Taylorsville show

Yesterday was the Taylorsville show....I have good news and some really bad news  :(
There werent very many rabbits on the table for both of our breeds.....in the Netherland Dwarf youth show there were only 4 Netherlands, and Brendan had 2 of them! lol   And this is hard to believe but on the Open Holland table there were only 5 rabbits total!  And that was because I late entered 2 of them when we got there! lol

Okay first, the good news:  Brendan won BOB with Yogi & BOS with Bug in show A....Yogi went on to win Best in Show!  In show B, Brendan won BOB with Yogi & BOS with Bug....Yogi went on to win Best Reserve In Show!  In Open Show A, my Holland Lop doe named Holly won BOS.
In other good news, we brought home another 6-hole stacker from Charles Bryant....that will give us alittle more room to grow out some juniors.

And now for the bad news  :(   While I was waiting for the Hollands to go up for the second show, I get a phone call from my daughter saying that one of my rabbits died!  She was freaking out, it took a while to figure out which rabbit she was talking about but when I found out, I lost the one rabbit I would most hate to lose right now  :(   it was LOV's Wrigley  :*(
Losing her is especially hard because I was so excited to add her to my rabbitry, I looked forward to seeing her babies~she was bred to LOV's Lars too so that makes me really sad.  I am so upset  :(
But, I am so thankful that Krys was nice enough to give me Wrigley's daughter, Kelly.....I just hope we can get some babies and continue the line.

-Malena

sad day :(

I went out to feed & water this morning and found BBC's Baby dead in her cage  :(
We had a really bad thunder/lightning storm last night, I'm wondering if it might have scared her?? 
She was perfectly fine otherwise, eating & drinking just fine and never had a messy bottom.....so I was shocked to find her dead.  Baby was given to me as a gift, by Sydney & Harley Butler at the OH mini convention.  Baby Girl~as I affectionately called her, was a Dietrich's Babu daughter.....Babu was the 1st place BSB at the '09 Holland Lop Nationals in Youth.  I absolutely loved Baby, she was beautiful little doe.  She had a gorgeous head/ear/crown & the chubbiest cheeks ever and bone to die for.  I'm really gonna miss her, she was such a sweetheart too.

RIP Baby girl  :(

-Malena

YAY! Got my wish!!! :)

Twyla decided to have her babies today, she did an excellent job...I am very proud of her.  She had 6 babies, only one was a peanut.  She had TWO Broken Blacks...YAY, I got my wish!!!!  :)  She also had 1 solid black, 1 tort, and 1 ?~(I'm not quite sure yet)....I can tell its a broken but its pretty light in color, and I'm not sure if Jeremy carries Sable Point or not....guess we'll have to wait and find out.  Watch it just end up being a broken tort! lol

Speaking of Jeremy....I have had him available for a while now, one only person has shown interest in him but she is too far away  :/  So, I am pondering the thought of putting him on the raffle table.....I have too many bucks right now and need to  free up some cage space to grow out some upcoming jrs.
I think I might also put Jacoby on the raffle table too, he's a really nice buck~he was shown as a jr and has one leg to his name.  Bad thing is, for some reason he chews his fur, which I think makes him harder to sell.  He is molting very badly at the moment so he doesnt look that great right now but boy does he need to molt!  Seems like a long time since he last molted....he's gonna look much better when he finishes.

I will bring a couple young jr brood does to sell at the Taylorsville show, so if you are in need of a doe stop by and see me....both are out of LOV lines. 

....if anyones interested in Jacoby or Jeremy, stop by and see me before the show and make an offer before I put them on the raffle table.....no reasonable offer will be refused.

