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.

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

ARBA National Convention

We were fortunate enough to send 4 rabbits to Kentucky for ARBA convention last week. I am very excited to announce that they did really well.

Bellairs Meadow (choc Sr. Doe) 2nd place
Hume's Cashew (Blue Sr. Buck) 7th place
Megan's Caspian (Choc Sr. Buck) 6th place

It was a hard decision on who to send down. I drew the limit at 4 due to cost. Caspian was picked because Zaphod, who was scheduled to go, sunburned his ears and they are still offcolor. We didn't feel he would do well so we substituted our old guy Caspian. It was exciting to know that the bunnies did well down there. It would of been great fun to attend the convention but we are just happy that we could send some down. We would like to extend a big thank you to Keith Rockwood for providing transport and care to and from convention.

Sheri