~ At Long Last ~

Wow!! I haven't written a blog post since March!! That's pretty sad!! We've been super busy with family and animals, and it's just easier to post something quick on Facebook, instead of having to write a whole post on here!

We have some very nice looking Jr.'s right now, so I couldn't help but post something about them!! : )

First, is our little Jr. buck "Fisher Farm's Thornton"!! Oh my goodness!!

He is looking sooo good already, and he's only 3 months old!!! I just want to keep looking at his picture! lol
He is out of "Fisher Farm's Oliver" and "MMHF's Jade". Oliver is one of my favorite bucks!! And he is out of "Hamilton's Laredo", which was also one of my favs.!! : ) So, can't wait to see how Thornton turns out!! He's starting to go through his "uglies", so hopefully he'll still look o.k. for the show at the end of Sept.!

Another rabbit I'm excited about is "Fisher Farm's Giada".



She just turned Sr. last month. We're going to hold off breeding her until after the show in Sept. I plan on breeding her to our sable point buck "Fisher Farm's Drew". She's got finer bone, so hopefully matched with Drew's mass, they'll produce some nice babies!! : )

Emmie and Emma are both due in about a week! Emmie was bred to Oliver and Emma was bred to Drew. Hopping for more nice babies out of these two!

The weather is finially cooling down, so we are able to put some of the bunnies out in the bigger outdoor hutches. I think they are enjoying the extra space!!

Our next show is Sept. 29th. We're very excited about going! We haven't been to any shows since May, and we've got some new hopefuls to show! Plus, it's always good to see/hangout with our fellow breeders!

We have decided to not breed Lionheads anymore!! We want to focus more on our Hollands, and need more cage space to do so. We are going to keep "Bonnie" as a pet and breed her to our smaller Holland bucks every once in awhile...So we have a Lionhead Trio Available!!! Check our "For Sale" page for more details!! You can have all three for $120!! They would be a great start to a Lionhead herd!! : ) E-mail me if interested!!

That's all for now....I'll try to blog a little more often! : )

~ The Hoppin' Circle ~

Earlier this year I joined the "The Hoppin' Circle" which is a circle of rabbit breeders and hobbyists from around the country that enjoy reading each other's blogs and keeping informed about the rabbit "happenings" around them.
Every month, each of the bloggers send in their top/fav. post of the month, and it is compiled all into one post. This enables more people, that may otherwise not know about it, learn interesting facts from these breeders! Enjoy! : )


Oak Ridge Rabbitry shows us the imporatance of being transparent in our rabbitry.

At Home Pets tells us how she breeds for health in her rabbitry.

The Kelfla Project shows us how they stay organized with a animal management application.



Fisher Farms Rabbitry shows us their set up for taking sassy pictures of their adorable buns.

Hendricks Hearth tackles a very important topic in The Hay Post.

Rabbit Smarties introduces us to the breed; Silver.

October Grace Rabbitry shares with us some of their dreams for their barn

~ Photo Shoot ~

I did a bunny "photo shoot" the other day, and I thought I'd share a little bit about how I do it.

First, you have to have a good backdrop! I seen where some breeders use their grooming table outside and pose their rabbits on that. That works great, but only if the scenery in the background isn't messy. Another way to do it is to have a fabric background (which is what I use). I've seen a couple ways to do the fabric background; 1: is to have a piece of fabric purposely "crinkled" to add dimension to the picture. Or you can have the fabric laid flat (which is what I do). Just be sure that your fabric, whether "crinkled" or flat, it ironed and crisp! The last thing you want is to have wrinkled fabric that takes away from a otherwise very nice looking rabbit!

Also, if using a fabric, try to use a "neutral" color. Pastels usually work best. I use a very faint green colored fabric to go with our "green" color theme of our site. It is still light enough that it doesn't take away from the rabbits. Sometimes if you use a bright color or bold print, it can be very distracting! And your eye looks at the fabric and not the rabbit.

