Holland Lop Nationals

This weekend is Holland Lop Nationals in Columbus Ohio.  We will be leaving early tomorrow morning.  This will be my first time going to Nationals so I am super excited, I cant wait to see a whole room full of gorgeous Holland Lops.  I've already got my camera packed, and plan to take lots of pictures.

Best of luck to everyone traveling to Ohio this weekend...have a safe trip!
See ya there!  :)

-Malena

LOTS of babies ♥

Okay, here's a list of all the babies we have:

Holland Lops
Harmony was bred to Dexter, she has:
Tort Buck
Tort Buck (holding for Renee)
Broken Tort Doe (keeping)
(will be ready May 18th)
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Kelly was bred to Thunder, she has:
Black Doe (watching)
Broken Black Buck (keeping)
(will be ready May 18th)
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Hattie was bred to Maestro, she has
Sable Point
Broken Sable Point
Broken Tort
(will be ready June 13th)
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LOV Bug was bred to Levi, she has:
Broken Tort
Broken Tort
Broken Tort
Tort
(will be ready June 13th)
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Deb was bred to Dexter, she has:
Blue Tort
Broken Blue Tort
Broken Blue Tort
(will be ready June 19th)
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Rita was bred to Levi, she has
Broken Sable Point
Broken Sable Point
Broken Sable Point
Sable Point
Sable Point
(will be ready June 21st)
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Netherland Dwarfs
Spazz was bred to Yogi, she has:
Black Otter
Blue Otter
(will be ready June 20th)
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E4 was bred to Miracle, she has
REW
Black Otter
Black Otter
(will be ready June 22nd)

Once these babies are old enough, I will pick my keepers.....then, the ones that are available for sale will be posted on my blog/for sale page of my website.  All rabbits come with care guide, health guarantee & baggie of feed~we feed Purina which can be found at most feed & seed or Tractor Supply stores.


*Also if anyone is interested, I will probably have a couple breeding does available after the babies are weaned.
-Malena

1 more to go...

If you read yesterdays blog....
Yep, I told ya they would wait for me to go to work to start nesting! Those little stinkers! lol  When I got home, around 11:30pm I went out to the rabbitry and checked to see if there were any babies.  Camry, one of Brendan's nethies was in the nestbox after she was done I found 1 max factor & 1 DOA so we'll have to try her again next time.  My Sable Point Holland Lop doe, Rita had a litter of 5 sired by Levi....excited, hoping the babies are Sable Points ♥

Now, we are just waiting for CN's E4 to have her babies, she's supposed to be due today so I'll keep checking throughout the day.  She's bred to Miracle, Brendan's Blue Otter buck.

I dont know how many people are actually reading this but, I'll keep ya posted!  :)
-Malena

So here's the scoop....

A couple Does that I am pretty sure took are still holding out on me, shame on them for making me wait! lol  They'll probably wait until I go to work tonight to start nesting....guess I'll have to take a peek in the rabbitry when I get home, to see if they left me any surprises  :)

Spazz, the REW nethie Doe pictured with a mouth full of hay in yesterdays blog had 3 babies, one was DOA but the other 2 look nice and healthy so far.  She has 1 blue otter & 1 black otter ♥

We had to rebreed a couple nethie Does...that didnt take.  But we are still waiting on 1 Holland Lop litter & 2 Netherland Dwarf litters to be born.

-Malena

Hmmmm...

Today is supposed to be my big baby boom day....I put in 8 nestboxes a couple days ago.  So far, not a whole lot is happening!  lol

Good news, Deb had a litter of 3 yesterday....2 brokens & 1 solid, all 3 look like possible blue torts ♥

Bad news, Brendan's nethie~Esprit had 3 babies on the wire....I found them cold, thought they were already dead until 2 of them slowly started moving.  I got them warmed up and put them in with Deb's 3 babies.  I'm alittle worried they wont make it because they arent very wiggly.  I'll check them in a little while, maybe they'll come around.
Update:  we ended up losing the 2 baby nethies  :(

Hattie & LOV Bug's babies that were born on the 13th are all doing good....thats good news too  :)

If any of the Does have babies, I'll update....so check back later  ;)

-Malena

Babies! ♥

Today I went out to check on momma bunnies that were due to have babies today and as soon as I walked into the bunny barn, I could see piles of plucked fur!  :)
After I finished feeding everyone, I took the nestboxes out to see how many babies were inside....LOV Bug had 4 babies sired by Levi & Hattie had 6 babies sired by Maestro~3 of them were peanuts.  We have a total of 7 healthy babies, I'm so happy to have baby bunnies again ♥
Our next batch of babies is due on the 20th...check back for an update on how things go.

-Malena

My favorite junior right now...

Hamilton's Disney....a Minnie daughter, sired by Levi. 

She's such a sweet girl, like her momma & loves to sit up and pose for pictures.  I love this little girl so much! ♥   I look  forward to showing her at the 2011 Holland Lop Nationals, I'm a little nervous since this will be the 1st time I've ever attended Nationals...I'm not expecting to come back with a big win or anything, but I think it'll be a lot of fun  :)

-Malena