French Angora Litter!!!

We are pleased to announce that we are expecting our first French Angora litter in a long time!  I bred Blossom Acres' Freezing Rain (smoke pearl) to my newest buck, C.B.'s Moonbeam (REW).  She palpated positive and is due the 6th of April.  I am expecting sables and REWs, but other colors are possible. 

Here is a pic of the buck to give you an idea of his density... Note that he is upside down.  I will have to get a stud pic of him soon. 

I will have some babies for sale from this litter, but as to when I am still uncertain.  I would like to show some of the kits but would be open to the possibility of moving them out before then.  I will be retaining a kit or two (gender to be determined) from this litter, but the remaining kits should be for sale either at 8 weeks or after showing. 

I will be breeding this doe's mom (REW) to the same buck (REW) tomorrow, and this litter will produce all REWs.  I should have most of the kits from this litter for sale.  

I'll keep up the updates!  Have a great weekend! 

First Rabbit Show of the Season

We had a great time at the annual MI Spring Convention this year.  We showed on show a on Saturday and brought Lionheads for exhibition, as well as one of our angora’s fleeces.  The following are our awards:

** Blossom Acres’ Midnight Blizzard – BOS & BOV – Jr. REW Buck

** Blossom Acres’ Milky Way – BOSV – Jr. REW Doe

** Blossom Acres’ Majestic Blue – BOV – Jr. Blue Doe

** Blossom Acres’ Agnes – BOV – Jr. Black Doe

** Weber’s Jerome – BOV – Sr. Siamese Sable Buck

** Blossom Acres’ Freezing Rain Fleece – 3^rd place plucked fleece – smoke pearl

 We also brought home some new additions (of course J).  We obtained a beautiful proven senior chocolate Lionhead doe from Wisconsin lines.  She will be a wonderful addition to our breeding program.  We also obtained a BEW baby Lionhead doe, which will be the start to our new BEW program.  I picked up a junior REW French Angora buck as well.  He has amazing density and a body to win, so he should be a great addition to my program.  He is only 4 months old and already weighs in at 7 pounds 4 ounces, so he should be a wonderful asset to bulk up my stock.  I can’t wait to start incorporating him in my breeding program.

The show was wonderful.  Angoras were sanctioned so breeders from Cananda and Michigan were exhibiting.  There were a total of 47 French Angoras shown and around a dozen or so English.  I was very happy with the quality of the angoras shown, and am excited to see new breeders working to make our breed even better.

We sold our remaining Netherland Dwarfs but we do have some Lionheads up for sale.  

• Sr. Proven Sable Point Lionhead doe - $30 with pedigree
• Jr. almost senior blue Lionhead doe - several BOV & BOSV wins - $50 with pedigree   

I am hoping to get some of my angoras bred shortly.  Back to catching up on rabbit chores while I’m on spring break!  Looking forward to showing again shortly!