Future Litters!

Yay! So I finally figured out my future breeding plans! Yay!! I think that they all will produce brood babies and maybe a couple show ones in there too! I am beyond excited for Jedan x Kennelly litter! I think they will have a couple show-stoppers in there I Can't wait!! She is due in like 2 weeks. I palpated her and she is positive!! Wahooo!!!
Anyways it took me a while to figure out my system so I am not overrun with babies but can have babies frequently! So Here are my thoughts when a doe is due we will take Jedan for example! She is due on the 13th and next on the list to have babies is Noel so Noel will get bred on the 13th then she will hopefully have babies on the 13th of September when Jedan's babies will be 4 weeks old then whoever is next on the list I can't remember I think it's London I will breed the next bunny on the list and when they are due in theory I will have babies that are 8 weeks old 4 weeks old and newborn
I feel like this is manageable because then I will have babies are a lot but I won't be overrun with 5 litters at a time I will be spreading out the litters. Also the does will only have one maybe 2 litters a year which I think will be nice for them! I am hoping this all works out in theory it should and if someone weren't to take then I would just rebreed them on the day they were suppose to be due so we will see how it all works out!
Also there is another breeder selling out and they have cages for sale in fact they have 6 holes cages they aren't ready yet but I am definitely getting one I am hoping I can get 2 but currently I am $75 short nuts. I spent $120 the other day on a months supply of rabbit food and 3 more fans and a couple other little odds and ends so I am wishing I had that money right now!
I think I can come up with $75 in a week or two right?

WEEEEE!!!

Yay!! Addie had babies!! Addie had 5 babies sired by Frankie before he left .>In more good baby news I put a nestbox in for Allison who started building her nest!! she is due on Saturday! I can't wait!! It's sooo nice to have babies again! I love Laurel's litter too but it's nice to have cute little babies!! :) Allison has been a great mom before and this will be her last litter for a long while! She has had 3 litters this year so no more! Especially considering I have no Lionhead buck haha!

In more GOOD baby news I palpated Jedan today and she is expecting!! I felt at least 2 babies which means she probably has 4 or 5 in there just because I am so bad at palpating I can only tell if there are babies I am not good at counting them haha. I hope everything goes well with her little I am soooooooo excited for it!! I have been trying to downsize a little but that's not going very well but that's okay, once I get all my cages then I will be done and have to work with the numbers I have!

Humph....

Well I just got back from the beach wooo... I got burnt so I am a little crispy and that leaves to slower animal care but that's okay more time I spend with them because I don't want to move haha! There hasn't been much going on since well I wasn't here! Laurel's babies are getting so big!! I can't believe it when I left they were teeny and now they all look like real Holland Lops! I am super excited for the end of August because we have our 4-H/ County fair which is where Laurel's babies will be going to be sold and shown! I am going to be taking Kennelly and Laurel and her babies to show. I am super excited and hope they do well! You can only take 2 so with all my 'show' bunnies I had a hard time choosing! But I decided and it was really between Kennelly, Landon or Elliot. I am hoping that I made the right decision! I can't wait and it will be super fun! In 2007 I won best buck with my Mini Lop Oliver (who still lives here) and in 2009 I won best buck with my homegrown bunny Sirius (who still lives here) . It's really cool to win and I can't wait to win at a real show and start getting legs and hopefully one day granding a home grown! That's a long way away though... Okay enough blabbing!

Goals....

Well I was talking to my friend April from Razzle Dazzle Bunnies (www.razzledazzlebunnies.weebly.com)

We were saying our goals and I really want to stick to my goals for once! haha normally I say I want to try and end up giving up and stuff but this time I really want to try! So here are my goals to accomplish by the end of Show season!

1. Get a BOB with one rabbit

2. Get a BOB with a homegrown rabbit

3. Get a 8 hole stacked cage

4. Get a 4 hole 24x30 stacked cage

5. Get 2 more 24x30 cages

6. Attend at least 5 shows

7. Try to keep more of my own rabbits than buying

That's all for now but maybe more goals coming later hopefully... It always feels good when you accomplish goals!

Netherlands!!

