Last Show and New Arrivals

The last show of the year is finally over.  We didn’t show much of our stock- most of them have been recently bred so they are still a bit out of condition.  Some of our bucks are getting older, so those older guys are pretty much done with their show career.  We did put a few Lionheads on the show table, and they did pretty well.  We ended up taking 1^st and 2^nd in class awards, BOV REW, BOV Blue-Tort, and BOV Chocolate on both shows, and on Show A Cocoa took BOS. 

We have been very busy lately with our rabbitry.  Recently we purchased two new additions to our rabbitry- a sable-point Lionhead doe and a blue French Angora buck.  The Lionhead doe is very beautiful and has great overall type- she was purchased from Leo 9 Rabbitry. She was shown at the last show we exhibited at, and this girl took BOV on both Show A and Show B, and was even awarded BOB on Show B.  The French Angora buck is also very nice- excellent body with a gorgeous, dense wooly coat.  He is from Circle 6 Farm.  We haven’t put him on the show table yet, but plan to this coming year.    

Our breeding plans didn’t go as I had expected- we weren’t able to breed our French does to those stud bucks.  I will try to arrange the breedings again.  Anyway, I bred Blossom Acres’ Lily of the Valley, a stunning REW doe and Farfelu’s Missy, a beautiful red doe to Circle 6’s Fredrick, a blue buck.  I am not sure if he is fertile yet, being around 4 months old, but I guess we’ll find out!  I also bred Tracey, my NZW doe to Nox, a black satin buck.  If all goes as planned, then Tracy, Missy, and Lily are due on the 13^th of January.   We also bred 3 of our Lionhead does so we are expecting kits born December 27^th , 2011and January 11^th, 2012.  We bred two of our own lines and one other line to different bucks.  We are expecting blacks, blues, seals, REWs, blue- and black-torts from these breedings.  If interested please get on the waiting list for Lionheads, French Angoras, or NZW/Satin Hybrids.       

I have been spinning up most of my freshly clipped or plucked angora fleeces from my French Angora stock.  It is fun playing around with the different fleeces from the different rabbits.  Missy’s fleece is one of my favorites- it spins like butter.  I still have a lot of the other French’s fleeces to try out, but most of them were already spoken for.  Currently I am working on a nice super fine yarn made from Missy’s wool.  I plan on making this skein one ply French Angora (Missy) and one ply lambs wool.  I am still debating whether I should use Finn wool or a Romney for the other ply. 

We have sold Leo 9’s Nolla and Blossom Acres’ Mickey so we only have one Lionhead rabbit left.  She currently has 2 inquiries so if the sales don’t go through then she will be available for purchase.  More information can be found on our website:  blossomacresrabbitry.webs.com. 

Breedings and Litter Update

Well, we have had the last of our 2011 breedings.  Our Lionhead does kindled November 9^th and 10^th and gave us some more kits.  Nolla had 2 live kits- 1 black and 1 blue, while Cocoa had 3 kits- 2 blues and a black. 

We will be breeding 3 of our French Angora does to a beautiful Grand Champion Chocolate French Angora buck, and 1 of our does to a gorgeous Grand Champion Black French Angora buck.  Special thanks to Shannon Carter at Farfelu Rabbitry for making these upcoming litters possible.  Although most  of the does are first timers, we expect at least 2 of the does to take.  All of the kits sired by the chocolate buck will be chocolate carriers!  These litters will be the last ones born this year, and are due December 27^th, 2011.  We are looking forward to the upcoming litters and will be happy to offer you choice breeding stock this spring.  Feel free to ask to be placed on the waiting list! 

We will have a limited selection of kits from the last breedings available for purchase.  We expect to have some Lionheads from Little White Lie and Cocoa, and a few Satin/New Zealand Hybrids from Tracey.  The Lionhead kits will be available with pedigrees; the New Zealand/Satin Hybrids will not, as the parent stock was not pedigreed.  These kits will be available for sale beginning of January.  Please continue checking the blog and website to see more information about the kits. 

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New Bunnies!!!

Now our rabbitry is filled with several new litters.  We currently have 3 litters of purebred Lionheads and one litter of Satin/New Zealand White hybrids.  We are very excited as these are some of our first Lion litters, and our first meat hybrid litter. 

Blossom Acres’ Little White Lie kindled November 6^th and had a litter of 5- 2 black, 1 blue, and 2 tort-blue.  This was our very first blue Lionhead kit born in our rabbitry!  November 8^th my New Zealand White doe, Tracey, kindled 8 kits- all black.  They were very squirmy at birth.  Today will bring two more litters- one from Cocoa (a chocolate) and one from Nolla (a blue-tort). 

This time around all of our Lionhead does were bred to our black Lion buck, Shadow.  Our New Zealand doe was bred to Nox, our purebred Satin buck.  We learned from this breeding that Nox’s lines are very pure, and that he does not carry a recessive REW. 

So far all is going well in the rabbitry.  These New Zealand/Satin Hybrid kits as well as the Lionheads should be available for purchase mid-January.  If interested please ask to be placed on the waiting list. 

We will be breeding our French Angora does end of November for spring kits.  More information will be posted soon! 

First Posting!!!

Currently we are breeding New Zealand Whites, Californians, Satins, French Angoras, and Lionheads.  We are breeding all of those breeds in a variety of colors, with the exception being with the Californians and New Zealands. 

Currently we have 4 rabbits for sale.  We have 3 NZW and 1 Californian. 

Please visit our website:  blossomacresrabbitry.webs.com for more information. 

Thank you for checking with us!