Good morning! :)

Charlotte kept me waiting all night, I checked her around midnight before I went to bed and she still didn't have any babies.  I was hoping she'd have them before I went to bed, just in case something went wrong....that way I could be there to help.  But she had other plans! lol  I woke up this morning to feed the basement bunnies, and found her nestbox full of fur!  I took it out and checked, she had 7 babies total.....but 2 of them were peanuts that were already dead.  So, we have 5 healthy babies.....not sure on colors yet, I'll check again later.  Looks like a few of them are pretty light in color, maybe we'll have some more Sable Points ♥

I'll keep ya posted  ;)

-Malena
Edited.....oopps!  looks like I must have counted wrong this morning! lol  Charlotte has 4 babies in the nestbox.  I took them out this afternoon to take a pic and found only 4, I checked around to make sure one didnt sneak out of the box or got lost somewhere in the nestbox-didnt find one anywhere  :/
It was early, so I'm guessing I just counted wrong! lol

The waiting game...

Well, both Janessa & Charlotte are due to have babies today.  So far, Janessa had hers....she had 4 babies, she did a great job for a first time mommy--I am so proud of her.  When I checked the babies, they were snuggled together in a nest full of fur and their tummies were full of milk!  Good job, Janessa!  :)  Looks like she had 3 solid torts & 1 broken tort.  I'll check again later, to make sure I guessed right.  lol

Still waiting on Charlotte, she's huge!  Poor girl has been laying around resting all day.  She's already hollowed out a nest so hopefully she's have them soon.  I'll update as soon as she has them.
It took awhile to get her started (she was 10 months old when she had her 1st live litter), but she did great last time.  *fingers & toes crossed*  hopefully things will go okay this time around too.

-Malena

Nestboxes are in!

Today I put nestboxes in for Janessa & Charlotte, they are both due on the 30th.  This will be Janessa's first litter, which is one reason I decided to breed Charlotte the same day since she is an experienced mom.....just in case something goes wrong and I need to foster babies.  Both girls dug right in and made good hollowed out holes.  Keep your fingers crossed, I hope all goes well.  Janessa is bred to Lars, and Charlotte is bred to Top Hat.  I'm hoping for some nice brokens, I've been overflowing with solids lately so it'll be nice to have some brokens to choose from again. lol

-Malena

Crazy weather

We got a lot of snow & cold weather this winter, and now that its officially Spring I'm waiting for it to warm up and stop being so on & off all the time.  One day its cold and windy, and a few days later its nice and sunny, then it'll get cold again and start raining.....it never seems to stay nice for too long  :/

During the winter time, I put up a big tarp along the backside of the rabbitry.  If I dont put up the tarp, it gets very windy down there.  The wind always seems to blow in that same direction...I call it the wind tunnel.  lol
I cant wait for some kind of constant nice weather so I can take the tarp back down.

Update on the Yona babies.....I did end up loosing one baby yesterday, so we're down to 5.  Its hard to tell but it looked like it might have gotten smooshed  :(    Gidget's a bigger girl so I'm not surprised, things like that happen from time to time.  Hopefully we wont lose any others.

-Malena

Yona babies!!!

 Gotta love when a first time Doe does a good job, today Hamilton's Gidget-(a brood doe out of Camelot's Sweet Pea & Camelot's Gumby) had a litter of 6, sired by Yona!!!  Sometimes you never know what to expect with first time Does, but Gidget did everything perfectly....she built a beautiful nest, plucked lots of fur and had all her babies in the nestbox....I am very proud of her.  Gidget is going to live with another breeder in WI in a couple months.  Since she just recently turned senior, I went ahead and bred her to get her started for her new owner.  Sometimes, if you don't breed a Doe soon after they turn Senior-(which is 6 months old) its harder to get babies out of them.

-Malena

The Boys...

I am so proud of my 2 boys, Tristan & Amor......I still cant believe how well they did at the NC State Convention! I think I'm still in shock! lol  They didnt win BOB, BOS or even Best In Show but I was really pleased with their placements.

Here are some new updated pics of them:

This is Tristan, my Broken Sable Point Jr. Buck.....he place 1st out of 6 in the first show-(he also won BOSV) & in the second show he placed 2nd out of 6.  I almost didn't even take this guy, he was sort of a last minute decision!  Tristan has a great background story....when he was about 10 weeks old, I moved him from the basement where he was born to outside, he was not happy at all--he refused to eat, I almost lost him.  Then, at one point I almost sold him as a pet but decided not to because I really needed a Broken Buck in my breeding program, boy am I glad I hung on to him! lol

And this is Amor, my Sable Point Jr. Buck....he placed 3rd out of 9 in the first show and 5th out of 9 in the second show.  I absolutely LOVE this guy! ♥  

I am very proud of them both  :)

Here's a cute pic of Amor, just for fun.....

Showing rabbits can be a lot like riding a roller coaster.....one minute you're on top of the world, and next thing you know you're feeling down and bawling your eyes out!-(that was me at the last Mocksville show)  Right now, I'm feeling up but don't want to get my hopes up too much cuz you never know how things will go at the next show.  If I could hit some kind of plateau, I think I would be happy.

Some exciting news.....I have a really pretty LOV doe that will be joining us soon, more detail coming soon  ;)

-Malena

Wow, what a loooong day! lol

Just got back from the show a little while ago.  We left yesterday(Friday), and headed out to Greensboro for the big NC state convention.  It was a great seeing all my bunnies buddies again.  I took 2 Hollands for comments, Amor-a sable point jr. buck and Tristan-a broken sable point jr buck and to my surprise they did really well, way better than I had expected!  In the first show, Jay Hreiz was the judge....Amor placed 3rd out 9.  And Tristan placed 1st out of 6, earning him a leg! In the second show, Amor placed 5th out of 9 and Tristan placed 2nd out of 6.  Not too bad for a couple of young jr. bucks  :)

Brendan took 3 Netherland Dwarfs, in the first show his Black Otter senior doe-Audi won BOS.  In the second show, Yogi won BOB and went on to win Best In Show!!!  Audi won BOS in the second show also.

Oh yeah, can you believe.....the one time I actually remember to bring my camera, with all the excitement going on, I totally forgot about taking pics!  *rolls eyes* lol 

Its been a long day, but its been loads of fun!  :)

Congratulations to all the winners!

-Malena