Dutch litters are bred and expected in 3 weeks.
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This stunning buck is doing so well! Bri's Rome turned 9.5 months old, and he grew out a beautiful long dense coat. I was highly impressed with him as a buck, and he is also remarkably clean, he never sprayed himself or got his wool dirty. I decided it was finally time to say goodbye to such a long coat, even with A/C I knew he was ready to be done and ready to be free of his large coat. So, after his last photoshoot yesterday, I sheared him. I filled 2 large bins full of fiber that is now ready to be spun or dyed. Here are some of my favorite pictures of him! On to the newest Arrivals! Terri's Sansa had a gorgeous litter of 5 beautiful Torts on July 23rd. Rome is the Sire. Can't wait to watch them grow, this litter was born in perfect timing for Angora Nationals next year in Michigan! So far Sansa is being a great mom, she hasn't lost not one baby yet! They are all healthy and thriving. I have Chocolate Tort, Blue tort, and possibly a black tort. Time will tell for sure on the colors soon. At birth they were all born pink, you couldn't see any color at all then, and these pictures were taken at 5 days old. Kits grow fast, especially in the first month. Next week their eyes and ears will be open. Ellie's babies, you may remember from an earlier post, are doing well. I'm in love with my gorgeous Blue buck. He is by far the pick of the litter, and he will be staying here with me! I will post pictures and updates of him hopefully soon!
Dutch litters are bred and expected in 3 weeks. Thanks for stopping by! Have a great week! ~Anna
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Happy July! Another fun little (I mean rather long) update from the Bunny farm here with what has been happening the last few weeks. First, I finally got motivated to get some stuff done with my Angora wool that I've had spun up on spools, so I started by plying it. Below is a picture of the completed skein. Plying means spinning two or more already spun strands or strings of wool together. When you have done this, the skein is also referred to as "yarn". If you've examined yarn at the store, you'll notice it is usually 2 or 3 ply, some up to 9 ply. The more you ply it the thicker the yarn is, depending on how thick or thin you spin the single skeins. Very fun, learned a LOT this time around. But a warning.... once you get started, you can't stop. And one thing leads to another. Seriously, if you would have told me when I got my first rabbit years ago that I would be showing and spinning and kitting and making baby booties out of them I probably would've laughed. I'm not the most patient of people with little projects that take lots of time. Although I like to sew, and usually complete those projects (ahem, except one little log cabin baby quilt that still needs backing 6 months later), most of the time I'm great at procrastinating everything. But these.... these are a whole new LEVEL of FUN. Shockingly, they are rather addictive. Once you make one, you have to make another, and another... and now I have 6 little booties all knitted up waiting to be baby gifts for someone. All the little hair you see pulling out? That is natural, normal, and usually desired for most angora items. It is called a "Halo effect", this is the guard hairs pulling away from the wool. Guard hairs are thin hairs that are the same follicle DNA makeup of a hair follicle, for example like the Dutch rabbits, that grow super long on Angoras. They are not wool follicles however, but are consistently intermingled with wool on the rabbit. Crimp and Guard Hairs prevent the wool from matting on the rabbit. This is something most breeders and spinners desire. These guard hairs are very thin, and they affect the texture of your wool coat on the rabbit. Each time you shear the coat, more guard hairs come in, the first coat often has the most crimp and least amount of guard hairs. Crimp is very important, because it helps the fiber to line up and mesh in a perfect "fit". Crimp is the wavy "Curly" look you see when you blow in the wool. Crimp is the wavy way wool grows, Guard Hairs are separate follicles that grow very long and keep the wool from meshing together too tightly. When you spin fiber, the guard hairs are thin, soft, and slippery. Most beginner spinners don't start with angora because it is described as a slippery fiber, and this is because of the the super thin guard hairs. Once you spin it, you begin to see the Halo begin to take place, the tips of the guard hair just slip out of the twist, leaving this beautiful transparent appearance of fluff. One thing a picture couldn't describe about this fiber: the softness. I said, the SOFTNESS. Oh such fun to knit with it!! I could just snuggle the yarn as I worked with it. Sounds crazy... but for real, the softness is out of this world. Angora is the softest of ALL WOOL FIBERS. It is also (fun fact here!) 7 times warmer than sheep wool. Perfectly lovely. So then I got totally carried away. What did I do? I went on this super awesome free online website for knitting and crochet patterns. Ravelry is the deepest, most beautiful online pattern website you can think up, and you can just sigh and dream scrolling through the beautiful patterns. I needed a pattern to make the booties out of, so I went on there to find one. I found the perfect one! So much fun! Another word of warning: be careful, you might fall in for hours just admiring stuff. That would be me. I have tons of fun projects "planned", but who knows how the procrastinating side of me will actually weigh all that out into finished projects....... Next..... A BEAUTIFUL trip out to Kansas, headed to a bunny show in Wichita! I went to this same show last year, a sweet friend in the Mid America Angora club does a great job getting folks together and there is a really good angora turnout, for angoras. I adore the drive, the show was June 10th and 11th. The beauty of the rolling green countryside with the hills and the miles of cornfields is just lovely this time of year! I love the Midwest, so much open expanse and room to breathe, not to mention the gorgeous views. We pulled in Friday afternoon to the rabbit show building, which also happens to be the super nice air conditioned County Extension Event Building. (I've never showed at a better event place!) I checked in the bunnies early, and then headed over to check in at the hotel. We stayed at the Hilton, which was also the Airport hotel. Beautiful hotel, great customer service, & we even had time to get a quick swim in before the evening show. The MAAC sanctions were in the Evening, Friday the 10th. I got back over to the show building around 4 pm to have time to get some grooming done. Friends pulled in and we all got busy grooming and fluffing for the show! Let the judging begin! Vic Vogt was our judge for the first show, I have learned to appreciate his attention to detail when it comes to bodies underneath all that wool!! He is judging Jubilee at the moment..... And then on to show B! Same rabbits, same exhibitors, new judge! The new Judge was Karen Vogt. (Vic's wife) Karen picked Jubilee for BIS show B! WOW. 3 days over 6 months, and a BIS. Phew... I did not see that coming. However, I will say that Jubilee is made of strong stuff. She is a gorgeous animal, I truly adore this little doe, and I'm beyond proud and excited about her! Way to go, Ellie's baby girl! One last picture of the Show... This is the next day, Saturday morning, Terri's Sansa up for the BIS judging. The Judge picked a beautiful Florida White as his BIS animal. I still love this picture, what a doll that little Sansa is! Just after the show, It was time for beautiful Sansa to say goodbye to her magnificent coat. Over 10 inches long, Incredibly dense, it took awhile for it all to come off. Can't wait to spin this coat up! My gorgeous buck Rome is next, he has grown a beautiful 9 month coat, but I don't want him to hold coat all summer, because he is a buck, does are easier to groom in full SR coat. One very pretty Chocolate doe, she is from my litter of chocolate Dutch babies born in May.