-Malena

Holland babies :)

Willow Walker Pepper, a broken black doe I got from Janice was due to have babies yesterday.....when I put in her nestbox a couple days ago, she made a mess of it~ pulling out almost all the hay. lol  I put the hay back in and moved it to the other corner, I guess that made her happy cuz she left it alone.  This afternoon, I was down in the basement and saw her plucking tons & tons of fur!  I went and did some couple chores and came back and found 5 little babies, sired by Amor!  Only bad news is, 3 of them were peanuts so it looks like we only have 2 healthy ones, and they both look like torts.  I tell ya, between my 2 broken black does~Pepper & Janessa, I just cant seem to get any broken black babies this time around! lol  Maybe I need to start wishing for torts, maybe then I'll get some broken blacks! lol  Janessa had 3 solid blacks & 3 broken torts!  :P

Other baby news, we lost 2 of Marie's babies.....they just didnt seem to thrive, so now we are down to 4 out of her & McLovin.  We lost 2 solid torts, so now she has 3 broken torts & 1 solid tort in the nestbox.

My black doe, Twyla is due in a couple more days, she is bred to Jeremy.....again, here I go~hoping for broken black babies! lol  Lets see if Twyla can grant my wish.....I'll keep ya posted  ;)

-Malena

For Sale Update....

Since I cannot update my website right now because of our main computer not working, here is a list of what is available:

Holland Lops
*3 Tort Does, ready now~just turned 8 weeks old....$30 without pedigree
*Tort Buck, will be ready May 30th....$40 without pedigree
*Broken Tort Doe, ready May 30th....$40 without pedigree/$60 with pedigree
*Tort Buck, ready May 31st....$40 without pedigree/$75 with pedigree
*Broken Tort Buck, ready May 31st....$40 without pedigree

I can send pictures via text on my cell phone.  Just send me an email, leave me your cell number and let me know which bunny you are interested in.  email:  hopnlops @ bellsouth.net  
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*All pet bunnies come with care guide, health guarantee & baggie of transition feed

-Malena

Big Congrats!!!

I wanna say Congratulations to Desiree Fisher, from Fisher Farms Rabbitry in SC.....she won Best In Show in Youth, yesterday at the Columbia SC show with Hamilton's Bentley~Black Otter Netherland Dwarf buck!!!  We are thrilled that he did so well at the show for her.....we are so happy for you Desiree!  :)

-Malena

...eyes are now open

Okay, I finally figured out how to add a pic using this laptop, so here's an updated picture of our little miracle baby:

(please excuse the poor quality....it was taken with my cell phone) lol

...told ya he was adorable!  :)   My husband says he looks like a little mouse! lol

-Malena

Rainy day babies

Well, this morning I went out to feed real quick before it started to rain....didnt quite make it though, it had already started raining before I got out there! lol  Willow Walker Marie was bred to McLovin and was due to have babies today.  I usually bring mommas inside to have their litters but since it hasnt been very cold out lately, I decided to go ahead and leave Marie outside and give her a nestbox.....she's kind of a nervous doe anyways and I didnt want to stress her out by moving her.
As I was feeding, I noticed a bit of fur on the ground that had fallen through the wire under her cage.....I got excited, yay more baby Hollands!  I took out the nestbox and to my surprise, Marie had SIX babies~all tucked nicely in a well furred nest  :)   This is her first litter, she did a great job! 

For Sale page updates:
Tort doe #6 & #4 have both been sold.
I also sold Jorja, who was bred to Tristan.....they went to live in SC with the Fisher Family~at Fisher Farms Rabbitry.  I wish you guys the best of with them  :)

Some exciting news....our little miracle baby has its eyes open, and oh my gosh....it is the cutest little thing I have ever seen!  So adorable <3

-Malena

craziness...

Our main computer stopped working properly a couple days ago, not sure whats wrong with it....but I'm totally freaking out with out my Evans software, and being able to print up pedigrees or update my website and post pictures!  :/ 
I'm having to use a lap top, that my brother gave us when we went down to GA to visit earlier this year.....thank goodness he was so nice to give us a laptop because atleast we still have some sort of way to get online to check emails and such.  If I'm a little slow responding to emails, please forgive me...I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

Since I can not update my for sales page, I will just post updates here.....so check back soon  :)

Other news, Brendan's Netherland Dwarf doe, Audi had a litter of babies last night....she had 4 total, one was a max factor and looks like one *might* be a peanut and two healthy ones.  This is her first litter and so far, Audi's being a great mom.  Brendan has lots of Nethies that will be available in a couple months....he hasnt had this many baby Nethies in a long time.  I'm hoping to pick up another stacker soon, that should help with cage space and our baby boom! lol

Oh yeah, almost forgot our little miracle baby Nethie is doing great.....wish I could post pictures of him  :(
He's adorble <3
-Malena

more baby Nethies....

