SUMMER HERD REDUCTION

I've decided (well, my rabbits actually decided for me that they need their own cages) to have a "Summer Herd Reduction". I always say I need cage space and I'm getting tired of saying it. It sounds so nice to have the extra room if and when you need it. With that begin said, I have listed about 18 juniors and seniors on my For Sale page. Feel free to take a look! I only made a list, because it would have been a lot of work to include pictures and information on each rabbit. However, don't hesitate to ask for more detailed information about a specific rabbit (pictures, pedigree, reproductive ability, etc.) I have a lot available that I need to sell, so I'll consider all offers and give package deals on purchases of 2 or more rabbits. Thanks!

I Made It

I just realized this... titles should always be capitalized, right? Well, why not capitalize titles to blogs? They're still titles, right? I usually don't bother capitalizing them, but I'm going to start.

Now you're probably wondering about the title. I chose this title because today was the last day of school. I made it through another year!

Anyway, I have lots of litters so let's move on. These litters can also be seen on the Nestbox page.

Mikey x Dancer ~ 4 kits (5/7/11) - 2 REWs, 2 seals
Spike x Silver Sand ~ 4 kits (5/8/11) - 1 broken chestnut, 1 broken chinchilla, 1 opal, and 1 chestnut
Spike x Broken Dreams ~ 2 kits (5/13/11) - 1 broken chinchilla, 1 broken blue(?)
Tiki x Caramel ~ 3 kits (5/20/11) - 1 broken black, 2 blue otters
Tango x Mango ~ 5 kits (5/21/1) - 5 oranges
Tango x Cameron ~ 3 kits (5/21/11) - 3 oranges
Bondo (Black Tort) x Melody ~ 1 kit (5/25/11) - 1 tort(?)
Fireball x Sunsation ~ 5 kits (5/25/11) - 5 oranges

There's a mistake on my Nestbox page... In Broken Dream's litter, she has a broken chinchilla and the other may be a broken blue. However, on my website, it says a broken chestnut.

Other than that, nothing more has been going on. Until next time, God bless.

Columbia show

To be completely honest, I haven't thought about blogging lately. Things have been really busy around here and the week goes by too fast.

So how'd I do at Columbia? I think I might have gotten a leg in Show A with Tiki. He could have gotten Show B, but the judge noticed the little nip on his ear. :( I was pretty bummed because it had just happened. Overall, I didn't expect to win anything... I just wanted to get an opinion on my junior torts. I got a "looks promising" in Show A on Drake. The pictures on my website make them look better than what they look like now. Ha! It's okay though - they're at the ugly awkward stage so what can you do?

As far as recent litters, I'm waaaaay behind! I'm not going to take the time to write a paragraph about each litter; I'll just cut to the chase. ;)

Mikey x Dancer ~ 4 kits - Two are REW and 2 are either sable point martens or smoke pearl martens. The REWs will definitely be for sale. However, the other 2 kits will need to be evaluated.

Spike x Silver Sand ~ 4 kits - Wow. Just wow. Silver Sand actually had 6 kits in her first litter, but sadly 2 didn't make it. SS has 1 broken chesnut, 1 broken chinchilla, 1 chestnut, and 1 opal. I think I'm going to sell the whole litter though.

Spike x Broken Dreams ~ 2 kits - For some reason, I can't remember what BD has! I checked all of the babies last night and it was a looong day at the show. I can't believe I don't remember! One I think is a broken... well heck, both might be broken! I really don't know. It's bugging me now; I have to go check.

Tiki x Caramel ~ 3 kits - I'm pretty nervous... I just sold Caramel today and fostered her babies out. I should have made a better plan, because the litter I fostered to is Broken Dreams and her babies are about a week old. All I can do now is hope & pray. They should be a lovely bunch. Two of the kits look like blue otters (!) and the other one looks like a broken chestnut (maybe).

Mango also had a litter, but I feel awful that I didn't have time to check them because of the busy day at the show! Until then, God bless.

Possible Reduction

Sorry I haven't gotten around to posting in awhile. New month, new happenings.

Well the most recent news happend today. I got a new litter!

Mikey x Dancer - 4 kits ~ I'm really pleased with Dancer. She actually had 5 kits but one didn't make it at birth. But that beats her past record of 3 kits! I'm pretty excited, because if the kits turn out anything like Poker Face, they'll be really good keepers.

I'm having mixed emotions about what to do with my rabbits. The summer months are simply too hot and we'll be traveling in June which makes it harder. I don't want heat strokes like last summer... I'm seriously considering cutting back on my herd to keep my rabbits manageable. It's tough having 48 rabbits (not including the babies). I obviously don't breed in the summer because of the heat. I'm thinking hard and if I decide to reduce my herd, it will be a color group. I don't want to say much about it yet, because nothing is confirmed, but I'm leaning towards parting with my oranges... I don't like the thought of it but including babies, I have exactly 19 orange and broken oranges. If I could reduce that number at least by 10 or so that would be great. I'm still not sure yet. Then again, this is just talk. I use the blog to gather my thoughts. :)

That's all on my plate right now. Happy Mother's Day!