Thank you for stopping by! Hopefully more exciting news later this month! ~Anna The beautiful Jubilee is turning 6 months old very soon. For a 5 turning 6 month old Angora, I couldn't be more pleased with her development. She is gorgeous. Very very thick density, Correct texture, awesome crimp, and a good solid body. She is the epitome of her mother in nearly every respect. She has been the queen of my juniors, and now as she makes her entrance into the competitive senior class, I look forward to seeing her rival other strong wool animals in her classes. Primed for convention (even though I'm not planning on going to Del Mar California for it), I anticipate a stunning coat on her for the fall shows, as well as MO state convention. I posted a slideshow, because I can't even get enough of this beautiful little girl myself. Of all my Angoras on my show string, she is the easiest to groom. Hard to believe! Not even shoulder webbing throughout transition, just one big poof of loveliness. One of those rare gems that makes you wonder if and when they ever transitioned. (Transition means the baby coat texture turning to an adult texture and dense coat. Often during this time grooming requirements greatly increase and is more tedious) And Now for some Ellie news.... Those of you who follow my updates all know who my beautiful Eloquence is. For those of you who don't, She is a REW English Angora, multiple BOV and BOB winner in competitive open classes all across the Midwest, with 6 legs, her official Grandchampionship and a Best in Show award, as well as winning BOS English Angora Youth Nationals 2015. I've had my precious Ellie since she was just a tiny baby at only 8 weeks old. She is mother of Jubilee. The Big NEWS: Dustibunni's Eloquence had her second litter arrive May 11th, 2016. Margaret Bartold, the secretary of the NARBC (National Angora Rabbit Breeders Association), owns and co-bred the sire with Lil Peck. The Sire is M/TM's Buff. He is a registered Grand-champion tort buck. I personally got to meet this buck throughout his show career, and I can assure you, he was amazing. He came and stayed with me for a couple weeks in April and during that time sired this litter with Ellie. Ellie has 3 gorgeous, precious bundles. 2 are REWs, and one of them, is a stunning BLUE! I'm beyond excited. I always wanted a blue from Ellie, always have, and now I have one! Very, VERY excited to watch this litter from their two Grandchampion parents grow! To me, they're beautiful. To most people I realize they look like barely developed baby mice with a pretty color. Their eyes are just opening, they are starting to explore a tiny bit around the nestbox, I start supervising even more carefully to be sure they don't get out on accident and get cold. Babies TRULY, are so much fun. You get play the judge every day, watching them grow, deciding which one is your favorite, watching the beautiful baby wool coat grow in, and watching them learn for the first time how to eat and drink and play and live. Each time, no matter how often you've seen it before, it is a miracle! It is all about perspective. Dreaming big, wondering which one will be the next BIS animal... or imagining and watching their cute antics develop into their adult personality as they grow up. I admit, it takes a passion. But I treasure each and every moment of it. Passion is what built our country, and it starts with treasuring the tiny things in your life. A litter of rabbits. A new baby calf. The field that some farmer tended dutifully year after year, sowing hope mingled with seed, finally produced the fair winning corn cobs of the year. It takes integrity, hard work, many disappointments, a lot more hard work, and humility. It doesn't matter how small your job may seem to you, YOU still have a chance to make an impact! With my angoras, I have several dreams, ideals, and ideas of what I'd love to see happen someday with my program and animals. For me, each new litter, each baby, has something to bring to the table of ideas. Selections are made, genetics and hopes are put in place, and a new generation of Angoras are born. Something I have learned raising rabbits: It doesn't matter what animal species you choose to raise, they'll teach you something. I've learned genetics, breeding practices, so much health and nutrition information, how to relate to other breeders (no matter the animal!), showing, spinning, business management, website development and so much more. If I hadn't started rabbits, I can't even imagine how much I'd have missed learning. Don't get me wrong, it isn't all happy trees and sunshine, many setbacks and trials, sweat and tears all along the way, have built my program into what it is today. Not only that, but Faith in God, and support and mentoring from several outstanding friends and breeders (one not even a rabbit raiser!) have also played huge part in it. There is a glimpse into my life! This spring has been busier than ever for me, but holds more excitement than ever before! The next show is in Wichita, KS the second weekend in June. Really looking forward to it. One last thing: I've been working harder at trying to update this website more often. I've added a new Angora Care page, in which I've been doing a lot of writing about angora care, definitions, grooming, shearing and general information all condensed into one location. Over the years I know I've blogged much of the information on the blog, but for new folks I thought that a general education page going a little more in depth on common terms would be helpful, as well as some added opinions and thoughts in relation to these subjects. I encourage you to check it out, I'm continually adding more information over time as I get the chance. So watch over there for more updates and information about this amazing breed! Thanks for stopping by! I always love to hear from my readers, feel free to contact me with any questions or leave a comment! Many blessings!~ ~Anna I'm back! I feel bad I don't get more blog updates than once a month, This spring has been the busiest spring yet so far here on the farm, so I've been short extra time for lengthy updates here on the blog. However... Here are some highlights that have happened and are happening within the last month.