Second: Now that you have your background settled, you need to figure out when the best time of day you'll get the best results. For me, I put up my "set" up on the front porch. And I get the best lighting at about 10-11 am. Right when the sun is starting to come around the house. I personally think that rabbit pictures look best when taken outside in natural light. It's harder to get a crisp picture with artificial light. But some breeders still have fantastic pictures when taken indoors! You just have to see what works best for you! :)

Third: I used to use props a lot for my pictures (especially for the bunnies), but since I can't leave my "set" up all the time, I got tired of having to put everything together every time I wanted to take some pictures. So, right now, I'm just sticking with just a fabric background.

Now you're ready to take some pictures!! : )

Here is a picture of my "set":

This was from when I used the flower "props".

You don't have to have an expensive camera to take good pictures! Just having a good background and good lighting is half the battle! I use a simple Kodak digital camera.

I usually like to get more close up photos of my bunnies, so I put my camera on "flower" (up close) setting to get the best results. With any photo shoot, (especially with bunnies!!) you most likely won't get a good picture the first shot. It usually takes me at least 5-10 pictures per rabbit/bunny to get a keeper! Sometimes if the rabbit just doesn't want to sit still it takes even more to get a good one! You just have to be willing to work with them and have patience to wait for the good shot!

Here are some pictures I've taken over the years (all of which haven't been edited ain any way!):

The pictures above are all of babies. That is why they aren't posed. I usually don't try to pose them in a picture when they are little, because I think they are much cuter just being themselves! If I do though need to pose them to see quality or to show someone that is interested in one of them for breeding and needs to see a profile of them, this is what it usually looks like when they are little:

For the most part the bunnies are much more interested in checking out the set rather then sit still for a picture! lol :)

Here are some pictures that I took the other day of Gisele's babies. They are developing VERY nicely!! The sable point is a male (Arthur), the Tort is a female (Sue) and the broken tort is a female (Giada). We are keeping Giada.

In other news, all of the litters are doing well!! Millie had 5 babies, XC had 2 and they are all very fat and happy!

Sissy (NGF's 266) had a litter this morning, but it was one DOA and one peanut. Sadly the peanut will die soon since it's by itself. We will try to rebreed her sometime next week. I think I will try her with Drew this time.

The weather has been soooo nice this week! As I'm writting this, it is almost 70 degrees!! :) And it's the middle of Febuary!!

I think that's all for now!

~ Triple Crown Show ~

Today was the Triple Crown Show in Spartanburg, SC!!

This is the closest show to us, so it's always nice to not have to get up wa early to get to a show! It's only about 50 min away.

It went pretty well....I don't remember exactly who won what, but here is what I do remember:

Show A:
Clint won Best Solid Jr. Buck (and won a leg for it! His second)
Oliver got 2nd Broken Sr. Buck (which is pretty good considering that he's a young Sr.)
Everyone else got pretty good remarks. The Judge mainly said they need some more time to develop.

Show B:
We didn't do very well at all in this show... : /

Show C:
Clint won Best Solid Jr. Buck, but there weren't enough to win a leg...
Alyson got 2nd Solid Sr. Doe (I showed her as a Sr. because she was over the weight limit for a Jr.)
Emma got 2nd Broken Jr. Doe
Oliver got Best Broken Sr. buck, Best Of Variety, and then went on to win Best Opp. Sex of Breed!! : ) Yay! His first leg!!

All in all, it was a pretty good show, and it's always great to see all of our fellow Rabbit breeders!!

Here are some pictures from around the show:

This judge loved crazy hats!

                                                               This is Oliver getting judged:

Oliver and his trophy! : )

~ Show Results ~

I finally got my show results for the Dec. 3rd Columbis, SC Show!!

Here are the Results:

Fisher Farm's Clint ~ BOSV, BOSB and a leg in Show B; 2nd place of variety in show C

Fisher Farm's Drew ~ 3rd place of variety in show A & C

Fisher Farm's Alyson ~ 1st place of variety in show A, and 2nd place of variety in show B & C

Fisher Farm's Oliver ~ 2nd place of variety in show A & B, and 1st place of variety in show C

Fisher Farm's Emmie ~ BOSV and a leg in Show A! (her second leg!!)

Smith's XC ~ 2nd place of variety in all 3 shows.

All around pretty good show!! :)

Here's a picture of the ribbons we won:

Clint is our first homebred buck to win a leg!! And Emmie was our first homebred bunny to ever win a leg, and now she has another one!! : ) I am expecting some really good things out of her daughter Emma!! Can't wait to show her this weekend at the Spartanburg, SC show!

