowboy had 2 DOA huge kits. I will rebreed her this weekend, unless we need to foster something off to her. We still have 2 more JW's to go, still waiting on my Champagne D' Argent to deliver, and then numerous mini lops. Then more JW's next week.
I can't wait for the Champagne litter. They are a super fun breed of rabbit! Very sweet, inquisitive, and good eaters! I think they will make excellent pets from what I am seeing (the bucks) as both our bucks are very easy going. We got new pics of the 2 young does today, but didn't like the pics of the younger of the 2. However, new pic of the older doe.
All is well with all the bunnies. Tomorrow we are having Easter dinner at the house here. Andrea and her mom are coming, along with our Grandma and one uncle, my friend Starr and her daughter Tiffany, and then the 4 of us. Plus 7 cats, and likely 5 dogs because if we are feeding rabbits a bit early I can't tie Harley up that early (Harley the farm dog, but you have to tie him up at night because of his last fiasco with chasing wild rabbits and getting lost!). Anyway, he will probably come home for Easter dinner too : )
We are stuck on our emotions right now. In one way we are looking forward to Andrea's dwarf hotots coming to the farm. It will be fun to play around with them for a year, while she is gone. And in another it will be hard to say goodbye and not see her for another FULL YEAR! We are really happy for her, and can't wait to hear about her adventures and hearing if she finds any rabbitries over there! But, it will be a hard time saying good bye for sure. We've all really grown close over the last 2 years and it will be like losing a family member for sure ( she IS family)
Tomorrow, I have to go shopping for a baby gift (year old birthday) for our Cousin Aliyah. Then a birthday gift for a friend, and an easter gift for Cristina, Mom and Norm (just a chocolate bunny each or something) we don't go extravagant in this house for easter.
We cancelled homemakers for our grandma( who needs help with cooking/meals etc) for tomorrow, so Cristina and I will be at her place bright and early for breakfast, at the barn to check on the does due and then running around. Then back to the house by 3pm to work on dinner and tidying house, and figuring out how to entertain dogs while all the company is here : ) Probably take them for a long run and wear them out. That always works!
I have 16 Jerseys to keep, and 17 holes.. So expect to see more Jerseys for sale before Summer, as I need to keep empty holes for babies. : ) Can't wait to see how a few of these very nice Mini lops develop, they are looking VERY nice! And I really like how these couple Jersey babies we are keeping are developing. Showing improvement already, that is always a good thing!
I had a couple new Jersey litters to report today. Leapin Fantasy X Leapin' Cowboy had 6 kits- first litter! 4 MAY be peanuts, though with 2 for sure that are regular size.
And Leapin' Sierra X Leapin' Cowboy had 2 DOA huge kits. I will rebreed her this weekend, unless we need to foster something off to her. We still have 2 more JW's to go, still waiting on my Champagne D' Argent to deliver, and then numerous mini lops. Then more JW's next week.
I can't wait for the Champagne litter. They are a super fun breed of rabbit! Very sweet, inquisitive, and good eaters! I think they will make excellent pets from what I am seeing (the bucks) as both our bucks are very easy going. We got new pics of the 2 young does today, but didn't like the pics of the younger of the 2. However, new pic of the older doe.
All is well with all the bunnies. Tomorrow we are having Easter dinner at the house here. Andrea and her mom are coming, along with our Grandma and one uncle, my friend Starr and her daughter Tiffany, and then the 4 of us. Plus 7 cats, and likely 5 dogs because if we are feeding rabbits a bit early I can't tie Harley up that early (Harley the farm dog, but you have to tie him up at night because of his last fiasco with chasing wild rabbits and getting lost!). Anyway, he will probably come home for Easter dinner too : )
We are stuck on our emotions right now. In one way we are looking forward to Andrea's dwarf hotots coming to the farm. It will be fun to play around with them for a year, while she is gone. And in another it will be hard to say goodbye and not see her for another FULL YEAR! We are really happy for her, and can't wait to hear about her adventures and hearing if she finds any rabbitries over there! But, it will be a hard time saying good bye for sure. We've all really grown close over the last 2 years and it will be like losing a family member for sure ( she IS family)
Tomorrow, I have to go shopping for a baby gift (year old birthday) for our Cousin Aliyah. Then a birthday gift for a friend, and an easter gift for Cristina, Mom and Norm (just a chocolate bunny each or something) we don't go extravagant in this house for easter.
