French Angora & Californian- Jack Frost

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For those of you who tattoo your rabbits- what method do you find works the best. We have done rabbits with both the tong set and the EZ tatt set- we had problems with the tattoos staying in...

 

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Today, I had time to clean the area where these guys hang out- I had to set up a few dog crates and then move each litter into one. I did take a picture of Peanut with a few of her kits- enjoying the sunshine.

 

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at one point I had a link to dosage information if one needed to give medicines to rabbits but it isn't working- anyone have a good site to use. I find it handy to have just in case.

 

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today we worked on grooming rabbits- of course they are in various stages of blowing coat and the fair for the kids is in about 13 days . The 2 senior bucks they are possibly taking are blowing their coat in a big way and we aren't sure if they will be good to go or not.....

we were able to get 5 groomed and hoping to do 1 more yet tonight- this will take care of all the bucks. Tomorrow we will start grooming the does(they do a better job of staying clean)!

 

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We had fair here this past week and the kids did good with all their projects. They ended up taking 6 angoras and 4 Californian rabbits. Both breeds were littermates and it's cool to get feedback on how well the rabbits measure up- especially the angoras!

The nice thing is that my DD(15 years) and DS(10 years) are able to show against each other and do so with out intense competition!

My DD ended up taking Best of Commercial breed with her Californian Sr. doe



Here are both kids being judged with their angora rabbits


DD took champion in the wool class with her jr. doe and DS took champion reserve with his sr. doe- these 2 rabbits are half sisters sharing the same dam.

 

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Very Cool.
Congrats

 

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Our rabbit project superintendents for the fair have held a rabbit/cavy raffle for the last few years on the last day of fair. This is open to kids with only 1 rabbit or looking to get into the rabbit project. The main rule is if you pick a rabbit or cavy you are required to show the next year(parents have to sign permission sheet) This is how DD ended up getting a Californian buck a few years back and started showing the following year.....and the rest is history so to speak

DS(13) doesn't have a lot of interest in showing animals but this year he asked to take part in the cavy part of the raffle-since we have more than 1 rabbit! Even though he doesn't show, he has to help with chores at home and has really been my main helper when DD broke her ankle.

So we came home with not 1 but 2 cavies......because the littermate to the one DS(13) picked wasn't chosen and needed a home.....yep I have an "S" on my forehead!!!

Both are American, and boars so they can share a cage
DS(13) named his Gilbert


DS(10) named his Myth

 

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Here are Cashew's girls- they are as big as she is now!

 

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here is our newest addition: a broken blue buck- his name is Ben but DS(10) calls him spot. He just finished up quarantine and is now moved over into the shop with the rest of the rabbits.

 

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Today ended up being nice here, perfect weather for cleaning cages! Happy to say all rabbit cages are clean again! We also groomed 5 out of our 6 French angoras and I plan to get the last one done after dinner tonight.

Now to figure out which ones we will breed so the kids will have rabbits for next years fair.