~ Facebook ~

Our Rabbitry is officially a part of Facebook now!! : )

Please go and "LIKE" us at: Facebook.com We are under "Fisher Farms Rabbitry". We'll be posting more pictures and updates soon!

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It's been kind of quiet here around the Rabbitry with no babies jumping around! But that should change in the next few weeks. : ) We bred most of our Does, so hopefully we'll have lots of cute little bunnies running and jumping around soon!
Isabell and XC are the first to be due. XC has already started making her nest and has pulled lots of fur. Isabell on the other hand, doesn't seem to be pregnant.....If she doesn't have a litter this time, we'll most likely be selling her. This will be her "3rd" litter. The first one, she didn't seem to take, and the second was a litter of stillborns. She is one of our best Does, and I'm very sad to think that we may have to sell her as a pet!

We have a triple show coming up on Jan. 28th, in Spartanburg, SC. We always enjoy this show, because it's the closest one to us, and we don't have to get up way early to get there on time! : )

That's about all that's been going on around the Rabbitry!
I'll post when I know we have some babies!

~ Happy New Year ~

The last of the "Christmas" bunnies were picked up on Tuesday. They were the last bunnies we'll have for a few months....

The bucks have been busy around here! : )
Here's a list of who's bred to who:

Oliver-- Isabell

Max -- XC

Max -- Lexus

Oliver -- Darcy

Oliver -- Sophie

Oliver -- Gisele

Max -- Emmie

Zach -- Bonnie

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Between the 8 litters, we have Does due from mid--late Jan. And if the litters are successful, the babies will be ready to leave early--mid. March.

This is the first time we've bred Oliver, so hopefully he's old enough and the Does took!! We bred him to all the bigger Does because he's so small. And we bred Max to the smaller Does.

Because Max/Oliver are the only bucks we have old enough to breed, we had to breed them to broken Does. So we'll most likely have lots of Charlies this go around! : )
If you'd like to be added to the waiting list for these litters, let us know!

We'll try breeding NGF's 266 "Sissy", Millie, and Alyson sometime in Feb.

I updated the website today. We don't have any litters at the moment so all the baby pictures are off. We still have "Bow" available on the for sale page. I re-did her pictures this morning.

I also added Dasher to the "Bucks" page. We had originally called him "Jingle" because he had a sister named "Belle". So it was Jingle & Belle (for our Christmas theme). But since we decided to keep him, we thought "Dasher" sounded better. So Dasher it is! Here's a picture of him:

I think that's all.....I hope you all have a Wonderful and Prosperous New Year in 2012!! : )

~ Back Again ~

Since the last post, Isabell had a litter of 4 babies. Though, none of them lived. I think she had a hard time getting them out... : (

And Lexus never had a litter, so I guess she never took!! So we re-bred her yesterday to Max again. If she still doesn't take this time, we'll probably sell her.

Oliver just turned 5 1/2 months old, so we decided to try him with Isabell, since he's such a small buck. It seemed like it worked, so we'll see what happens! : )

We also bred XC with Max. I would have liked to have bred her with another buck, but the only other buck available was Oliver, and that's her son. So we'll probably get broken blacks again.

We tried breeding Emmie again, but she wouldn't cooperate, so we'll try her again in a few days.

Sophie is now old enough to breed, but when we tried her with Oliver, she didn't want to have anything to do with it. So we'll try her again later.

In other news, we recently got another new bunny! Well, not exactly new...Her name is Darcy. She was born at our Rabbitry last Nov. and was sold to a sweet family for Christmas. Well, the family was no longer able to keep her, so they asked if we would take her back. And, we did. After looking back through my records from last year, I figured out that her parents were Bucky and Kim. And because we don't have either of them anymore, I had to go look through my pedigree records so I could make her a pedigree.
She was pretty scared the first day or two, but now that she has settled in, she's super sweet and loves getting attention! Just like our other bunnies! : ) She's a brood quality kind of girl. But no surprise considering who her parents were. Her owners never got her spayed, so we're going to try to breed her to Oliver (since he's so small) in the next few days. Hopefully she'll take and be a good mom. It's harder to get them to bred when they are older, but it's not impossible! Our one Doe "Millie" was a year old when we got her and, now she has litters with 5-7 babies! So we're excited to see what Darcy will do! : )
Here are some pictures of her:



~ Business ~

Wow!! It has been soooo busy our the Rabbitry lately!!

