~ 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! : )