Well, Lexus had her babies today.  She had 2 max factors-1 of which was dead, and 3 healthy babies.  I went ahead and removed the 2 max factors, they are born with their eyes open and they end up being blind.  They also have clubbed back feet, so it would be harder to maneuver around and in my opinion (and I know some people might disagree) but I feel they wont really live a quality, happy life.  Upon closer examination, I noticed that the max factor had an extra digit on the back feet-a little further down and off to the side, almost like having an extra thumb.....very strange, I've never noticed that before.  : /

-Malena

late night babies

Brendan has a couple Netherland Dwarfs due, Lexus & Mercedes both got nestboxes a couple days ago....Lexus built a nest and started plucking fur right away, but so far hasn't had any babies.  Mercedes, didn't do much when I first gave her the nestbox, but then I saw her arranging the nest and plucking fur yesterday.  I waited and waited, and no babies.  Then, I saw her plucking more fur again tonight.....so I went down and checked on her several times.  This last trip downstairs, I saw movement in the nestbox!!!  :)   Mercedes had 4 babies...one was a DOA peanut, the other 3 are nice and healthy.  I did have to remove the placenta from one baby, since it was still attached.  But other than that, she did a great job.  
Now, we're just waiting to see if Lexus has babies too~keep your fingers crossed!  lol
Brendan's herd buck, Yogi makes gorgeous babies so Brendan & I are both really excited about the newest batch of babies.  In a few more days, Audi is due to have a litter.  Its kind of early but I saw her plucking a small bit of fur this morning so I went ahead and gave her a nestbox just in case.

-Malena

our little miracle baby ♥

Here's a picture of our little miracle baby...

Its doing great so far, and is very active.  I thought it might be a blue otter, but in this picture you don't see pink in the insides of the ears, so now I'm not sure....I'll have to check again next time I get him out.  I thought it had a pink belly??  ...now I'm not sure! lol  Who knows, maybe its a blue?? 

-Malena

Spazz

Brendan has a REW Netherland Dwarf Doe named Spazz, that I got for him last year at the OH mini convention.  We named her Spazz because everytime you open the door to her cage and reach in, she runs really fast round & round in circles...she's really hard to catch! lol  She recently just turned 1yr & 3 months old....when she turned senior, we tried and tried to get her bred but she just wasn't interested~until last month!  We finally got her to breed, and Brendan & I were both so excited and couldn't wait to see some babies.  She was bred to Yogi, Brendan's herd buck....they both have LOTS of Coin/Nelson in their background so that made the breeding even more exciting.  Well, this morning I went downstairs to wake up the girls for school and feed the basement bunnies, when I noticed Spazz pulling fur!  Since I didn't really know what to expect because this was her first time having babies, I sat nearby and waited.  After she jumped out of the nestbox, I found one lifeless baby.  It was freshly born, still warm and wet but not breathing....I held it and started massaging it, to see if maybe I could get it to start breathing.  I also started swinging it in a downward motion between my legs and to my surprise the little booger started gasping for air.  I kept working with him, and he seemed to be coming around.....I took him upstairs and wrapped him up in a towel and warmed him up with the blow dryer on low heat to keep him warm.  After he started breathing better, I took him back downstairs and put him in with a litter of Hollands that was also born this morning.  I made sure to breed one of my Hollands the same day as Spazz just in case we needed to foster....I pretty much planned on fostering them anyway just because of how spazzy she is, we were kind of afraid she might hurt the babies running in circles like that.  After I put the baby in with the litter of Hollands, I checked on Spazz again and found another baby on the wire, but this one was too far gone....I wasn't able to revive it  :( 

If this one continues to live and thrive....it will be our little miracle baby  :)
I'll keep you posted on the little guy.