We had a Show in Columbia, SC on Dec. 3rd. It was a triple show. We brought: Oliver, Drew, Clint, Alyson, Gisele, Emmie, & XC. There were a LOT of entries!! They all got pretty good comments except Gisele. All 3 judges said that she was pretty much just good for a brood Doe. But since that's why we kept her, it's fine. Emmie won BOSV which I'm pretty sure won a leg, because of all the entries! Then Clint went on to win BOSB!! Other then those wins, there were no other legs....Also, we came home with a new little Doe! : ) She is from Narrow Gate Farms in NC. She a super cute tort Jr. Doe. She just turned 5 months old, so as soon as Oliver is old enough to breed, we'll breed them together and see what we get. Here are some pictures of her:

We've had lots of people that were interested in getting a bunny for Christmas lately! The last bunny that we had available was placed on hold today. So we do not have anymore babies that will be able to leave by Christmas! We do however, have two adults available: Zoe (a Lionhead) and Bow (a Holland Lop). Just contact us if you'd be interested in either of them.

Isabell is due anytime right now.....we're hoping for some really nice babies from her!!

Lexus is also due next week. We bred her with Max this time. Since he carries shaded, we should get some sable points or siamese sables in solids and brokens. So we'll see what happens!

I think that's about it for now....until next time! : )

~ Changes ~

Well......there have been some "changes" here are the Rabbitry!!

The first one happened right before the show Nov. 12th....When we were brushing out Diddy, we felt something on his belly (we thought it was poo or something that got stuck in his fur) But on further evaluation, we realised that Diddy was not a "He" but rather, a "She"!!!!! : o  So....when we got to the show the next day we had to change the entry to a doe instead of a buck. And as a Doe, she went on to win BOSB and BOB!! : ) It kind of messed up our plans though, because now we didn't have a buck!!

Then, a day or two ago, I was brushing out Mocha, and for whatever reason, I decided to check the sex again....and.....instead of being a doe like I thought, it was a Buck!! : / It was good and bad...bad because we were planning on it being a doe, but at least now we had a buck to go with Bonnie/Gracie/Diddy!

I just hope that this doesn't happen again!!
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I hope everyone has a great rest of the week!
Happy Thanksgiving!! : )

~ Show News ~

 I finally got my show reports for the Oct. 1st and Nov. 12th shows.....they had good and bad news.

For the Oct. 1st show:

Show A:

Isabell got Best Opposite Sex of Variety
(a leg)

Show B:

Sophie got Best of Variety & Best of Breed!!
(a leg)

The others got good comments, but no legs.... : (

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For the show on Nov. 12th:

Show A:

Hollands:

Lexus got Best Opposite Sex of Variety & Best Opposite Sex of Breed
Alyson got Best Opposite Sex of Variety
-----------------------------Lionheads:

Diddy got Best Opposite Sex of Variety and Best Opposite Sex of Breed
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Show B:

Hollands:

Lexus got Best Opposite Sex of Variety & Best Opposite Sex of Breed
Alyson got Best Opposite Sex of Variety
----------------------Lionheads:

Diddy got Best of Variety and Best of Breed!!
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There weren't enough people/rabbits at the Taylorsville show to get any legs.....But we still came home with 4 trophies! : )
You can see some pictures from the show below.

All the other bunnies are doing very well and getting cuter by the day! We are heading into a busy season of Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Years...so I'll try to keep this blog updated as much as I can.

Until next time....Happy Thanksgiving!! : )

~ Getting Ready ~

 Our next show of the year will be in Taylorsville, NC this Saturday! : )

We haven't been to this club's show, so it will be good to see how they do their show. And it's always good to see our "Rabbit" friends! : )

We are taking:

Oliver
Clint
Drew
Lexus
Alyson
Diddy
Gracie

They are all Jr.'s except for Lexus. We weren't really planning to show Lexus, but since her last litter was a "false" pregnancy, we decided not to breed her right away and wait to take her to the show. She hasn't ever been shown, so it will be interesting to see how she does. I'm hoping she isn't DQ'ed for being overweight....since she's had her litters, she's gained weight...so hopefully not too much weight! lol

Oliver is developing very nice and is "chunking" out....he still has a way to go, but I think he has a good chance against other Jr. bucks.