This beautiful little lady is Bungalow's Show Me in Style! Cute as a button, I'm loving the development on this beauty! She truly is a treasure, I am excited to show her competitively this fall on the showtables. She has beautiful facial furnishings, and I'm very pleased with her density. She is Stormy's daughter, and Sansa's niece. (Sansa's brother is Style's father). She is yawning in this picture, she is the sweetest bunny!
And Introducing....... Bri's Rome! All the way from Pennsylvania, This stunning buck is my new herdsire. His Mother is a Grandchampion, with 16 legs. Multiple BIS and RIS winner, Rome's Mother swept the Eastern US showtables and was a gorgeous animal. His father was of equal quality, although was shown less because of his value. Together, they produced this beautiful REW buck, Rome. He is 6 months old now, and is amazing himself. I have several upcoming shows I plan to show him at, he was shown at nationals and I felt he did very well for his age. I can't wait to see what he does for my program as he continues his own show career on the table. An update isn't an Update without a picture of the beautiful Ellie baby Jubilee. This doe is unrivaled in density. Just 5 months old, and thicker than ever thought possible, her coat astounds me. Giving this doe a little more time to blossom, and she will hit the tables in June. Thankfully, Air Conditioning will keep her coat vibrant throughout the summer heat and give her a chance to sweep the showtable in the Fall. This beautiful little lady, Bungalow's Show Me some Steel. Yep, she is a blue steel alright. I can't let her go, but I don't know how she will work out as a part of my program. I at least want to grow out her first coat. She is easy to groom, has a lovely personality, and is just gorgeous in color. I took her with me for an Angora rabbit demonstration locally a couple weeks ago at a Historical event. Boy was she a favorite! She was so patient with all these people touching her, she was an amazing representation of everything this breed truly is. So for now... She is remaining here at the Bunny Bungalow until I can figure just exactly how to use her potential. I will also mention that she won the title of 1st place Junior colored doe in youth competition at Angora Nationals. Not an easy win whatsoever at just 13 weeks. I stood there mindblown. I knew this girl was special, but wow.... And now for a box of Chocolates!!! It sure has been awhile! Bergene's Ambrosia had a gorgeous litter of chocolates on May 1st. These purebred little Dutch rabbits are just beautiful, I'm thrilled with how the markings are looking and the entire development of the litter. So happy to have chocolates again! In other news..... Cupcake had a litter yesterday morning, 8 beautiful Dutch babies. We'll see how many make it. I saw black and Grey in there, undoubtedly I'll have a couple Black Steels as well.
I'm busy grooming. I spend my free time grooming and cleaning cages. lol... I have several very exciting shows coming up here in the Midwest in the next couple weeks.... I'll try to make an update again soon if I can. I have a new gorgeous blue doe from a dear friend in Minnesota. English Angora. I'm hoping to breed her with Bruce Lee in the next few weeks. The reason there is no picture is because she is sheared down currently. She is older, we'll see if I can get her to have babies. I absolutely love this doe, she has 6 legs, and has a RIS, I'm hoping to be able to get her to contribute my program. I've retired both SkyLark and Raven. That leaves me with Ellie, Stormy and Sansa, and now Bijou, this blue doe. Thank you for stopping by! I try hard to keep up with my emails on a daily basis, so feel free to contact me with comments or questions! ~Anna So far, April has just been perfectly fluffy this year! We've had beautiful weather here in Missouri, and I've been doing some fun outdoor grooming sessions. Here is one from around a week ago, taken the day Ellie's beautiful babies turned 4 months old! Here are some pictures of that photoshoot, including my beautiful blue steel babies and one stunning little tort. Loving how they all are developing, very excited for Nationals! And with great