Happy New Year

Happy New Year! As we are only days away from 2009 I can't help but reflect on 2008. We had a bountiful year in the bunny barn. Not all that were born made it to the show table but the ones that did have done really well. One little buck in particular named Gideon is now being shown in Ontario and other parts of Canada. He had 2 Jr. legs when we sold him and had great promise to continue to win more. We have Meadow a chocolate Sr doe that went to Nationals and took 2nd place, she has continued to do well all year. (she is hopefully bred) Another litter produced a brother sister chocolate combo that at 10 weeks old they both won thier classes and took best and best opposite variety (while still in baby coat). Whew, we are excited to continue to show this pair.
We also let a couple long time compannions leave the barn recently. Smokey was our first Dutch doe and she is no longer residing at our barn. Jasmine her daughter is now at a friends barn in Clio and Zaphod also has been moved. Still on the list of those to go are Hoopers Hershey - Choc Sr. Doe, Canfields Slingshot - GC Sr. Buck, and Bellairs Jasper - Blue Sr. Buck.
We were able to bring in a couple blue brood does (thank you JackJack rabbitry). We have our eye on a couple more blue does to be used for breeding.

All in all 2008 was a great year. The girls are well pleased with the results of thier careful breeding program and thier show wins. We are looking forward to 2009 with anticipation of a lot of fun and family time spent with the rabbits.
Sheri

Digging our way to the barn

We are in the middle of a huge snowstorm. The girls are working on digging thier way to the barn. We are definitely homebound. The schools are closed and Mike and I are both home from work due to the weather. We already have several inches and it is still coming down. We are expecting 12 inches before it is over.
I figure it gives us a chance to catch up on some chores in the barn. Some much needed cleaning and it is time to worm again. There seems to always be plenty that needs to be done. We are running about 45 head right now without counting babies. There are 3 litters still in the barn. We did quite a bit of culling but need to cull out more babies. We have some brood stock up for sale too.
Allison is planning to breed her chocolate satin in the next couple weeks. She is very excited to get babies from her. She is a gorgeous doe that has been doing well on the show table.

Sheri