We cancelled homemakers for our grandma( who needs help with cooking/meals etc) for tomorrow, so Cristina and I will be at her place bright and early for breakfast, at the barn to check on the does due and then running around. Then back to the house by 3pm to work on dinner and tidying house, and figuring out how to entertain dogs while all the company is here : ) Probably take them for a long run and wear them out. That always works!
I have 16 Jerseys to keep, and 17 holes.. So expect to see more Jerseys for sale before Summer, as I need to keep empty holes for babies. : ) Can't wait to see how a few of these very nice Mini lops develop, they are looking VERY nice! And I really like how these couple Jersey babies we are keeping are developing. Showing improvement already, that is always a good thing!
Monday, March 17, 2008
Another Busy weekend
Weekends around here are always brim full! Saturday we spent most of the day working around the farm. Saturday night we brought Harley the Rottweiller home for a "sleepover" and a long walk with the other 4 dogs. That all went well, and Sunday morning we all went back to the farm together (Harley, Cristina and I).
Andrea, Tammi and Coleton came down for a visit, and we spent most of the afternoon in the barn going through mainly Mini lops, although a few Jersey woolies and we looked at one Champagne as well. We also ran to the raptor centre, and out for coffee. Lunch at our Grandmas as well. Today we did a bunch of running around in town, and put boxes in for the does. We also, decided on our cage space in the breeds:
We have 88 holes in the barn exactly, so we were figuring out what we wanted to allow for each breed. We need lists, boundaries, and limitations in our life(okay I've been watching Cesar Millan videos, and those words are embedded in my head. Anyway, we do really need boundaries and lists and limatations though. Why? Well, we've decide to allow 59 holes of those 88 to just the Mini lops(we've had 43) that is 16 MORE holes just for the Mini lops. This will really help! 38 holes are for Senior bucks and does(all at least 24 by 30), the other 21 holes are 24 by 24 junior cages.
17 holes will be for the Jersey woolies, and 12 holes for the Champagne D' Argents. That is our so called list and our boundaries. We can't go over 88 holes, neither of us will allow stackers in the middle of that barn now, so that is all we have room for! That is our limiations- we are limited space wise in the barn now, and can not have more holes : )
We are gearing up for many new litters over the next few weeks. We have something like 14 upcoming litters, and after palpating yesterday(Thanks Tammi and Andrea for double checking) all the Mini lops except 1(which is a maybe) came through, and all the Jerseys except 1(who was just bred a week ago) are too soon to tell as well. The rest are packed full!
Well, that is about all that is new around here : ) The spell check on Blogger is not working, so if my spelling is not accurate you know why!!
Andrea, Tammi and Coleton came down for a visit, and we spent most of the afternoon in the barn going through mainly Mini lops, although a few Jersey woolies and we looked at one Champagne as well. We also ran to the raptor centre, and out for coffee. Lunch at our Grandmas as well. Today we did a bunch of running around in town, and put boxes in for the does. We also, decided on our cage space in the breeds:
We have 88 holes in the barn exactly, so we were figuring out what we wanted to allow for each breed. We need lists, boundaries, and limitations in our life(okay I've been watching Cesar Millan videos, and those words are embedded in my head. Anyway, we do really need boundaries and lists and limatations though. Why? Well, we've decide to allow 59 holes of those 88 to just the Mini lops(we've had 43) that is 16 MORE holes just for the Mini lops. This will really help! 38 holes are for Senior bucks and does(all at least 24 by 30), the other 21 holes are 24 by 24 junior cages.