excitement, I introduce to you my own little Missouri born sweetheart yet diva of a lady, at just 10 weeks old: Bungalow's Show Me in Style! I know, this is that little tort doe from Stormy's litter that from day 1 I fell in love with. I mean, who couldn't? She was always the character of the litter, her darling little "tipped" ears and her oh so kissable nose that I perfectly can't pass up kissing every time I open her cage. She is my doll. They don't come any cuter, I promise. Missouri is nicknamed "The Show-Me State", therefore the name, "Bungalow's Show Me in Style". That is all this little pumpkin-cake of a doe is, she already has placed first over her colored Junior doe class at the Mid America Angora Specialty show April 2nd, 2016. The judge loved her (he gave her a peck of a kiss on her nose while judging, I'm not kidding!), and I even passed her to a couple friends and fellow exhibitors who were begging to kiss her little face and cuddle her wool. I could go on and on... but a picture is worth 1000 words, so I'll leave you with a couple more of those! While they may be slightly shadowed by the darling Style, these other precious girls have a beauty all to themselves! My Steel girls are growing up! 10 weeks old in these pictures, I'm loving them too, the blue wool unrivaled in one of my all-time favorite wool colors. Enjoy the pictures of them! In other exciting news: I attended the Mid America Angora Club Sanction show in Sedalia on April 2nd. It went really well, everything I brought was jrs/babies so I really just went to get opinions. I'm liking Jubilee's development, Show me in Style was 1st colored jr doe, Jubilee was only 4 months old and had some 5-6 month old Jr doe competition in her class, she just needs a few more months to really hit that gorgeous Sr show coat. Here are some pictures from the show! It was a fun show, I love attending it year after year. The MAAC was my first show I ever attended years ago, the fellowship and encouragement of the experienced breeders that attend is priceless and worth it time and again.
Something that also worked out from the show: Some of you may remember me making mention of my dear friend Margaret Bartold, she is the secretary of the NARBC. She had a gorgeous grand champion tort buck that I met back in December at Missouri state convention. It worked out for me to borrow him for a breeding with my beautiful GC doe Eloquence, and last night, they bred! I'm so, so excited to meet future babies of these two gorgeous parents. Margaret's lines pair well with mine, Bruce Lee is also mostly out of her stock. Babies from Ellie are expected May 9th. Another amazing and sweet arrival to my program who I also got at the show: Bungalow of Bunnies is welcoming 7Pines Bijou (pronounced By-oo, meaning gorgeous and precious gem), a gorgeous Blue Senior 3 year old doe from Deb Butorac and Alicia Wills. She is currently clipped down, she is a Grandchampion doe, with a reserve in show, and 6 legs. Very excited to see what she holds for my future program. It is the plan to pair her with Bruce Lee very soon. Angora Nationals is in Amana Colonies Iowa in just 1 week... I'm planning to attend, again showing Jrs, but mostly going for fellowship and to meet with folks. It will be an exciting and fun weekend, hopefully I'll have another blog post to make sometime soon! Thanks for stopping by, come again soon! ~Anna Ready to be swept off your feet gazing at baby bunny eye candy? English Angoras might be the cutest breed of rabbits when it comes to bunny photography. What I love about it? Personality in each of these sweethearts just seems to ooze out through the photos until you feel like you can touch the fluff or kiss the noses. They might look big, but at 8 weeks old don't even weigh 2 lbs yet. Here are some highlights from the photography session... and even though I kiss those noses every day and fluff the fluff time and again.... I still fall in love all over again each time I see them. The torts, the whites, the blacks.... and the blue steels.... The steels are just that, they steal your heart at first sight. And you don't even mind. The Dutch litter is pretty adorable too. 8 beautiful babies, growing quickly.
