~ 2/27/12

Some of the does around here are starting to nest and I got a couple of pictures of Mya and wanted to post them.

Not really that much new going on but thought these pics were cute....

TNT

~ Another Litter ~

We have another litter. Vixen kindled three Siamese Sables on the 15th. We are excited to have a litter out of her though I hoped for Siamese Smoke Pearls out of her. Maybe next time though. Now that we have Rocket (Blue Himi) we will breed her to him next time and he has a few Smokes in his background and since he's blue hopefully get Smokes! I also bred Dancer who is a Smoke Pearl Marten to him and she is due the 4th so it will be interesting to see what we get. :)

We have lots of does due the begining of March! Irene asked for her nest early and made a beautiful nest!! We are so excited as she is bred to JAG (Blue Otter)!!!

All of the babies are doing great! They are at the cute age. I might try to get updated pics in the next couple of days. I have pictures on the nestbox page but I took them a week ago and they have done so much growing!

TNT

~ My Goals and Focus ~

I have been thinking alot lately about what my goals really are. In my Netherland Dwarf's, I want to focus on: Himi's and Shaded's, Self's, Otter's and Marten's and Brokens. Himi's and Shaded's go together. Otter's and Martens go together and can be bred to self's and Broken's.

So.. I have been thinking about the BEW program. BEW's can't be bred to much and I feel like that if I want to focus on nice showable quality Dwarf's in the colors I like, BEW's have to go for now. I love the BEW's and will miss my doe Clara. She is really sweet. But in order to focus...

And with the Holland's. We have recently added a Blue Otter buck. We have Does that carry Blue and we are hoping to add a few Self's to the Herd. So our Holland goal is to raise Shaded's and Self's.

So with all of that being said. We have alot going on and BEW's will take alot of time and space. So Clara is available. She did well on the show tables when we showed her. She is a very small doe. And like I said above, extremely sweet!

In other Rabbitry news: All the babies are doing great! I took Myrtle's little Broken Tort doe and took a picture of her. You can see that on my Home page now. She is really cute right now.

TNT
~ Son Rose Rabbitry

~ Litters ~

We have three new litters in the nestbox! I have been so busy I haven't had time to update or write about them.



Willow our Broken Blue tort HL Doe has three kits that were born 2/3/12. She has a Tort and two Broken Torts. The Sire is Brownie.



Emma our Blue Himi ND Doe has three kits that were born 2/5/12. She has two Himi's and a Siamese Sable. The Sire is Jacob.



Jenelle our Blue Otter ND Doe has three kits that were born 2/5/12. She has a Black Otter and two Blacks.


So with the new litters and the older ones we have 13 kits all together. I am excited to see how Willows turn out!



Himi and Hershey (my black and chocolate bucks) went to a new Rabbitry. I have a replacement buck for Himi (his picture is now posted on the Bucks page) and we will try to raise a chocolate herd buck. Hershey was a nice buck and has alot of good points but I'd like to see just a little better for my next herd buck.

J2 and Clara both had stuck kits. :( We are going to give Clara a little break before we breed her. She pulled a TON of fur and is bald in places.....

In my last post I wrote that Kya won two legs. I got her out and took an updated photo. Here that picture.

She is such a nice doe! About a month ago when she was in lanky stage I didn't have that high of an opinion. I'm glad I held onto her. I knew she was nice when she was in lanky stage but her ears just finally caught up.

Its been real cold the last couple of days. It was like 70 on Sunday and now its like in the 40's.
TNT
~SonRose Rabbitry