Clint....we weren't even planning to keep this buck, let alone show him! lol : ) But we realised that Bentley just developed into too large of a buck then we're looking for....and Clint has developed SOOO nicely that we decided to keep Clint and sell Bentley...I'm sad to sell Bentley, as he is one of my favorites, but if we want to continue to produce better and better babies, it's best if we keep Clint. Also, another reason I'm sad to see Bentley go is that he is a Sable Point (the color that we're working on to have in all our Hollands) and Clint is a tort. So it will take a little longer to get some more Sable Points, but Clint does carry the "Sable Point" gene.
Here are some pictures of Clint:

Drew's color has developed very nicely. It's super clean! He doesn't have the best body type though and his ears are a little long....but you never know, a judge might still like him!!

Alyson is starting to look like a Blue point, instead of a sable point.....I'm not sure if that is a showable color, but I want to take her anyway, so that I can ask the other breeders up there what color they think she is.

Diddy was a super smutty sable point baby! But now, he is a Very clean sable point! : ) I have big hopes for him! He's got a really nice mane, very good color, and short little ears!

Gracie is just like her mom "Bonnie". She looks and acts just like her!! : ) (Which is a good thing!) Her ears are a little long, but her color, wool, and body are really nice! So I think she'll do well too.

We're also taking several to sell at the show too:

Lionheads:
Cotton
Cool Whip
Coconut

Hollands:

Bentley
Tony
Stewart
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They are all very nice quality, and we are selling them for very reasonable prices, because we need the cage space...so if you're interested, let me know and I might make you a deal! : )

After this show, we have one more for the year--Columbia, SC--on Dec. 3rd. We've always done well at this show, so we're excited!

All the babies are doing very well and most of them are sold, though we still have 2 available! (Mittens and Leland)
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That's all for now!

~ Wow! ~

Wow!! Millie has surprised us again--with *7* babies in her litter last night!! : o

Millie is definitely a "BUD" kind of Doe, but all of her babies are always the sweetest things!! : ) She gets the award for having the friendliest babies we've ever had! And for having the most babies. She had 5 babies in her first litter, then 4, then 7, then 4, and now 7 again!
Her babies haven't been our best "quality", but because they have always been so sweet, we've kept her around. After this litter we're going to give her a little brake of having babies for a month or more. She deserves it! : )
So far, it looks like there are 3 black torts, 2 blue torts, and 2 sable points. We'll see for sure in the next few days.

In other news, Emmie's, Gisele's, and XC's litters are looking so cute right now!! : ) We decided to keep one of Emmie's babies. The broken Siamese Sable. We named her "Emma".....we've kind of had a theme going since Emmie's mom. Her name was "MZ" and we called her "Emmzie", so when we kept a daughter from her we called her "Emmie", and now that we're going to be keeping one of Emmie's, we kept the "E" theme and went with Emma! : ) Two of Emmie's babies are going to breeders and I hope that they produce some nice babies for them!! And the other will be going to a pet home....where I know it will be loved dearly! : )

Gisele's little buck "Mittens" is still available!! I'm not sure how he ended up with white paws, but in any case, he's super cute!! He'll make a get pet! So if you or someone you know would be interested, e-mail me!! He's super sweet and loving! : )

In XC's litter, we have 2 bucks and 1 female available! 1 of the bucks and the female are "Charlies" (they have less then 10% color and when bred can only produce broken patterned babies), and the other buck is a regular broken black. I personally think that "Charlies" are super cute! I love that they're mostly white like a REW, but with brown eyes and a little bit of color. : ) Our beloved "Bucky" that died earlier this year in Aug. was a "charlie".

Also, Zoe had a litter of two babies last Friday. I checked them this morning and they are both Sable Points....Yay!!!! : ) I'm so glad they aren't REW's or Pointed whites! Hopefully one of them is a buck, because we need one to replace Liam.