I should mention, Ellie's litter is doing wonderfully. Elvira, sweet darling doe that she is, has found a wonderful home with a great new family, and is bound for a life full of happily ever afters. :-) She took with her the beautiful Chestnut buck from Stormy's litter, and although I miss them both, I couldn't be more thrilled with their new home. Truly a blessing to find wonderful homes that are worry free for me, each time it happens I find myself so grateful to have gotten to share the Joy these lovely bunnies share with me every day. If I get a moment this week, I'll try to make another blog post with pictures of Ellie's babies, Jubilee, Cascade and Pearl Harbor. They are maturing into gorgeous young Juniors, and I'm very excited to see how they fare at Nationals. Spring has sprung, baby goats are being delivered daily, a beautiful litter of Sheltie puppies make everyone grin, tons of mud that accompanies heavy spring rains has replaced the dead grass that was once frozen, the trees are beginning to bud and flower, and the last spring litter of baby rabbits is already 3 weeks old. Time flies, the babies grow, Show tables loom, future grand-champions need groomed, and I fall more in love with the farm (even the chores) every year. I am sorry I haven't been better about keeping up with updates here on the website, I have had 2 big weddings that have to be prepared for in the next 3 weeks, and 2 weeks after that I'm off to Angora Nationals. Each year gets busier, so please forgive the tardy and maybe less chatty updates. If you have questions or comments though, I do keep up with emails so don't hesitate to contact me anytime. So glad you could stop by! ~Anna Above is a slideshow of all the babies! Stormy's and SkyLarks litters are both doing great, they turned 6 weeks old on the 25th and 26th. Stormy has a black buck, tort buck and a Chestnut buck, a fawn doe and a tort doe. SkyLark's whole litter looks like does to me at this point, which is very surprising, but I'm pretty sure they're girls. I will continue to watch and be absolutely sure. They are all adorably cute. I'm keeping the torts for right now in Stormy's litter (although one might be available in a couple weeks), and I just love the Steels. They are Blue steels, which is a first time for me to ever see this color. Very excited to watch them grow and mature. Thank you to all of you who have been so patient waiting for updates. I've been very busy with a couple of spring weddings of some friends and other animal babies are arriving all over the farm. I also had the first spring rabbit show on the 27th. It went really well, Cascade was BOSV. The judge really liked him, which for me I think is a great evaluation since he is only 11 weeks. The Judge also liked Jubilee a lot. I'm very happy. Elvira and Pearl Harbor are doing great too, I didn't get pictures of all of them, although I can assure you they look pretty much identical to Cascade. To top off this quick post, Raven had a beautiful litter of English Angora babies last Tuesday! She had 8, she has lost 3 of them. I have 5 right now. They seem to be doing pretty good. They are all REWs. I was very surprised, I expected torts or blues or blacks, but all REWs! They are bound to be gorgeous, she was bred to Sno. Very excited to watch this litter grow and develop.
Stormy and SkyLark's litters are 3 weeks old! Aren't they adorable? I just love these guys! Stormy's litter is so pretty. Not a lot more to tell you, but I'll just leave you with a bunch of darling pictures! There are 2 does, 3 bucks. The Fawn and darker Tort are both does, the Chestnut, black, and other tort are bucks. They are all beautiful. Very advanced, intelligent litter. I have already picked my favorites, but I love them all! They are so fun! SkyLark's Litter is beautiful too. Those blues! (the grey colored ones) I love the big REW, but every one of them is so pretty and soft and adorable. The big REW is a doe, the rest I still can't tell for sure on yet. I'm enjoying watching them grow and develop. Here are a bunch of pictures of both litters, some are more individual. There is most of the cute baby pictures! I need to go get some of Ellie's babies, they turned 9 weeks old today. They are beautiful and very fluffy now. I may make another update with pictures of them.
