Rabbitry Update

I haven’t been very good about keeping up with this blog, but I have been very busy.  Here is the latest news in the rabbitry. 

We have bred quite a few of our breeding stock – New Zealands, French Angoras, and Lionheads.  Some of the litters are current and some are upcoming!  Both of my beautiful New Zealand does had their litters fairly recently – about 3 weeks apart.  Tracey had 6 chunky babies and Snowflake had 11 born, with 9 still around.  I am very impressed with this doe’s mothering abilities.  This is her first litter and she is doing an excellent job caring and doting over her family.  Perhaps she will have the best success rate of all my does?!  So far it looks like there are 7 bucks and 2 does.  I really hope that some of those “bucks” do turn out to be does as I don’t know if I could manage 7 of them.  They are in the ? faze right now so I am really hoping that at least some turn out to be does!  If not then I should have some very nice bucks available for sale!    

As for the other litters, I am expecting 2 litters of French Angoras, one of which is due on Independence Day (not purposely planned).  We are also expecting a whole bunch of Lionhead litters.  Please check out our website to see our current and upcoming litters as there are way too many to list here!

Unfortunately, we have not been able to attend any shows lately.  The last one we attended was in March, so it has been a fairly long time!  We plan on attending a show on August 25^th, located in Charlotte Michigan.  From there it will lead to a show in September, plus a few others later in the year.  For this reason, we are not going to have very many rabbits available for sale during this time, as most of the breedings that we have done were specifically for these shows. 

Right now we do have some very nice rabbits looking for new homes.  The following rabbits are available for purchase:

Blossom Acres’ Ocean Storm, Jr. Opal French Angora buck, born April 3^rd, 2012.  Out of a grand champion chocolate buck and a red doe.  This rabbit has a very nice body and beautiful fiber.  Chocolate carrier.  $50 with pedigree

I also have a broken black satin doe for sale as a pet.  Spot has a nice personality and is very flashy.  I really need the cage space so I am letting her go.  $15 no pedigree

I also have 2 chestnut French Angoras, full siblings, a buck and a doe.  I have decided to keep both babies for now as I am trying to figure where I am going in my breeding program.  I may keep 1 or both, time will tell!  Please contact me and ask to go on the waiting list if interested!  Both are chocolate carriers and very nice quality. 

Well, that wraps up the updates.  I will keep everyone posted! 

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Baby French Angora Bunnies & Pictures!

I decided to take out my 4 week old baby chestnut French Angoras for some exercise and fresh air.  They really enjoyed exploring and running around as shown in these pictures!  This litter is sired by Farfelu’s Butter Brickle, a chocolate agouti, and Blossom Acres’ Tangerine, a rare red.  This breeding turned out very nicely and will be repeated! 

Of these 5 kits, there are 3 bucks and 2 does.  Both does are spoken for, but if you would be interested in any of the bucks please call (517) 589-5888 or email me to go on the waiting list! 

Email:  finnishfiberfarm@gmail.com

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

Satin for Sale

I have 1 Satin for sale.  Spot is a beautful broken black doe with nice sheen.  She will make a flashy pet!  I am asking $20 without a pedigree, which is less than I paid for her.   

Please call (517) 589-5888 or email finnishfiberfarm@gmail.com if interested. 

This will be our last rabbit for sale until June!  Please contact us to reserve her today! 

French Angoras for Sale

We only have a few rabbits available for reservation/purchase!  These rabbits come from excellent show lines and are very nice quality.  They are available with 3 generation pedigrees.      

Blossom Acres’ Thumper- Sr. Tort Buck- DOB:  4/6/2011.  His mom is red and his dad is a registered REW with 2 GC Legs.  Thumper has a nice body and wool.  He has done well on the show table. He’d be a very nice addition to a breeding program and will contribute his nice body and quality wool to his offspring. 

SOLD

Blossom Acres’ Larry- Jr. Chinchilla Buck.  This buck is very sweet and has nice, easy maintenance wool.  He is a very pretty color.  I will offer him with a pedigree as a breeder buck for an angora hybrid program or without as a pet/wooler.        

SOLD

Special thanks to our customers!   

 

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A Note to Broken Patterned French Angora Breeders

I have had many people ask me about broken patterned French Angoras.  This information goes for the English and Satin Angoras as well (not yet recognized colors). 

The broken variety is to be shown under “Colored” as oppose to “White”.  There is no special section retained for the brokens.  They are judged with the selfs, agoutis, steels, torts, wide bands…  If you have a broken and were unsure as to where to enter it, colored is the answer. 

It also says in the standard that the rabbit is disqualified if it has less than 10% body color and more than 50%.  Alot of people, including myself, were unsure as to what counted as the body color.  Alot of people had thought that it just counted the top of the body and chest.  Actually, it counts the whole body- head, ears, feet, tail, back, and stomach.  So look over your rabbit and make sure that you have at least 10% body color and not over 50%. 