Bonnie is due today....She looks very fat, and has pulled some fur (as of this morning).....so we'll wait and see!

Isabell is also due later this week.....I'm very excited to see what she produces!! : )

We still have several rabbits available on our For sale Page and Nursery....please go check it out and see if we have your forever furry friend!! : )

The next show we'll be going to is Taylorsville, NC on Nov. 12th. So if there is a bunny that you're interested in that we have, we can deliver it to the show!! This is the first time we've been to this show.

I think that's all that's been going on here at the Rabbitry! : )
Until later.....

~ New Babies ~

We have lots of babies around the Rabbitry right now!  : ) Both little and big. We still have 4 (including the Lionhead) of Pooh Bear's last litter available: Boo, Hank, Tony, & Clint.
Clint is turning into very nice little buck! His ears are nice and short and very thick, body is compact and looks very promising! So if you're interested in breeding, he would be a great start to a breeding program! (Plus he carries dilute)
Tony is also looking very nice! His ears are a little long, but he may still grow into them. His color is super rich/dark; he's such a sweetheart too! All he wants is to be held and petted! : )
Hank is such a fluff ball!! lol He looks alot bigger then he really is. He also love attention!
Boo is always one of the first ones to the cage door to get attention! He's a little too be a brood buck, but he should make a wonderful pet for someone!

We also have one of Millie's left: Stewart. He's turning into a little bigger buck then I thought, but should bulk out a lot as he matures. He's super sweet too! : )

We have Simon (an adult Lionhead Buck), Bow (an adult Holland Lop Doe), & Lindsay (a baby Lionhead Doe) available as well. Please visit our for sale page fore more info!

Gisele and Emmie both had their first litters last week!! Yay!! : ) Gisele had 3 babies & Emmie had 5. They didn't have any problems and are keeping their babies (especially Gisele!) VERY fat. Gisele's look like they are about to explode! lol I will post pictures in a few days. (I'm just waiting for them to get some more fur before I take some)

XC had her litter yesterday afternoon. She had 4 in all. 1 broken black, and 3 broken black--charlies. This is the first time that we've ever had all broken blacks in a litter!

Lexus was due the same time XC was, so unless she has them early tonight, I don't think the litter will make it....Hopefully though, she'll have them with no problems! : )

That's all for now....

~ BRR & CBA Show Oct. 1st 2011 ~

The show went really well today!! : )

It was especially nice to see our "rabbit friends" and just talk rabbit talk!! lol

There were some VERY nice rabbits at the show and tough competition. I don't know the exact count, but there were probably close to at least 200 rabbits there!

Bentley got second place in broken HL Sr. bucks in show A, and DQ'ed for being 3 oz. over weight in show B.

I don't remember exactly what place Oliver got in the two shows.....the judges said that he was a pretty nice buck, but just needed to mature and bulk out some more. So no legs for him today....But I'll be taking him to the next one though!! : )

Isabell got BOSV in both shows!!! Yay! Now she finally has two legs! I think she got BOS in show A, but I can't remember...I'll have to wait to get the show results! Either way, she still got two legs! Everyone that saw her loved her color! We're going to try to breed her sometime next week.

And the biggest surprise of the day.........Sophie got BOB in show B!!!!!!!!!! : O To be honest, I had thought about not taking her to the show at all, but decided to take her anyway to at least see what the judges thought of her....and I'm glad I did!!!!! : ) She also got two legs...the first show she got as far as BOSV, and she also got BOSV in show B and went on tp win BOB! She was right at the weight limit (4 lbs.) so since she's still a Jr. this will her first and last show....But that's o.k....she'll be a great brood Doe.

Skye got DQ'ed in the first show for not having a break...so I entered into the DQ show.....and she won it!!!! : ) lol

After the DQ show, I combed her fur better and you could see her break better then...she still didn't win a leg in the 2nd show, but at least she didn't get DQ'ed!

So we'll see how she continues to develop...

Here are some more pics. from the show room:

I'll post more as far as wins when I get my show results in, in a few weeks...

That's all for now! : )

~ Show Tomorrow ~

Tomorrow we will be going to our first show since May!! : )

It's up in Fairview, NC, so only about an hour away. Which is always a plus because we don't have to wake up soo early!

