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October 24, 2009
Okay, so I suck at this... I am not a regular blogger. Mind you, I
haven't been able to do updated very often either!
Well, I've posted a bunch of rabbits for sale. They are throughout the
whole site so look through all pages! I am missing a bunch of pictures,
but if there is anybunny you are interested in without pics, I will try
get them done for you. I really need to cut down, as I have been having
health issues for some time now and all the rabbits, puppys, dogs and
kids are playing me out :S Perhaps if I can clean the barn out a bit, I
won't be so overwhelmed and start to get a little more excited about it
all :P
The nursery is rocking. LOTS of Holland babes... many otters both
blue and black! Tris and oranges too :) Frenchies are tris, oranges and
the rest all dilutes with one rew! Who would have ever thought that out
of three Frenchie litters that I'd have such cool colors. Sweet!
We did really well at the last show bringing in nine legs... I thought
there were 11 coming, so I'll have to check over my notes. Pretty good
though... a double Reserve in Show with Heart Breaker :D My Tri
Frenchies got great comments and the otter Hollands showed excellent
too. GO COLOR!!!
August 13, 2009
OMG! My last blog was in April?!? Sheesh... wonder if anybody is
even going to check to read this! LOL!
Well, where would I start? Ummm, first things first.... WE FINALLY HAD
PUPPIES :D Yes, a little, or more like EXTREMELY excited to announce the
arrival of EIGHT American Cocker pups!!! Sydney and Cooper made some
beautiful babies. They are all doing well and oh so adorable. (A little
biased ;) They are all black/white parti & black/tan tri. I looked
through some and saw some tris. Didn't bother checking the exact
coloring as of yet. I was with Syd they whole time and it was a long
time, but we have anticipated their arrival so much that it was worth
the wait. We had four names picked before they were even born : Rosebud
& Marley, Spike & Bam Bam. So far there is a Rosebud, Spike and Bam Bam,
but I have changed my girl to Maylie instead of Marlie. Maylie was the
eighth one born and was left with the sac over her. When I discovered
her, she was basically dead, but for some reason I kept doing chest
compressions (well, whatever you would call it for puppy revival ;) and
after about 40 seconds she gasped! Amazed to see that as I was convinced
she was gone, but to upset to relent, I kept doing the chest thing and
she would gasp about every 10ish seconds. Figuring that wasn't the best
respiratory rate, I gave her mouth to mouth in between each sparse
breath (over her mouth and nose like for an infant) I held her upside
down to try and empty her lungs and wiped the fluid off of her nose with
each breath she took. Eventually our little Maylie started breathing
better and is as good as the rest! Maylie was a name I always wanted to
name a cocker, and I figure how more precious a pup to name? I have a
cocker site in the making, so will post the link when I get it done. I'd
like for you to check it out when it's up... our Cockers are also a big
part of our lives :)
Bunnyland is doing well. Have some nice tri Frenchies growing up as do we
have some promising Holland otters too. All rabbits are listed on the
site, but all do not have pics posted yet. I haven't had much time to
get out there to do pics, but they are also in that crappy developing
state that I won't bother wasting my time taking pics when I will just
want to redo them when they turn "nice"! (I'm sure you other rabbits
breeders will understand :) I've acquired a couple new animals to add
some new genetics to our tri Frenchie program and also some Hollands
from Carrie Campo in Washington. Excited to add some new stuff to the
barn :)
I'll be heading to the Winniped show the first weekend in
September. Of course it's not a hard decision to try and make that show
since I will get to see Nicole and all her buns :) Long trip, but will
be great!
Back in June I went to Florida to a Nail Tech Show. My mom and her
three sisters and my four cousins all made a trip of it. It was great!
Picture eight women shopping like mad in Florida... man, is there ever
good shopping there!!! They want to make it an annual thing ;)
Summer has been not to fantastic. A lot of cool weather and rain. Don't
even mention the weather to my farmer hubby :S We've been using our new
camper and that beats crashing with somebody else. We have a 38ish foot
tag with a big slide and quad bunks... heaven! Now THAT's what I call
camping! LOL! (See, I can shovel rabbit goods, but I'm still a bit of a
priss :P) The last lake we went to it was so cool that the furnace ran
all night!
Well, not much more to say other than I gotta get working on my web
sites. I've been trying to "clean" barn and have several youngsters in
both Frenchies and Hollands that I need to decide on. Needing a bit more
time, but will be making the decisions of who stays and who goes as soon
as I can. Check checking the for sale pages to see what else gets posted
:) Of course, been taking a ton of pics of the new Cocker pups, so will
be spending a lot of time working on that too...
Later!
April 26, 2009
Holy cow, where have I been?!? Long time no post...
Well, we have been busy with calving out approx. 300 head of
cattle... all I need to say! LOL! We sold a hundred and thirty, so that
at least cut the numbers down a fair bit :) Doing very well percentage
wise, but we are feeding one baby boy. He is red and a cutie... and
finally sucking well!
