Woodleigh Creek's Rabbitry Journal *Holding off with the rabbits*

[woodleighcreek]

Wow, I'm so impressed! I thought you were older than you are, you are very well spoken and knowledgeable!! AND, I LOVE that picture of the bunny sitting on the stool. One of my favorites! The colors are superb and the bunny is so cute! Speaking of cute, those kits are so adorable!!!

Thank you! Honestly, Im pretty impressed too do to the fact that I just started raising rabbits 9 months ago. Boy, I have learned so much about genetics and all that jazz, it has been amazing.

 

[woodleighcreek]

Here is a picture of my setup. It is very small right now and we have added and removed some cages since, but it gives a general idea.

 

[elevan]

You really know a lot for just starting 9 months ago. I'm impressed.

 

[woodleighcreek]

I am so ready for the weekend. Only one more day to go! I just palpated J~Woww and Huffie and I felt something in Miss. Woww, but im not sure about Huffie. Then again, I never am. Cant wait for two new litters!

I am going to ween the litter of kits at 6 weeks, so that is next weekend. They are all looking good. 1 buck and 3 does. Two of the does look almost the same, so I am going to show both of the girls at the show in November and see what the judges think. The buyer I had lined up for the broken kit canceled on me so that baby will be for sale in late October. I am trying to sell Suka right now.

 

[woodleighcreek]

Just finished with our big hullabaloo of the day. I was feeding and watering my rabbits when I noticed I ran out of water. I left the garage with Suka and the 4 newly weened kits' cages open. When I came back in, I noticed Suka wasn't in his cage.
I spent the next hour trying to find him. When I finally found him (in the far corner of the garage) I had to use my walking stick to move him out.

After I got Suka back in his cage, I noticed that all 4 babies were gone. Now they are in a hanging cage, so I first looked around for dead baby bunnies on the floor. Luckily, there were none. After a while of looking, I saw a bunch of baby bunnies scampering around. They were much faster than they looked, so I had to recruit my brother to help me get them.

Finally, all the babies are safe and sound in their cage, and I am very tired.

 

[elevan]

It is surprising how fast baby critters can be.

Glad you got everybody back in safe and sound.

 

[77Herford]

Try catching a baby squirrel MY GOD.

 

[woodleighcreek]

Guess who is going to the 88th ARBA convention? ME ME ME ME ME ME ME! Oh yes! I made a powerpoint telling my father why he should take me to the convention and he said yes! We wont be able to stay the whole time, but some convention is better than no convention.

I will be entering in the Royalty, management, achievement, judging, breed ID, single photo, single black and white photo, and photo series contests.

For rabbits, I will be entering:

PP's Waking Up in Vegas Self Sr. Buck
Woodeigh Creek's Humming Bird Heartbeat. Self, Jr. Buck
Woodleigh Creek's Pumped Up Kicks. Agouti jr. doe
Woodleigh Creek's I Kissed a Girl. Agout jr. doe
Woodleigh Creek's Teenage Dream. Agouti jr. buck

 

[BarredRockMomma]

Good Luck and have fun.

 

[woodleighcreek]

I won my first ever Best in Show today with my 4 year old buck Delaney's Suka! Yayayayayay! I started hyperventilating when he was named BIS. He took RIS in show B. Here are all the results:

GSRCA Show results for shows A and B
Suka-Best in show, Best reserve in show
Hufflepuff- 2nd place self doe
Hot Stuff-BOS
Vegas-BOV
Hummingbird-1st place junior self buck
Friday-BOV