We are a part of the club that is putting on the show. The Blue Ridge Rabbit & Cavy Breeders Association so it will be good to see our good "rabbit friends" that we haven't seen in awhile. It should be a really good show, with lots of good competition! : )

We are taking:

Isabell
Bentley
Sophie
Oliver
Skye

We are also taking Bonnie to be entered in the "DQ Show". It's something the club came up with this year to help raise some extra money for the club. How it works is you enter a rabbit that has to have at least 1 DQ. So the point was to get people to bring a rabbit that they have that is a great representation of the breed other then the 1 or 2 DQ's. Plus the show will be judged by Kitty Lynch! (who is known to be the DQ Queen for always being so picky!) So this should be a very fun show to watch! : )
The reason we're taking Bonnie is because she had broken off one of her toenails really bad when she was little and it never grew back. I think she is pretty nice, so we'll see how it goes.

I think Oliver, Isabell, & Skye all have a pretty good chance to win something, but not sure about Bentley and Sophie. They are both kind of big, so I'm afraid that they'll be DQ'ed for being over weight. Even though they are both still "Jr.'s" I entered them in as Sr.'s because of their weight. You just never know what a judge is going to have to say! So I'm hoping for the best, but preparing myself for the worst. Even if they do get DQ'ed I'm still going to keep them because of their super sweet personalities and color.

I'll try to post some results when I get back tomorrow!

~ Thoughts ~

Like usual we are pretty busy around here at Fisher Farms with all the bunnies, but enjoying all the time we put into them! : )

I have finally sexed all the litters we have right now; named them all; took their pictures; and posted them on the website!

As I take their individual pictures, it's the first time that I get to really start evaluating the their quality. They will still continue to develop until they are several months old, but when they are about 3-4 weeks old you can kind of get a first glance of what they'll look like when they get older. At this time, I also make my decision as to who I will be keeping and who will be for sale. Right now, we are mainly focusing on getting all Sable Points/ Siamese Sables, and once we get the color that we're looking for more established, we'll start focusing more on quality.

We are still trying to keep the better quality bunnies out of the litters, but are mainly looking for color.

At most rabbit shows, there seems to be a bias that only the black torts can win! So we're going to try to change that. : )

Our litters seem to be getting better quality each time! Considering that we originally started with non-pedigreed "Mutt" bunnies that we weren't even sure what breed they may be close to; we have come a long way!

I'm getting very excited about how well our most recent litters have come along. When I was taking pictures of Millie's litter, I was posing Stewart (the black tort in the litter) and usually I have to hold my hand under the baby’s head to keep it up, but as soon as I posed him, he stayed perfect! Here's the picture:

I was kind of in "awe" of him, and so proud that we were able to produce such a nice little bunny. But then I was disappointed that he wasn't a sable point! We really don't need another tort, so he'll be for sale. So if you are interested in him let me know!! He carries dilute! : ) I would really like for him to go to a breeder that will show him and be able to use him. I wouldn't mind him being a pet, but would rather someone be able to use his nice quality for their breeding program. : )

Out of the litters we have right now, here are the bunnies that we will be keeping:

"Fisher Farm's Gracie"

She is such a little sweetie and I love her color. She looks like she might be a little bit of a bigger doe, but her color is so nice and she's got such a great personality that I couldn't let her go! : )

She is from Fisher Farm's Bonnie and Roy's Liam.

"Fisher Farm's Drew"

Also, a super sweet little bunny! He loves attention! He also has great color and a pretty nice head and body. He kept falling asleep while I was taking pictures, so I had to hold his head up! lol ; )

He is from Angel Babies' Millie and Smith's Chunky.

"Fisher Farm's Alyson"

She is a super outgoing little girl that loves attention! Her color isn't the best, but she looks to be a pretty upright little Doe. Hopefully her color will clear up as she matures! We are going to try to sell some of our older Does by the end of the year, so we decided to keep her to replace some of the Does that will be leaving.

She is also from Angel Babies Millie and Smith's Chunky.