The big news around here is that we purchased a tri colored male
cocker to add to our family. He comes all the way from Mississippi and
he is GORGEOUS!!!! Really, no exaggeration... this dog is phenomenal!!!
His name is Cooper and is a real ham! LOL! A little socially
"challenged" as my family jokes (he runs full throttle from any
parked vehicle... it doesn't even have to be moving ;) but he fancy,
good looks makes up for it! He has at least figured out that he can
"maneuver" throughout the yard to follow me and still avoid being within
200 meters of anything with a motor :P My mom would say jokingly, "Cute
but dumb." We got him as a 6 month old, so we are working on house
training (don't want to even talk about that :s) and he knows his name
well and pees outside on demand :) Very energetic and fun loving, this
boy is a great dog and I am honored to have him :D I will post the dog
pics soon, but still working on getting the rabbits all up. Need up get
stuff updated before the show next weekend, in case anybody is looking
for some buns!
Well, as you would have noticed already, I have put up a new web set.
Another fine set from Cosmis Handmade :) Needed a change, and this one
is perfect! I still am missing some pics, but will be working on it as
time goes on. Since I can actually take "outdoor" pics, I have redone a
pile of pictures... whether the buns were molting a bit or not! LOL! The
photo shoot must go on :P Very excited about this upcoming show in
Chestermere as my bestest bud Nicole from Riverside Rabbitry is coming
all the way from Manitoba!!! We will get to spend a whole day together
and with bunnies no less :D She's even got her hubby chauffeuring her so
kudos to Carey for being so supportive... I knew he'd come around ;) I
will also get to see Kathy Mannweiler coming from BC :) My first bunny
mentor! As for what I will be taking to show... I dont' really check too
much 'til the day of the deadline. Really, if the fur is good then, then
there is a good candidate! LOL! As for Hollands, unfortunately I don't
have too much to show. My breeding for this show ended up in some
unrecognized colors and the litters a little after those are all just
weaned. Have a nice otter doe out of Olivia that makes weight though and
I know Fairy Dust earned her first 2/10 legs at 8 weeks old... so will
keep our fingers crossed.
All 19 of the tri/harli Frenchies are doing great! Sooooo cool to
see these guys. I'm really liking the tris in the Hollands and Frenchies
right now. A neat color change! I never dreamed I would have 19 to
choose from, so I'm really excited to see these guys jumping out of the
nest box.... can't wait 'til I can pose all the little guys!!!
I have several upcoming Hollands that I'm excited about too. I have
a nice blue martin buck out of Fairy Dust and three gorgeous otters out
of Olivia. I also have a promising black, chocolate carrier buck out of
Fancy that is nice so far. Several other otters and blacks to look
through out of my two younger otter does. Riverside's Luvlee (harli)
bred to Creator's Little Foot (tri) pulled a really neat genetics
trick... she had a magpie that is spotted like a tri!!! It's a little
buck and it is the coolest thing. With the genetics prowess of Nicole ;)
that's the conclusion she has come to. We just really don't know what to
call it! A broken magpie? That's my name for him. I will have to update
his pics. I bet you think I'm bonkers :P Luvlee also is fostering two of
our pretty Seascape's buns... Dillion babes! One broken tort doe and a
charlie broken orange buck... Just what the bunny doctor ordered for all
of our "tri" girls! Fancy lil' buns with big, square, blocky heads, so
very excited about these cuties. All is well in my bunny world!
Since the show is near Calgary, I will be taking all three kids and
my mom and dad to stay and visit my bro and his family. The kids will
miss a couple days of school but after I spend all day Saturday at the
show, I would like to take in the zoo for sure before we return back
home. We'll make a trip of it since it is about 8 hours away from home.
Well, I better go and feed the buns. I have four Hollands nesting right
now, so hopefully we will have good luck!
Later!
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A little about me:
I have three children that keep us very busy. With school, hockey,
dance & now fastball on top of my husband's and my own work schedules...
sometimes we
can't seem to keep up!
My rabbits are my "happy place" apart from all of the other
responsibilities I have. Spending some time in the barn cuddling the
buns, "refreshes" me and makes me relax after trying to keep up with our
busy paced life. (Although doing chores again at the end of those long
days does seem daunting at times, but oh so worth it! ;)
Some day I plan to get to convention so I can marvel at the thousands of
rabbits... and do some SHOPPING!!! (The first place we are going however
is back to Disney World with the children.)
I am absolutely pathetic when it comes to rabbit genetics, and although
I would desire to know everything in this department, I still find
myself calling up my faithful "genetics" friends to see who to breed to
who if I feel like doing a color breeding. (Although I do like all
colors, no stressing here. Just pick the best buck best suited to the
best doe! VOILA! ;)
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