French Angora & Californian- Jack Frost

So I thought I'd add a picture of our newest buck- we have had him May but had to let his hair grow out before showing him off His name is Sven and he is considered a chestnut. He is such a sweet guy, he loves attention, sits fairly still for being groomed and is awesome about getting back into his cage- does it very calmly! We have not showed him yet but from what we already know, he has nice fiber. He is just 7 months old




At this point we have 3 bucks and 2 does that we are working with. We only kept the 1 doe from the litter we had earlier this year.

So today was spa day for the rabbits- we groomed out the 2 does and 1 buck. Here is a picture of our doe: Cashew sitting and being pampered , she is our grumpy one to say the least but has some nice fiber! Taking a break for now and then will go and finish the other 2 bucks. She is one that we will breed to our blue buck- just have to make some cage space.

Ran out of time yesterday but was able to finish grooming out our blue buck and our white buck today. Here is picture of Olaf and a picture of all the fiber combed off- he is still shedding.

The pile looks like another rabbit sans ears

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The pile looks like another rabbit sans ears

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yep, we joke about removing the extra bunnies when grooming

Had an interesting morning so far...went out to do chores- our rabbits are spoiled and share space in our heated shop with all our equipment. Our fawn doe - Cashew and her daughter- Peanut-have been living together since Peanut was born and getting along fine. Well today that ended- I think hormones kicked in for Peanut now as well and all gloves were off this am! Does were going at each other- not a good thing! Of course all our cages are full until we cull a few out(told DH with the temps getting into the high 30's on Sat, we will be process a few of the meat rabbits). Separated the 2 does and had to shuffle a few around but everyone now is relativity happy. Decided that I would also go ahead and breed them so hopefully in 30 days we will have some angora babies!

Paired:
Cashew (fawn doe) with Sven (chestnut buck)= it will be interesting to see how this pairing works as chestnut is a dominant color.
Peanut (Tort or Blue Tort doe) with Olaf (blue buck)= this pairing will show us if the doe is a tort or blue tort.

Either way we should hopefully get some neat colors!

Added the nest boxes to both Peanut and Cashew cages. Both have started building nests or I should say digging out the material in the nest box. They are due on Friday March 13th

So last night while doing chores, we noticed that Cashew(fawn doe) had pulled some fur for her nest box- I did a quick check but no kits. Didn't check the box this morning but this afternoon we noticed a lot of fur in the box- did a quick check and 4 or 5 babies were snuggled in there saw at least 1 with pink skin and several with dark color skin- didn't want to mess to long as this doe is our Attitude doe- but she was cool

I will try and get a picture in the next day or so.

We are waiting for Peanut to kindle- she was in her nest box- looked like she was pulling fur- will check at chore time tonight.

yes pics!

So at chore time- I checked Peanut's nest box.....and she kindled was able to do a quick count- 6 kits- 1 with pink skin and 5 with dark skin(could be blue or black or a couple of each)! She wasn't concerned at all that I was touching--just love the does that we raise from babies on!!

Not the greatest pictures(and I'm working off a new editing program for now) this picture is the group of kits surrounded by her pulled fur! I am holding one of Peanut's(Tortishell) kits and the pink dot is another baby