Tuesday, July 31, 2012

The Hollands!

The Hollands are here and I am so excited! They are beautiful! The pictures just don't do justice for Roy's head! I just can't stop looking at him! LOL

Without further-ado, I give you the HOLLANDS!!

Manda


Kind of a pose....


Sitting in the corner

Roy!! <3


He looks like a basketball. He is hard to pose too. LOL


Relaxin'


His adorable face and head <3


Teddy is less than pleased. He wouldn't let me touch him, he just had to sniff.
"WHAT is THIS?! *sniff* INTRUDERS!!"

Sunday, July 29, 2012

New Life, New Bunnies

It has been a GREAT weekend!! Chex had two banded babies who she is feeding well. I am sure they will do great! She had them in the nest this time and pulled hair. It was 99 degrees outside so I brought them inside and they will be living in our dog's carrier until the babies are mobile enough to keep themselves from over-heating.




We are also getting new bunnies! Our Holland Lops will be in Utah tomorrow night at about 8PM, which is very very very exciting!!
  I am just so blessed to have a healthy, happy litter now and finally getting my second breed. I hope you all have luck with your bunnies and their litters! It is truely amazing to see those little babies! <3

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

A New Breed

We will now be aquiring a new breed to raise. Holland Lops. I have actually had hollands for a while, but we are going to be getting nice ones from Luv Lops Rabbitry to start off with. We don't have it set in stone yet when they will be here but I am praying it will be this Sunday.
I would like to give you a preview of them with photo credits going to LuvLops Rabbitry.


Gorgeous Miss Manda


Handsome Mr Gilroy



I am SO excited!!


Just an update, Chex is due this Saturday.
Also Asti and Munchie just went to their new homes. I hope they do great for you! They are both total sweeties.

Have a Fantastic Day!!

Monday, July 23, 2012

Holland Lops?!

Sooooo, this may be a confusing post since I have so many decisions to make.
Basiclly, I may be starting in Holland Lops! I may be getting a trio from LuvLops in Montana. I have a limit of 7 adult rabbits so I am for sure selling Pippet (SOLD) , Munchie($10), and Popit($90).
Then I also have rabbits coming from Texas, so I will likely be selling some really nice stock too. I will likely be selling Asti, and one or both of my best does. We will see. These are some hard decisions. Feel free to inquire about any rabbits I have.

Pippet, going to her new home today.


Popit $90

Munchie $10


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Maybelle enjoying her hay <3


Sunday, July 22, 2012

Oh the Joys of Patience!

I'm still "patiently" awaiting the arrival of Chex's litter. She is due on Saturday! I am so excited! It will be interesting to see what I get. Last time I got 2 sports, 1 banded. I used the same buck for this breeding.
Also, I am starting to think I may not offer pets anymore. I don't know if I will or not. I'm thinking I may offer them for $35 for one month and if they don't sell I will give them to the Birds of Prey Aviary next to my house. I just don't want my animals being bred for pets. The life of the average pet rabbit is terrible. I can guarentee more than half of them sit in a little cage until they die from who knows what. We will see.

So I may not be posting much this week, considering there is nothing to post about until the nests are full. LOL I palpated Pippet and Maybelliene and neither of them took. Ugh.

If anyone is interested, Pippet it avalible for $50 to make room for new stock.

Have a great day!

Saturday, July 14, 2012

Updates!

Well as usual, I'm staying with these rabbits even if it kills me.
Some bad news is I think Pippet may have a retained kit. I can feel an oblong shape, but she won't pass it. She was due yesterday. Usually when I palpate by now to check on the babies growth, I can feel the babies individual legs, and the head. This one just feels like a lump of firm...stuff. We will see. I may end up petting her out if it is. She has a great pet personality, my most well behaved doe.

Some awesome news is Chex is due on the 28th. Those babies are growing fast! I'm very excited to see what Teddy x Chex produces.

Asti thinks he will die without his oats...

Sunday, July 8, 2012

Needing some Inspiration...

Well lately I've been getting lots of put downs, and I've had many things happen that were unexpected and make me feel like I am failing with this breed. I am so irritated with some of the top breeders and their rude remarks I could almost sell out because of it. It surprises me that with this being such a rare rabbit, they would try the under-dogs like this, then go around talking about being a "promoter."
I just have a list of a few quotes that I have sitting in my rabbitry right now, but here's one of my favorites.


"Between you and every goal that you wish to achieve, there is a series of obstacles, and the bigger the goal, the bigger the obstacles. Your decision to be, have and do something out of the ordinary entails facing difficulties and challenges that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else."
~ Brian Tracy

I want to keep trying, I really do. It's just hard. The heartache of losing a litter, the anger of someone telling you what you have worked on for a long time is not good enough. I guess it's just a matter of When the world says, "Give up," Hope whispers, 'Try it one more time.'

I think I may need a break with these rabbits. I am juggling so much right now. I've worked and worked. I've prayed. I've studied. I've convinced. And then I can't even get a single baby.
I don't know. I just don't feel like I am accomplishing anything.
I have often used this video to help with my horse shows which I messed up at if you would like to watch it:

Pippets getting chunky.
Chex did palpate positive though today. :)

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

The New Stuff!

So we got new rabbits, new cages, new everything a few days ago. I have been so busy with everything lately I couldn't post. We still haven't set everything up in our barn, we are waiting for when my brother, my dad, and I are all free from work and it is still light enough outside. My Grandma is less than pleased with them as she doesn't like rabbits because "They Multiply." Oh well...
So now, its time for pictures!!!

BA's Maybelliene
BB's Lil' Buck (Just sold him. He produces NICE babies! I hope he does well for you!!)

For Sale! BA's Zeus

For Sale! BA's Munchie

BA's Asti
Tattooer EZ Tatt

My Pet:
Broken Black Tort Vienna Marked BEW Holland Lop

GORGEOUS eyes on this doll

My stuff that isn't all set up.

Asti Cooling off

Daisy doesn't know what to think of this situation...