I have come to a decision to cut back on Fuzzy Lops. I am far too busy to groom them as needed to keep them in top condition for show. I have decided to sell off about 10-15 Fuzzy Lops including grand champions. I still am keeping roughly 10 Fuzzy Lops to kind of... get my balance back and give myself a break with cage cleaning and grooming.

Many have already been spoken for, but please contact me if you are interested in finding out what I have left.

Additionally I think I will be branching into Holland Lops bigger then ever. I find myself enjoying them much more for many reasons. I am NOT selling out of Fuzzies, just cutting back for a bit of a break for now

Happy New Year to all! It has been a tough winter here. We're expecting snow and ice and super cold temperatures. My water lines have been frozen for nearly a week and I got another week to go. I am used to only having this problem a few days out of the year, but this year has been awful! I am looking forward to getting snow though!!

I have been trying to breed but it's just been a funky year. The bucks are just now producing and just when they are, the does have no interest because of how cold/dark it is. I have very few litters being born and am working on giving them more light this month. No shows for me until February or March!

I finally have babies, My Black & White Dutch (Oreo) had hers Yesterday,  My New Zeland Mix (Brownie) had hers Today and my Solid White New Zealand (Snowbelle)is due any day.
I got some 6'x12' Dog Kennels and I went around the bottom with 24" high hardware cloth. I have been keeping them in the kennels more than in thier hutches. I just have to move the kennels around every 2 days. They get plenty to eat naturally and plenty of exersize.

Yesterday was exciting! It started out with snow at the house, we got about 2-3 inches. I didn't think anything of the roads being bad because I grew up in FL. The icy roads made for an exciting trip to the show. I nearly wrecked twice and saw dozens of accidents on the way to the show. Luckily everyone made it there ok, as far as I know.

First show I took BOB in both Fuzzy Lops and Hollands. Kim's Integra (Fuzzy) and Kim's Fiona (Holland.) Show 2 Kim's Fiona took BOS for Hollands. In Fuzzies Kim's Robbin (owned by another lady) took BOS as a junior buck.

I was also awarded an All Southern award for having the most sweepstakes points for Fuzzy Lops in the area.

Today I'm going to be breeding everyone. Even a few does that I showed, I got registered and they got the additional legs needed to grand out. <p>
No more shows until at least February for me!

The show was very fun. I brought home 2 sets of stacking cages unexpectedly but am very happy with them. Kim's Domyoji (Broken Holland Lop SR Buck) took BOB of 60+ rabbits in the first open show. He won BOV in the second show also. So 2 more legs for him. BH Cary (Fuzzy Lop) took BOSV in the last 2 shows earning her first legs. I'm super tired and happy to be home. Looking forward to the show in Florence on December 5th.

 I am finding more and more of this happening.  I do not know if it is the Economy or people jump head first before doing alot of research in this. I was looking on craigslist and I ansewered an ad about "Rabbits for sale". I got a reply that I could buy out his Rabbits and cages For $88.00. That is what he paid for the rabbits when he bought them before the summer time. He just lost intrest in it, This guy built a nice pole type shed for the cages to hang in with 1/4" hardware wire enclosing the whole thing. The rabbit cages were no junk either, They were built better than the ones that you can order from K & W Cages and other manufactures.
Here is what I ended up with. I figured for $88 I could not go wrong.
1 - buck - 2 Does - 2- 5 week old month Californians
3 - mated pairs of White New Zealands
4 - 48"x 48"x32" Hanging Cages
4 -Glass Waterers
4 - Galvanized Feeders

Great show day today. I brought 8 rabbits to show. Kim's Hanazawa a broken tort junior buck took BOB in show one. Best Opposite was Kim's Integra (broken tort senior doe.)

Show 2 Shari's Fizban won his first BOB. I'm excited because he finally has something of a senior coat. I hope he keeps it up. Kim's Integra got BOS again in this show.

For Hollands I didn't do much in show 1. I got a lot of firsts and seconds. Show 2 Bastet's Sabrina (tort senior doe) took BOSV. Kim's Domyoji (broken tort junior buck) got BOSV. Both of these Hollands got their first grand champion legs today.

So, I need to seperate the Bucks and the Does for a few weeks and go from there.

It's most likely just too hot. Bucks go sterile in the summer for a while, plus if they're constantly trying to mate they dilute the amount of healthy sperm.

We have a Dutch pair, New Zealand White pair and a Flemish Giant pair. We have not had any Kits since June when my NZW had them. I keep them paired up in thier individual hutches all the time. When i was raising Rabbits years ago, We would of had Rabbits running everywhere.

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