2 more Dutch litters have arrived: Cupcake x Nile= 6 babies. Black and Grey colors expected. Can't tell for sure yet, although I know they are dark. So far she is being a great mom. Milly x Nile= 4 black babies. Cute little things, well marked, so we'll see if I get a pretty keeper out of the litter. I'm guessing I'll have several nice ones that would do well in 4-H or FFA homes, if not state tables. Thanks for stopping by! I'll hopefully post more pictures soon! ~Anna Ellie's babies are getting so big! 7 weeks old now!! They are so pretty! Not much to tell about them, except they are so precious, so cuddly, so FLUFFY! I have my favorites, can't wait to show them. Each one has their own strengths, I can look in the cage (they're in the house of course, have been since birth) and tell them apart, which I know sounds insane, but I've studied them and watched them so often I know their mannerisms and see how texture varies ever so slightly. They are dolls. Here come the pictures. On to the babies... the nestboxes are pretty adorable too actually. At least to me, I guess I have a fascination with mouse looking, colored, furry animals! lol... But in reality, there are some beautiful colors and bunnies developing. Once again, there are a few that are just gorgeous... so here are some pictures of them! Are they not cute? Just a little bit? Because I promise you, even at 1 week old they are soooo soft, so cuddly.... I just love baby bunnies. They are just too adorable. I know I've said that. But they just are! So I occasionally have a Dutch litter that turns out really well, marking and body wise. Sometimes it can be months until I have one of these rare *keeper* litters.... but 3 months ago I had a really pretty litter. Of course, all 6 were bucks. If you know me, I can't hang on to bucks. I'm super picky. I have a standard of pretty much as close to perfection as you can get for my herdsires. Hornblower has been an awesome Dutch buck for me, but he is getting older, and the one thing I really wanted from him was a son to replace him. Elise, one of my older Dutch does, a great mom who has a record for having nice, well marked, healthy litters, has already produced a keeper doe that took a BOV leg at MO state convention. Does are awesome, but I really still wanted a buck. So, I thought I'd try one more time. Well.... I might have a buck. This little man looks almost one for one like his daddy. I really like his head and face. He is a nice buck. I have his full sister, she is 8 months old now, and I rarely keep siblings. I might make an exception. This little guy has a wonderful personality and I just have that feeling, like I had with his sister, that he might be something extra special. So for now, this little guy will be joining the show team, he'll be making his first debut at 4 1/2 months old. Thanks for stopping by! Another update should be coming soon! Babies will be opening their eyes, Ellie's litter will just keep poofing, and show schedules are being planned. If you have any questions or thoughts, feel free to leave a comment! Blessings to you, hope you stop by again soon!
~Anna 2 more beautiful litters of Angoras have arrived! SkyLark, my pretty Blue Tort doe had a litter of 10 babies, down to 7 as of today. Stormy, my Chestnut doe, has a healthy litter of 5 babies, and hasn't lost one yet! They are both being great mamma's, both have their milk in and are feeding the babies well. SkyLark had her litter on January 15th, Stormy had hers on the 16th. Stormy has 1 Chestnut, 1 Black, and 3 colored babies. They are either torts or Lynx. Can't tell for sure yet, but they are very big healthy babies.
SkyLark had 10 babies to start with, she is now down to 7. The picture was taken before I lost a couple babies. As of today, I have 4 beautiful blues, (yay, blue is such a gorgeous color!) 1 black, and 2 REWs. I was surprised that she gave me REWs, I was expecting torts, but her REWs are very pretty. The biggest fattest baby is a REW, so it'll probably be competing very directly with Ellie's babies. Shows will definitely be interesting! I'm very excited to get to show colors and whites in 2016, I already have several shows slotted for the babies. Nationals is probably going to be a big debut for all of the ones I keep as show bunnies, and then several will be finding new homes. You are welcome to Contact me if you're looking for something in particular! Now for Ellie's babies 6 week old Pictures!!!!! Now I know I said in my last post I would announce names for this litter... So.... Here they are! Bungalow of Bunnies Jubilee (doe) Elvira (doe) Cascade (buck) Pearl Harbor (buck) Due to ARBA's registration length of name requirements, I'm shortening my prefix on my pedigrees to "Bungalow's _______". As I continue to breed on the pedigree, pushing my generations farther back, Bungalow makes more sense on a registration paper since it isn't so long. On the tops of the pedigrees I breed and issue I'm still keeping it Bungalow of Bunnies, but in the rabbit information slots it will just show Bungalow. I'm not re-issuing previous pedigrees, this will just apply from here on out. So there is an update for you! I have Dutch litters expected around the beginning of February, and I will continue to post updates on the English angora litters as they grow. If you're looking for an Angora bunny, you are welcome to contact me and I can let you know what will be available.
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Welcome! I'm Anna, and I raise Dutch and English Angora rabbits. I love staging photoshoots and I use the blog as a way for you to get a glimpse of the adorable bunnies I cherish. I try to post on my "bunny blog" at least once a month, so check back for updates! Also check out my facebook page in the top right hand corner of my site. Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy the pictures!
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