Back from the show!

Yesterday was a long day but I had a lot of fun. Placed fairly well and brought home lots of new buns. Here are a few of my placements

Youth
Dominick, SSB: 3/6
Eva, SSD: 3/5
Sophia, SSD: 2/5
Paint It Black, SJD: 1/4

Open
Missy, SJD: 3/10

The does from Indiana arrived just fine. I'm very please with them. Here's a look at the solid show doe.I took home two brood does from Snug-a-licious Rabbitry. One is on loan and the other is here for a bit. In addition, we have a new doe for our Sable Point project:

This is Mary's Cherrio and she's quite the character. We are very happy with her and can't wait to get her bred.

On a side note, turns out that we actually don't have a blue tort in the nest box. He's just a regular old black tort, just very dark. In addition, he might also be a fuzzy! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that he's not!
That's all for now!

Barn News

Just thought I'd share what's going on in the barn!

It still hasn't gotten too cold around here except for a few dips. I'm anticipating when it actually does get cold because that's when I will have all my litters! Luckily it doesn't snow here until late January, early February.

I am very pleased and proud to pronounce that the very first broken blue tort was born in the barn on 11/20!! I was absolutely shocked because I didn't even know the sire carried dilute! The parents are Lexus and Diego. I'm hoping it's a good match. I started off with not having any dilute carrier bucks and now I have three! Pedigrees don't reveal everything...

Next up we have two lovely does coming from my friend Todd Naragon in Indiana. As you can imagine, I am overly excited about these gals for a few reasons. First of all, the are both blacks; one broken, one solid. The broken is a brood doe because of her head mount but has the biggest head you've ever seen on a jr. doe! The solid, the one I am most excited about, has 4 JUNIOR legs! I am so thankful that Todd was willing to part with her. She has two BOB legs, 2 BOSV legs, and possibly a leg for 1st place (waiting to hear the class size). She turns Sr. on 12/2 so I will be showing her this weekend to try to get her a Sr. leg and then grand her. Judge Joel Marshall was nice enough to transport them for me to the next show. I will be posting pictures when they arrive.

I've tried my best to get as many does to palpate as possible so here's hoping for a few litters before the end of the year. I have three unplanned-special breedings aswell! Paint It Black x Diego is due on Christmas Eve, Trixy x Diego is due on New Year's Eve, and Eva x Dominick is due New Year's day!

Happy Holidays!