Back to the Barn

Whew, I finally got a chance to go out to the barn. It felt wonderful to spend time looking through all the babies and sorting them. I couldn't stay out there too long as I can't keep my foot down. With Allison's help I was able to sort out or at least look over several litters. From Dutch to Polish and back to Dutch. It was wonderful and very exciting to run my hand over them. We have some very promising looking younguns coming up. We are looking forward to the December 5 show in E. Lansing. We will have a couple juniors that will be ready to go along. Hope to see you there.
Sheri

Beautiful Fall day

Today is a beautiful fall day with lots of sun and warm temperatures. As I am healing from foot surgery, I am unable to enjoy the weather other than through the window. However, it enabled Mike to get out and ride the motorcycle and that makes a happy husband.

So whats new in the bunny barn? Believe it or not, we have added angoras to our list of breeds. I have a spinning wheel and with Allison expressing interest in spinning and the angora rabbits we decided to give it a try. We are up to 10 angora rabbits but 2 are still up for sale. We don't plan to do a lot of breeding of these fuzzy critters and our main focus remains on the Dutch.

Dutch babies are popping out of the boxes. We have a couple of awesome looking grey babies, very cute chocolates and some wonderful blues. These little guys won't be ready to show until next year but we have high hopes that there are some winners in the bunch.

I want to add that Audra purchased 2 Blue Dutch Jr.s from us in the early Spring. She had a great time exhibiting her new Dutch rabbits this summer at several shows. Froot Loop and Glory did very well, winning every time she took them out. Congratulations on your wonderful summer!

Looking forward to the December show in E. Lansing. Join us there!

Show last weekend

Last weekend we attended the show in Ionia. It felt great to go to a show after not having any ARBA shows since spring. The girls won Best of Breed with thier Gray Sr. Buck named Wayne. We also took some best varieties. Had a great time and glad we went.

We were able to bring home some new rabbits. We added a broken blue Polish buck and a solid blue Polish doe. Allison also added several Angora rabbits to our barn. They are very nice bunnies. The broken black Angora came complete with 8 newborn babies. Wow a lot of new bunnies all at once.

Sheri

Full Moon (Fiction)

In the bunny barn on the night of the full moon strange things happen. Smokey and Jasmine are gone the only one of her line is Jasper.

Kelcie a little baby. Jaspers little girl. She is such a beutiful baby. So we start to show her.

When we went out to the bunny barn on the night of the full moon. There was a lot of racket coming from the barn. It was poring rain so we where drenched. Well when we had to pull Kelcie's water dish up to the front. the rabbit went to the back of the cage she just sat there and glared at us. That is somthing that she never has done. Well we knew her blood had smokey in it. So we were a little more careful. We weren't carefull enough. She started to growl and spit at us. Before we had the dish down she had me. You could hear the skin rip and feel muscle come off bone. I screamed bloody murder. She would not come off. My mom and dad came running out of the house. They where wondering what had happened. Well my dad grabbed the dangling bunny and my mom pried her off of my arm they put her in her cage. They ran me to the hospital. I had to have stiches! By now I am to tired to care.

Well know we are very careful when taking care of the bunnies. Kelcie grew to be a beutiful doe and raised several litters but never attacked again. We now no that Smokey's blood runs threw the veins of her children and there children. It only comes out on the night of the full moon.

The final countdown

Here we are in the final hours before the fair begins tomorrow. The girls are going to be extremely busy today. Between catching ducks, bathing chickens, baking bread and cleaning rabbits it should be exhausting.

This year we have moved to Washtenaw County for 4-H. We have a very active group with a wonderful leader. This fair is only 4-H and has no carnival or other stuff. As a mom, I really like that part.

Rabbits show Wednesday....... wish us luck.
Sheri

cutbacks

Well like everyone else in Michigan, our financial situation has changed and not for the better. We have been forced to make cutbacks in our bunny barn. We have saved the best of the best and plan to continue to breed and show when possible. We will be saving up for the fall shows starting in September.

We have recently been blessed with our first litter of grey babies. We are still working on the harliquins. Keep checking back as we have a new harli doe that is bred.

The girls are headed to the fair on July 27 and are looking forward to a lot of fun.
Hope everyone is having a great summer.
Sheri

Great Weekend

Well we just finished out a great weekend at the Michigan Spring Convention. We haven't been to a show yet this year so it was a special treat to get out and show. It was worth the wait when we won Best Opposite Breed with a blue Jr. doe (both days) that the girls have been waiting to put on the table. She is awesome with a beautiful head and great type. Her markings are the icing on the cake. We also took home Best opposite variety Blue and Best variety and Best opposite chocolate, and best variety Gray.
Allison also showed Satins and Creme D'Argents. She took Best Opposite Breed with her Creme Jr. Buck. All in all it was wonderful. We are pumped up and excited to go to the next show.
Sheri

Goodbye's

It is so hard to say goodbye to the rabbits that we have had for so long. Allison's beloved Hershey went to a new home last Saturday. Hershey came as a 5 week old kit and is now 2 years old. She was quite a pet for a long time. She will have a happy home with a 4-Her that also purchased Slingshot. Good bye friends you will be missed.