 I will be breeding broken patterned French Angoras soon.  They are a very beautiful pattern and are a lot of fun to exhibit. 

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Edited 1/6/14:  I have been raising and breeding the beautiful broken pattern since August 2014.  Here are a few pictures of broken French Angoras.  

 

Rabbits for Sale!!!

We have French Angoras, Lionheads, and a New Zealand Whites for sale!  Here is a general list of what we have: 

French Angoras-

Blossom Acres’ Smokey- Jr. Purebred Smoke Pearl Buck- $75 with pedigree

Blossom Acres’ Midnight Storm- Jr. Purebred Black Doe- $75 with pedigree

Blossom Acres’ Thumper- Sr. Tort Buck- $75 with pedigree

Blossom Acres’ Cabachon- Jr. Opal Buck- $75 with pedigree

Lionheads-

Blossom Acres’ Seashore- Jr. Purebred Blue Tort Buck- $25 as pet

Wee One’s Shadow- Sr. Purebred Proven Black Buck- $50 with pedigree

 

New Zealands-

Blossom Acres’ Marshmallow- Jr.  Purebred New Zealand White Buck- $20 with partial pedigree


If interested in any of the above rabbits please email me finnishfiberfarm@gmail.com  or call me at (517) 589-5888.  More information and picturescan be seen on our website:  www.blossomacresrabbitry.webs.com.  We also have babies in the nursery and upcoming ones as well!  Feel free to go on the waiting list for a kit! 

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New Winnings, Litters, & Rabbits for Sale!

We have begun our show season yet again!  On January 28^th, Circle 6’s Frederick, took 1^st in class colored Jr. Buck!  Our REW senior doe, White Out, received 2^nd in class.  She was competing with rabbits in full show coat, which she wasn’t in… She did come home with great comments though.    

We also showed our bunnies at the Michigan Convention Spring show which took place March 3^{rd and 4th}, 2012.  We took BOB Lionhead on the 3^rd with Blossom Acres’ Frostbite, with around 25 in competition.  Blossom Acres’ Stainless Steel, a siamese sable Lion, took BOV at that show.  We also showed Blossom Acres’ Tangerine, who was awarded BOB & BOG, and Bonnie’s B15 “Nathaniel”, received BOS & BOG.  We also got Nathaniel registered at that show.  This buck has 2 legs towards his grand championship.  We are hoping to get his third on soon so that he can be granded! 

We also showed on the 4^th and received BOV Lionhead with Frostbite, and BOS & BOV Lionhead with Stainless Steel.  Tangerine took BOB and BOG French Angora, with her dad, Nathaniel, taking BOS and BOG French Angora.  All in all it was a great show. 

We also got a few new acquaintances to our rabbitry:  Butter Brickle, a sr. chocolate agouti French Angora buck; Mr. Truffle, a chocolate Lionhead buck; Burnt Sienna, a chocolate Lionhead doe; Whiskey, a chocolate Lionhead doe; and La Petit Prince, a sable point Lionhead buck.  Pictures of our new stock can be seen on our website:  www.blossomcresrabbitry.webs.com. 
  
We have litters in the nursery!!!  Right now we have 3 beautiful kits from Frederick to Lily of the Valley- 1 smoke pearl buck (FOR SALE), 1 smoke pearl doe, and 1 black doe.  We also bred Frederick to Missy and have 3 kits in this litter left as well- 1 opal buck, 1 blue buck (FOR SALE), and 1 chestnut doe.  White Out also has a litter of 1 blue, 1 REW, 1 chinchilla, and 1 squirrel- all bucks.  This whole litter is spoken for. 

On the topic of French Angoras… we bred Missy to a Grand Champion Farfelu’s Cirrus, a chocolate buck.  This litter is due April 4^th- we are expecting some promising bunnies!  I am going to grow this litter out before selling them, and hopefully get some winnings on them as well.  Thank you again Shannon Carter for providing me this opportunity. I also bred Blossom Acres’ Lily of the Valley to Farfelu’s Butter Brickle; she is due the 15^th of April.  I also bred Blossom Acres’ Tangerine to Butter Brickle; she is due a little later than her sister.  .          

We also have 2 litters of Lionheads in the nursery, and several more on the way.  Our upcoming litters are going to be exciting.  We are expecting chestnuts, chocolates, possibly oranges, and many more colors from our does that are bred!  Please visit our website for more information. 

We currently have 3 French Angoras for sale- 1 smoke pearl buck, 1 blue buck, and 1 tort buck.  We have 1 blue-tort Lionhead buck for sale as pet.  We also have 1 junior New Zealand White buck for sale- with partial pedigree.  www.blossomacresrabbitry.webs.com  

That wraps everything up for now.  I will update everyone as more happens.