17 holes will be for the Jersey woolies, and 12 holes for the Champagne D' Argents. That is our so called list and our boundaries. We can't go over 88 holes, neither of us will allow stackers in the middle of that barn now, so that is all we have room for! That is our limiations- we are limited space wise in the barn now, and can not have more holes : )
We are gearing up for many new litters over the next few weeks. We have something like 14 upcoming litters, and after palpating yesterday(Thanks Tammi and Andrea for double checking) all the Mini lops except 1(which is a maybe) came through, and all the Jerseys except 1(who was just bred a week ago) are too soon to tell as well. The rest are packed full!
Well, that is about all that is new around here : ) The spell check on Blogger is not working, so if my spelling is not accurate you know why!!
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Posey's Built to Last
This is Hero's placement, a beautiful blue junior buck! Nicer ear then dad, but his dads awesome body and head as well : ) He is out of Jentle's Hero GC X Jentle's Tikki : )
I did some rebreeds today, trying to get a bunch of does bred to Hero and Rock N Roll before they leave. I decided to keep a few does for another litter, so I could breed them to just those 2 bucks for now. I do still have 4 animals available.. I am debating about keeping Snookums as well- I am so bad!
I have 4 animals available that would go very well as a group. GC RH's Tonka, Leapin Maggie May 1 leg (smoke pearl), Leapin' Mara (smoke pearl) and Leapin' Honky Tonk. All would be great in a marten (smoke pearl marten) project. I would like $200 for the 4, way lower then these animals are worth. But, I'm not working on martens!
I also checked some does that I bred a few weeks ago. And Confirmed are:
Leapin' Hot Flashez X Leapin' Snookums- expecting blue torts
Leapin' Fantasy X Leapin' Cowboy- expecting smoke pearl, sable point, blue point?
Leapin' Foxy Lady X Leapin' Cowboy- sable point and REW
Leapin' Miss Sierra X Leapin' Rock N Roll- sable points and torts
M an M's Sophia- (pointed white) X Jentle's Hero
Does bred today and yesterday:
Leapin' Panache X GC Jentle's Hero
Schultz's Secret Weapon X Leapin Munchkin (rebreed of Fantasy) she did not take last month.
All is well around here. We had 6 dogs in our care today ( I think I should send my dogs to people who can't keep dogs and get paid for lending my dogs out lol). On top of our 5 dogs( 1 farm dog (Harley) and 4 dogs here in Chemainus. Lucky our cousins dog was at the farm.. Lucky eats cats, we have 4 barn cats. So in the 2 1/2 hrs Lucky was at the farm (tied up) so we had complete control, she was a perfect angel and she loved playing with Harley again they lived together for 4 years. Anyway, in that time frame we barely got anything accomplished because we were worried that the cats would go out there and "try" to be friends.. They tried, but Lucky was just fine and we were right there. Our cats are too used to dogs, they don't know a good one from a bad one. That is the only scary part. But all was fine, and Lucky is back at her house now. And we are back down to just 5 ... JUST 5. Sarcastically murmurs!!
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Show Juniors
I have a few nice babies coming up that I will be keeping back as show juniors. I am super picky, as most people already know, so of my 20 babies some of them are really nice but not colors I want to pursue, and others don't meet my criteria.
I do have 3 so far that are definite keepers...
Leapin' Foxy Lady X Leapin' Rock N Roll- Sable point Junior doe- awesome body! Posey's Hardly an Angel
Leapin' Rock N Roll X Leapin' Chantilly Lace- Blue cream ? Junior doe- awesome doe, if she is a blue cream not a showable color but I am keeping regardless for breeding! Will see! Posey's Escapade
And GC Jentle's Hero X Jentle's Tikki- Blue Junior buck- Posey's Built To Last
So far just those 3, but, I have more litters to go through. Leapin' Ginger Rogers X Leapin' Rock N Roll have 2 dark sable points, and a dark tort( I think 2 does, and a buck )
Jetta X Hero have 2 blues. I just rebred Secret Weapon to Munchkin for a rebreed Fantasy litter. I have 3-4 more does bred as well.. I need to breed a bunch more this week.