NGF's 193 (a.k.a. Bow) and Autumn are both due any day now.....We will most likely let Bow retire after this litter and if Autumn is unsuccessful again this litter, she'll be up for sale. So we'll see what happens! : )

Well, now that I have written this very long post, I think I have updated you on everything!

Until next time, enjoy all this wonderful weather! : )

~ Busy ~

 We've been very busy here at Fisher Farms!!

All of XC's litter left earlier this week (all except for Oliver of course!). Wyndall and Wyndie both went to pet homes and Olivia went to a family that is just getting into Rabbit Showing.

3 of Lexus's (Missus, Madison, and Marley) all left today. Each of them went to a breeder. Madilynn will be leaving a little later this month.

Good luck with your bunnies everyone! :)

NGF's 193 (aka Bow) and Autumn are due around the 13th. Hopefully we'll get some nice babies from them!

Poor little Emmie keeps pulling fur and trying to make a nest....but we haven't even bred her before...!!! lol We were planing to breed her later this month, but since she has decided that she wants to make a nest...we went ahead and bred her with Max today. I thought that she would be really receptive to the buck because she was so excited to make a nest, but she was pretty grumpy with the buck, but they did end up breeding. We also bred Gisele. We bred her to Laredo. We should get some really nice clean colored sable points with them!! I'm excited to see what they'll produce!

Pooh Bear's babies are sooo cute right now!! : ) It looks like one of them (Hank) is going to be a fuzzy lop. I didn't think about it when I bred Chunky to Pooh Bear, but they both carry the "fuzzy" gene....oh well! He's going to be really cute anyway!

Still don't know the sexes of Millie's, Zoe's, or Bonnie's yet...Hopefully I'll know for sure by next weekend, but we'll see.

Here are some pictures from our last "photo shoot":

That's all for now! : )

~ News ~

Wow! It seems like I haven't posted a blog in a long time, but it's only been about a week and a half!

Well, a lot has changed since the last post.

Pooh Bear's babies (including the foster baby) have all opened their eyes and are starting to jump around. They are so cute! : ) Autumn's little baby is going to grow up thinking it's a Holland Lop. lol There are 3 blue torts and 1 black tort in Pooh Bear's litter and Autumn's baby looks to be a REW or Pointed White.

Lexus's babies are SOO friendly and love to lick your hands and face! They come running to the cage door to get attention when they see you coming! : )

XC's litter is also doing very well.

I am so proud of Bonnie!! She is doing such a good job for a first time mom! Her one baby is a sable point, but I'm not sure yet what the other is....It's either a smutty sable point or a Siamese sable??? Can't tell yet....

Millie is doing very well with her babies. They are nice and fat! : ) There is 1 black tort and 3 sable points!! I'm not sure where all the sable points came from?! Millie has a little shaded in her pedigree, but Chunky only has torts?? At any rate, I'm just glad we had several Sable Points in one litter. : )

Zoe is also doing well with her babies. Looks like 1 sable point and 2 REW's or pointed whites.

Dixie's litter didn't make it....so since she hasn't been able to have babies twice in a row, I'm going to put her up for sale as a pet. She is very sweet and likes attention. She can be kind of shy, but is still very sweet. I'll try to take some new pictures of her soon.

The weather has cooled down (only in the 80's) which has been nice! It has been SO hot this spring/summer!! It'll be nice when fall comes and we can put some of the bunnies in the outdoor hutches.

I think that is all that has been going on lately! : )

~ Babies ~

The Does have been busy around our Rabbitry lately! : )

Pooh Bear's litter is doing very well! They are SUPER fat right now! There are 3 Blue Torts and 1 Black tort for sure. They should be very cute little babies as they mature. : )

Pooh Bear's little foster baby (Autumn's baby) is also very fat and is looking much better then when we first put it with Pooh Bear's litter. It looks like it will be sable point, but not sure yet.

Bonnie had a litter!! : ) Yay! It was her first litter, and she is doing pretty well so far. She has two babies. One looks very good, but the other is kind of small....It looks better then a peanut, but it's smaller then it's litter mate...so we'll have to keep a watch on it. Both of her babies also look lightly colored. I'm excited to see how they develop!

XC's and Lexus's babies are SO cute right now!! : ) And they are all developing very nicely. Each of them come running to the cage door to get petted and held.

I think that's it for now... : )