French Angora & Californian- Jack Frost

[Hens and Roos]

So I thought I'd add a picture of our newest buck- we have had him May but had to let his hair grow out before showing him off His name is Sven and he is considered a chestnut. He is such a sweet guy, he loves attention, sits fairly still for being groomed and is awesome about getting back into his cage- does it very calmly! We have not showed him yet but from what we already know, he has nice fiber. He is just 7 months old

At this point we have 3 bucks and 2 does that we are working with. We only kept the 1 doe from the litter we had earlier this year.

 

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So today was spa day for the rabbits- we groomed out the 2 does and 1 buck. Here is a picture of our doe: Cashew sitting and being pampered , she is our grumpy one to say the least but has some nice fiber! Taking a break for now and then will go and finish the other 2 bucks. She is one that we will breed to our blue buck- just have to make some cage space.

 

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Ran out of time yesterday but was able to finish grooming out our blue buck and our white buck today. Here is picture of Olaf and a picture of all the fiber combed off- he is still shedding.

 

[SA Farm]

The pile looks like another rabbit sans ears

 

[Hens and Roos]

The pile looks like another rabbit sans ears

yep, we joke about removing the extra bunnies when grooming

 

[Hens and Roos]

Had an interesting morning so far...went out to do chores- our rabbits are spoiled and share space in our heated shop with all our equipment. Our fawn doe - Cashew and her daughter- Peanut-have been living together since Peanut was born and getting along fine. Well today that ended- I think hormones kicked in for Peanut now as well and all gloves were off this am! Does were going at each other- not a good thing! Of course all our cages are full until we cull a few out(told DH with the temps getting into the high 30's on Sat, we will be process a few of the meat rabbits). Separated the 2 does and had to shuffle a few around but everyone now is relativity happy. Decided that I would also go ahead and breed them so hopefully in 30 days we will have some angora babies!

Paired:
Cashew (fawn doe) with Sven (chestnut buck)= it will be interesting to see how this pairing works as chestnut is a dominant color.
Peanut (Tort or Blue Tort doe) with Olaf (blue buck)= this pairing will show us if the doe is a tort or blue tort.

Either way we should hopefully get some neat colors!

 

[Hens and Roos]

Added the nest boxes to both Peanut and Cashew cages. Both have started building nests or I should say digging out the material in the nest box. They are due on Friday March 13th

 

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So last night while doing chores, we noticed that Cashew(fawn doe) had pulled some fur for her nest box- I did a quick check but no kits. Didn't check the box this morning but this afternoon we noticed a lot of fur in the box- did a quick check and 4 or 5 babies were snuggled in there saw at least 1 with pink skin and several with dark color skin- didn't want to mess to long as this doe is our Attitude doe- but she was cool

I will try and get a picture in the next day or so.

We are waiting for Peanut to kindle- she was in her nest box- looked like she was pulling fur- will check at chore time tonight.

 

[Southern by choice]

yes pics!

 

[Hens and Roos]

So at chore time- I checked Peanut's nest box.....and she kindled was able to do a quick count- 6 kits- 1 with pink skin and 5 with dark skin(could be blue or black or a couple of each)! She wasn't concerned at all that I was touching--just love the does that we raise from babies on!!

Not the greatest pictures(and I'm working off a new editing program for now) this picture is the group of kits surrounded by her pulled fur!

I am holding one of Peanut's(Tortishell) kits and the pink dot is another baby