Friday, September 30, 2011

Reserve in Show!


Double Dutch's Kiara
Last weekend was the Bremerton show. In show A, I won BOS with Peyton, my Blue jr doe, for her first leg. BOB was won by Double Dutch's Bugz, who is now owned by Luster Wabbitry (http://lusterwabbitry.com/). This was Bugz's 3rd leg!
Show B, Jan won BOS, and Kiara, my Black jr doe, won BOB, and went on to win Reserve in Show! The top pic is with the judge, Jessica, and the Best in Show Mini Satin, owned by Scott (pictured) and Kevin.
Definitely was not expected, especially for Kiara! I've been having issues with her eating for the last month, and almost didn't even enter her in the show! This was her very first show!
Next show is tomorrow in Monroe. Should be really good competition, with a lot of Dutch.
Next Thursday Robert's Spot litter is due!
We currently have several litters in the nestbox. I'm really excited for my Stilletto x Remington litter, as I have 4 really nice marked ones! Can't wait for them to get a bit bigger to see their type!

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

A new breed!

A new breed has been added to the rabbitry.... The English Spots.
My fiance Robert and I had planned on getting him started in his favorite breed, next June at state convention, however when Stephanie of Los Conejos Rabbitry put up a pair of Grand Champions in one of the colors he wanted, we couldn't resist. He now has a Lilac buck name Meg's See Ya, and a Chocolate doe name LC's Carmina. Both are very nice animals, and compliment each other very nicely, and have great personalities. We bred the two of them together last week, so are excited to have our first litter with them!
Robert's rabbitry is going to be called "Sporting Spots Rabbitry". Starting in January, both them and the Dutch will all be entered under both our names. As his rabbits are in my barn, they're going to stay on the small side for now, but at state convention next June, we do plan on adding to them.
I've slowly been working at remodeling the rabbitry, and have gotten rid of several older cages. Robert's family still had most of their cages from when they raised rabbits, so we've been slowly working at getting them moved over here, as they're only a few years old and in great shape.