We have quite a few beautiful litters currently in the rabbitry. The breeds we currently have litters in are French Angora, Satin, and Lionhead. I took some of the babies out for a photoshoot yesterday so these pictures are very current.
Lily of the Valley's litter is doing very well and have already reached the 3 week mark. I only lost one baby in this litter so it is still a very consistent and large size. These babies have been growing so well and are maturing beautifully. It is going to be tough trying to figure out what to keep! Here are some pictures.
Blossom Acres' Freezing Rain kindled on the sixteenth of July and gave birth to 9 beautiful babies (two were unfortunately DOA). I'm thinking there are sables, REWs, and pearls in this litter, but time will tell. I am so excited especially about the pearls as I have always loved them and never had all the genetics well enough lined up to get them. Hopefully this time around will. Here is a picture at one day of age.
Now for the Satins...
I bred Forager Farm's "Vanilla Bean" to SMR's "Equinox" and this first timer kindled on the 17th of July. So far she is taking excellent care of her large family of 9. Imagine my surprise when I pulled out 9 youngsters that were all broken black in color! I am so excited to have broken pattern babies but was hoping for a nice black doe to breed back to her sire to influence certain traits. The babies are all very different in their markings but extremely consistent. I am so happy with the coverage. Their sire is just at the 10% mark for color and I was a bit unsure as to what to expect in the kits but they all surprised me with perfect color! I even think one of the babies may be just at 50% color. Kind of funny when you consider the extremes.
I will have some of these babies for sale from these litters. I plan on putting some of the kits on the show table but I will likely have a nice selection of French Angoras and Satins to choose from.
We have some current and expecting Lionhead litters. Blossom Acres' Peppercorn was bred to Blossom Acres Midnight Blizzard and has palpated positive! We also bred Blossom Acres' La Petite Luna Moth to Blossom Acres Stainless Steel. Blossom Acres' Sand and Shore (Bred to Blossom Acres Midnight Blizzard) currently has a litter of blues which will be weaned shortly and will be available for sale 2-3 weeks later. All the babies are blue, 3 does and 2 bucks. Simone's Paradise was bred to Wood Valley's Cuddlebug Bunny and her Vienna carrying kits will be ready to go in 1-2 weeks. There will be a blue Vienna marked buck and a sable (VC) buck for sale from this litter. Later on in the year I will be doing a Lionhead herd reduction to make room for juniors. I will have a nice selection of show, brood, and pet rabbits available then.
I will keep you updated!
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