Maggie and Mara both had litters yesterday- Maggie had 6, but unfortunetly none made it (and she is proven not sure what happened?) and Mara had 3 Fetal Giants (also proven) Mom to Panache. If they don't sell I will rebreed both. I hope to have as many babies in the box next month as I do now, for animals to show in August/September. I doubt we will go to any shows in the US this year due to the cost of gas and feed, animal food, groceries etc. Someone was saying it is going up to $1.50 a litre up here this summer(around $1.15 right now)
The dog food is over $60 a bag and we are going through it easily every 2 1/2 weeks with 5 dogs ( but they don't do well on any other kinds ) I've been trying everything. Ben lost so much weight on another brand, and they don't like the other brands.. Cat food is almost $40 a bag now..
Sigh!!!
:- )
I do have 3 so far that are definite keepers...
Leapin' Foxy Lady X Leapin' Rock N Roll- Sable point Junior doe- awesome body! Posey's Hardly an Angel
Leapin' Rock N Roll X Leapin' Chantilly Lace- Blue cream ? Junior doe- awesome doe, if she is a blue cream not a showable color but I am keeping regardless for breeding! Will see! Posey's Escapade
And GC Jentle's Hero X Jentle's Tikki- Blue Junior buck- Posey's Built To Last
So far just those 3, but, I have more litters to go through. Leapin' Ginger Rogers X Leapin' Rock N Roll have 2 dark sable points, and a dark tort( I think 2 does, and a buck )
Jetta X Hero have 2 blues. I just rebred Secret Weapon to Munchkin for a rebreed Fantasy litter. I have 3-4 more does bred as well.. I need to breed a bunch more this week.
Maggie and Mara both had litters yesterday- Maggie had 6, but unfortunetly none made it (and she is proven not sure what happened?) and Mara had 3 Fetal Giants (also proven) Mom to Panache. If they don't sell I will rebreed both. I hope to have as many babies in the box next month as I do now, for animals to show in August/September. I doubt we will go to any shows in the US this year due to the cost of gas and feed, animal food, groceries etc. Someone was saying it is going up to $1.50 a litre up here this summer(around $1.15 right now)
The dog food is over $60 a bag and we are going through it easily every 2 1/2 weeks with 5 dogs ( but they don't do well on any other kinds ) I've been trying everything. Ben lost so much weight on another brand, and they don't like the other brands.. Cat food is almost $40 a bag now..
Sigh!!!
:- )
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Baby pic, and last sale buns
Here's a pic of Posey's Escapade Smoke pearl? Jr doe
Out of Leapin' Rock N Roll X Leapin' Chantilly Lace
Super cute little doe with a great body, head and good ear! She is not posed in this shot, more of a "cutesy shot". I was going for barn pics today(battery was almost dead as we forgot it on.. oops ;) So, just one shot of her. Definite keeper!
Also, I just have a few sale buns and really want to get them moved out...
Leapin' Snookums blue tort senior buck- REG- I had this guy at $140, reduced to $100. I would be willing to sell him, Maggie, Panache or Mara as a trio for $200 for the trio(instead of $220, already reduced from $275). Great deal, nice rabbits- all 3 are registered, entire line is basically all registered and most are granded... I just want to cut back to what I am keeping, and building my own line.
Leapin' Panache- Smoke pearl senior doe- $50
Leapin' Mara- Smoke pearl senior doe $55
Leapin' Hot Flashez- Blue tort senior doe $85
Leapin' Maggie Mae- Smoke pearl senior doe- $70
Leapin' Foxy Lady- REW Senior doe- $40
GC RH's Tonka- Smoke pearl marten senior buck, $100 was $125
Leapin' Black Prince, and Leapin' Honky Tonk- both $40 each.. I will make a great deal for someone who wants more then 2-3 : )
The South Island 4-H club came up to the farm today, I think they were happy. We taught them about Coccidosis treatment, and why they should treat. Also deworming, and various other lessons. Density and Texture of coat, and type of the various rabbits.
I got 3 new Champagnes from Jolynn Wagner. A Massive senior buck, and 2 nice senior does. I am giving them a few days to settle in before I get pics. But the buck is a sweetheart!
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