Locket Lops is located in Virginia Beach, VA. I have been breeding rabbits with the help of my family for almost three years. We started with an orange Lionhead doe from the pet store. She was our first bunny since we lost B.W., a black and white mix, in 1999. We contact a local breeder, Beth Vincelette, who got us started with breeding. We had our first litter in February of 2007.
After a year, we moved away from Lionheads and moved onto Holland Lops. We got a trio from Cecil Waller of Waller's Wabbits and we were off! It only took a few litters before we got serious about this addicting rabbit habit. The summer of 2008, we built a pole barn and Joe Mabe of Lops of Love Rabbitry brought me two hanging units of cages and four Hollands. I was thrilled to have a real rabbitry set up, as I was used to random cages and hutches. We settled on a rabbitry name which at the time was Bunny Yard Gardens.
If you are wondering about the name, my mom wanted to have a gardening business so that is where the 'Garden' portion came from; and the barn was located in what we called the "bunny yard". So it fit. Eventually, the bunny portion of the business blossomed and took over. However, that is not why I decided to change the name.
Now, we have a growing herd of fifteen rabbits. Thanks to the help of Tracy Lukeman, Candace Feathers, Joe Mabe, Cecil Waller, Gary and Susan Smith, Cass Kinnear, Ashlee Richards, Todd Naragon and many more; I could not have done it with out you! I really want to thank Cass for all her help getting me in the right direction in helping me find my herd buck. Your advice was and is much appreciated.
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