As soon as I have another open Holland doe to breed, I will go ahead and rebreed Spazz.  Maybe things will go better next time.

-Malena

Some new stuff....

Before I left for Ohio this past weekend, I got something new in the mail:

Darlene Head, who makes custom signs made me this lovely new rabbitry sign.  I absolutely love her work and have wanted to get a sign for a while now, but never knew what to put on it until one day it dawned on me to use the picture that Kristen Drum gave me as a gift.  She had Lauren Nicholas from Lil Bun Designs draw me a bunny family portrait, which I loved so much~it was the inspiration for my website design and business cards and now my new rabbitry sign.  Please visit Custom Sign by Darlene if you are interested in seeing her work or would like to get a sign.

Something else new...

While I was up in OH, at the mini convention, I picked up a bunny buggy.....I've wanted one of these for a really long time but never thought I would actually get one! lol  Theres no need to unstack carriers and spread them out on the showroom floor, it can stay stacked and rolled around because it has side opening doors...which is a great feature, I think.  It has 18 holes total, which is plenty enough for us.

More new stuff....I picked up a couple new bunnies at the OH mini convention.
LOV's Wrigley~a tort senior doe:

 
LOV's Maestro~tort senior buck:

Spring Lake Kelly~black senior doe:

I also picked up 2 juniors from Sydney Butler.....I will post pics of them soon.  Thunder is molting his head, and Baby has been given a haircut by one of her siblings.  So, as soon as they are looking pretty I'll take some pics  ;)

-Malena

OH Mini Convention

This past weekend was the big Ohio Mini Convention up in Columbus, OH.  We had so much fun and I have a LOT of exciting news to share!!!  My good friend Keniethea Roy won BOB at the Lionhead Nationals with her Pointed White Jr Buck named Roy's Dyson!  I am so happy for her, she really deserves it, she's got some of the prettiest Lionheads I've ever seen.  Here is a pic of her and her BOB bunny, Roy's Dyson:

Way to go Nita!!!!  :)

Another good friend, Brenda Foriska had a really cute tort Lionhead doe that placed 2nd....named Busy B' Dumpling.  Congrats Brenda.....she's beautiful  :)

I ended up only taking one Holland to show, but did very well considering.....Amor placed 3rd out of 44 SJB's in the OHLRF Specialty show judged by Robert Frizzell.  And then Amor placed 5th out of 43 SJB's in the HLHH Specialty show judged by Jay Jriez.  I'm pretty happy with that.   :)

A few of our bunnies went to new homes this past weekend.  Camelot's Dokie, Camelot's Sweet Pea, Hamilton's Lainey & Hamilton's Gidget all went to WI to live with Jared Smith.  And Hamilton's Zayna went to WV to live with Ronda Bragg.  I wish them both the best, and hope they get nice some babies  :)  Hamilton's Yona went to MO to live with a 4-H'er.....I'm gonna miss that cute lil' guy.  I'm keeping one of his daughters so that makes things easier.

I brought back a few new Hollands to add to the herd, I will be posting pics as soon as I can.  I got LOV's Wrigley from Ashlee Richards, Spring Lake Kelly-a LOV's Wrigley daughter from Krys Kolivras, LOV's Maestro from Jared Smith, BBC's Thunder & BBC's Baby from Sydney Butler.

I bought a really nice "bunny buggy"-as Nita calls hers.  I'll have to take a pic of it.  It has 3 levels, with side opening doors, 18 holes in all-6 holes each level.  Its really nice.  Since we now have the bunny buggy, we will be selling some of our carriers that we used to use.  I'll post them on my for sale page soon.

I know I was only gone a few days but Holly's sable point babies are looking sooooooooo cute!  Their eyes are now open....that was great surprise to come back to.  Charlotte's babies are all still looking really cute too ♥

-Malena