Glad to be back!

We had no internet for almost 1 week....I swear, I thought I was going to die! lol
Thank goodness we're back up & running again, I spent most of the day responding to emails that I missed-Whew! that was a lot of work!  But, I think I've pretty much gotten things caught up now.

This weekend is the NC State convention, we will be leaving Friday after Brendan gets home from school...he's going to show a couple Nethies, and I'm taking a couple Jr bucks-mostly to get comments on.  We clipped nails, tattooed, groomed and checked over each bunny to make sure there were no DQ's.  Tomorrow, I need to clean out the carriers and make sure I have everything ready.
Wish us luck, there is going to be some stiff competition!

-Malena

Updated....finally!

Well, I finally got around to updating Brendan's website.....I think it's been about 4 months since I last updated, and it got to the point where his Juniors that were pictured are now Seniors and producing litters of their own & he has a new batch of Juniors that need to be added.  I've been doing some thinking, and I think I need to look around for a new piece of fabric to use as a background for taking pictures of his bunnies....what I use for my website doesn't look good with his website theme.

Anyhow, if you'd like to check out his website.....here's the link:
Brendan's Netherland Dwarfs

Thanks Sarah, for motivating me to update his site  :)

-Malena

Oh my gosh!

Poor Yona almost killed himself!  I went out to fill up water bottles this morning, and while I was watering....I guess Yona didnt see or hear me coming-(even though I watered 4 rabbits before I got t o him).  Apparently, I scared him......he freaked out and bounced off the walls of his cage then fell straight on his back!  It all happened so quickly!  I reached in and picked him up and held him until he calmed down.   He seems to be okay now, but I'll keep an eye on him just in case.

When I enter the rabbitry, I always make sure to say "Hey guys!" so they know I'm coming.  I guess poor Yona didn't hear me, I'll have to make sure I say it a little louder when I get near him.  He's such a cute little buck, I'd hate to lose him  :(

-Malena

First impressions...

I try my best to make a good impression, when it comes to new visitors that come to the rabbitry.  I tend to keep the rabbitry clean anyhow but when I know someone is coming over, I take extra time to make sure I change pans and clean.  Rabbits can make a mess very quickly and if you dont keep up with it, it can get out of hand.  Some times my husband thinks I clean the rabbitry more than I do the house! LOL
I take great pride in having a nice, clean rabbitry with beautiful, healthy bunnies  :)

Today was a beautiful day, I cant wait until Spring comes so I can take all the stacking cages out and spray them down again. I could have done it today but my main helper, Brendan wasnt here....the kids had Saturday school today--one of the many snow day make up days!
I also need to put down a new layer of mulch in the outside rabbitry and clean out the manure beds-(I guess I'll post an ad on Craigslist or IWANNA and try to sell some) And what doesnt sell I'll have the kids help me put it on the garden, and around trees.....Rabbit manure is great fertilizer!

Update on Willow Walker Pepper....I was able to get her bred to Lars today!!!  Hopefully she'll take and about a month from now we'll have a litter of cute little baby Hollands.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed for some Broken Blacks!-(one of my favorite colors) ♥

-Malena

Warmer weather ahead....

This weekend is supposed to be really nice, I cant wait!  I was looking through my Evans Software program and saw that Willow Walker Pepper-a really pretty broken black doe that I got from Janice just turned senior, which means she is now old enough to breed.  So, I'm hoping maybe she'll cooperate this weekend.....now I just need to decide which buck I want to breed her to.  Since Lars is getting older, I might give him first dibs.....he's such a sweet guy and he's produced some of the nicest bunnies in my rabbitry. 

I'll keep you posted on how things go with Pepper.  Have a great weekend everyone!  :)

-Malena

Snow Bunny!

Today was another snowy day, but it wasn't too cold or windy so I decided to let Laicey-one of our Holland Lop bunnies have some fun in the snow.  Here are some pics I took, enjoy!  :)

 

Laicey says....Hi guys!  :)

Look, I found a leaf! lol

 

Hmmm, I wonder whats over there....

Hope you enjoyed the pics, I had a lot of fun playing in the snow with Laicey!

-Malena

Making room for Juniors....

The bad thing about having a small rabbitry is that every once in a while I have to rotate out bunnies, in order to keep and grow out some of their offspring to move forward with my breeding program.  Today I sold 2 rabbits, that gives me 2 empty cages.....which wont stay empty for long, cuz I've got my eye on quite a few youngsters that are looking super cute!  One day I hope to be able to expand and add more cages to the rabbitry, but right now I have to make do with what I have  :/

-Malena