Final Show of the Year

We kicked off the show season well once again!  Last Saturday we attended the Fall Michigan State Rabbit Breeders Association Fall Convention held in East Lansing.  It was a very well attended show which represented a large variety of breeds.  

We took some of our Lionheads and French Angoras for exhibition.  Both classes were very large!  I was excited to see that the French Angoras were a really big class this year.  There were many new faces as well as regulars so it was really nice catching up with everyone and talking about this wonderful breed.  Here is the rundown of the placings:

SHOW A:

French Angoras

·         Best Wool - Blossom Acres’ Forget Me Not – Blue Sr. Buck

Lionheads -

·         BOB - Blossom Acres’ Red Sky in Morning - Tort JR. Doe

·         BOV - Blossom Acres’ Red Sky in Morning - Tort JR. Doe

·         BOSV - Blossom Acres’ Polar Vortex - REW JR. Buck

·         BOV - Blossom Acres’ Ebony - Black SR. Doe

·         BOSV - Blossom Acres’ Mach III - Black SR. Buck

·         BOV - Blossom Acres’ Cornelius - Chocolate SR. Buck

·         BOV - Blossom Acres’ Delphinium - Blue SR. Doe

SHOW B: 

French Angoras

·         Best Wool - Blossom Acres’ Forget Me Not – Blue Sr. Buck

Lionheads -

·         BOSB - Blossom Acres’ Freshwater Fury - REW JR. Buck

·         BOSV - Blossom Acres’ Freshwater Fury - REW JR. Buck

·         BOV - Blossom Acres’ Red Sky in Morning - Tort JR. Doe

·         BOV - Blossom Acres’ Ebony - Black SR. Doe

·         BOSV - Blossom Acres’ Orion - Black SR. Buck

·         BOV - Blossom Acres’ Cornelius - Chocolate SR. Buck

·         BOV - Blossom Acres’ Delphinium - Blue SR. Doe

I also entered Forget-Me-Not and Butterflyweed in their breed class and both placed high up there in both shows.  I was really surprised with Butterflyweed especially as she had just come off a litter but she was in good body flesh and had a long enough coat so I decided to show her.  I am getting really excited about what next year’s show season will bring and am looking forward to putting some of my babies I have now on the show table soon.  

As a side note, we are breeding more French Angora and Lionhead does for availability for next year.  We also currently have a nice selection of Lionhead, French Angora, and English/French Hybrid angoras for sale on our website, so please check it out!  

Hope everyone has an enjoyable Thanksgiving! 

Updates!

Our new group on Ravelry, Blossom Acres Farm and Rabbitry, is very successful.  It was put up a little while ago and has almost 20 members!  If you are interested in joining and hearing the latest feed please view our last post with info on joining.  Below is a banner of our group! 

I did want to mention - our phone is currently broken so if anyone has any inquiries please send us an email finnishfiberfarm@gmail.com.  We apologize for this inconvenience but we are in the process of fixing it! 

I recently received my grand champion legs for Blossom Acres' White Out.  She now has 3 GC Legs!  I will be clipping her down soon and breeding her.  Hopefully she will make many more grand champions! 

We are expecting new Lionhead kits and will be breeding our French Angoras shortly.  We are still trying to get our Satins bred but so far are unsuccessful. 

We will have some Lionheads for sale soon, as well as a few remaining New Zealands.  If you are interested, please visit our website and send us an email. 

We currently have 1 skein of handspun alpaca yarn for sale.  It is single ply, worsted weight, in the colors of green with a touch of blue and yellow.  Approximate weight:  2 ounces.  $15.  Below is a picture. 

http://www.blossomacresrabbitry.webs.com/