I am super excited! I got a pair of Netherlands again!! :) :) I had Netherlands back when I was littler and have missed them and they made their way back into the rabbitry! I have London a Sable Marten Junior Doe :) She is super friendly after she has eaten :) They are just settling in but I am super excited to get more :) We will have about 8 - 12 holes dedicated to them. Next is Bradford a Himi Senior Buck! He is super cute and is molting pretty badly right now but that's okay he has really nice type. Both London and Bradford are pretty nicely typed.

I need to update the blog more often but I just keep forgetting! The days go by wayyy to fast :P. Anyways, I got a new 8 hole stacking cage!!! I am super duper excited and it's in really good shape. I got it from another breeder and they took good care of it. Best part is... it's put together already!! haha I am very bad at putting cages together, I also got 2 new stackers that I had to put together it was just a stacked 24x30 2 cages with castors but man it was hard! I didn't realize that the castor needed to be level (blonde moment!) but they weren't so I had to take out 'U' Nails out which are nails shaped like a U and I pounded them in hard! so it took me about 45 minutes to actually get them out! Ugh such a pain! But that's okay they look really really nice!!

My ideal plan for my rabbitry is this

(2) 8- Hole Stacked Units with Plastic Pans

(2) 4- Hole 24x30 Stacked Units with Plastic Pans

Then that will be 24 cages so 8 for Hollands, 8 for ND and 8 for breeding does and litters, then I will have 3 24x46 cages for Sophia my mini lop doe, Truffles, my mini Lop Doe and Lily my other mini lop doe, then I will have 2 18x30 cages for growing out juniors and a 24x24 cage. Then I have another 24x24 cage for my mini lop buck that I might move into a 24x36 cage if I get enough money one day I will! Then I have Landon's HUGE cage of 30x36 that he loves although he doesn't spend much time in it! He comes to his name now!! I am so proud of him he lives to binky too :)

Not Much Going On!

Well like the title says there isn't really much new here at WBB, no new babies no new bunnies no new anything! It's crazy! Although Laurel's litter is crazy cute!! I think it's 3 bucks and 2 does YAY! Everyone had been very buck heavy lately so I was afraid I was going to be in that but I wasn't so it's about 50/50

I bred Addie and Frankie before Frankie left I am excited to hopefully get some oranges soon! I am hoping that these Lionheads sell better than the ones before! That's for sure! I think they will sales seem to be really picking up no more bunnies for sale and I even sold some that I thought I wanted to hang on for a little bit but then changed my mind since people were asking about them so I figure now rather than later! I hope it doesn't bite me in the butt! haha :) My good friend April from Razzle Dazzle Bunnies (www.razzledazzlebunnies.weebly.com) has a number of rabbits for sale so check her out!!

I'm Back! Haha

Sorry I decided to keep my blog on my new website but then it didn't put them in the order that I wanted them so I am just going to stick with Blogspot!

I was doing my daily playing with bunnies and spend extra time with the babies and they started opening their eyes and they are CRAZY cute! I love them so much! However the broken tort is looking nice haha yes they are only like 13ish days old however his or her's ears are much shorter than everyone else and his or hers head is much larger! I am hoping to maybe hang on to that one for a little bit and see what it looks like. I have our 4-H county fair around the time these babies will be 10 weeks old so I am super excited because before they leave I will be able to actually evaluate them and see how my first 'real' holland litter turned out. I had Dakota's and Kali's litter but they didn't really count because I didn't really know what I was doing like type wise lol. But I am super excited! There is also an orange one with just as big of head as the broken tort but currently I am working on short shoulders and nice crown placement ie: short ears, rounded, not slipped so we will see where that takes me! I took Kennelly up to Julie's to see what she had thought of him she hadn't seen him since he was like 10ish weeks old and she is really impressed with the way he is maturing! I am thinking I am going to take Kennelly or Elliot to the fair I REALLY wanted to take Landon but then I would be afraid of something happening to his ears and everyone making fun of him haha this is tough!! Now I am back to thinking of taking Landon hmmm I wish someone would just let me take all 3 plus Laurel then I wouldn't have this problem! too bad I didn't know any kids who wanted to take bunnies but didn't really want to have them lol Well I should go put frozen water bottles in .. later I will post about the HEAT UGH!!!