Chainsaw Charving for the upcoming EARS show!

This cutie is a prize that I have sponsored for the EARS Quad Show that is coming up the first week-end in August. He was carved by Ken Sheen of Pine River Chainsaw Carving and is approx 32-33 inches tall.

What's been happening

It has finally cooled down enough that I can stand the heat. Supposed to rain tonight and tomorrow, maybe Thursday and then be nice(well what I consider to be nice) at 20-23C Anything warmer than that and I am miserable. Lost a couple rabbits to the heat. One I am still mad about as it was Posey's Willow. I'm not sure what happened with her, she was fine, didn't seem to be as hot as some of the others and checked again in 30 minutes and it looked like she was laid out sleeping. Lost a mini lop doe after she kindled, not exactly sure there either, but she could of had something go wrong with her labour. She had delivered the litter, scattering most of them on the wire and then it looked like she just fell over. Lost two cull pen animals as well, but at least I had decided to cull them.

Well, we have downsized our rabbit herd considerably. I am bringing a few new animals in to replace/revitalize my herd. Some changes were planned and others were not. I am picking up a trio of Americans at the Aloha show, two Mini Lop does from Jess/Taryn and a Frenchie doe(half-sister to Willow) and a broken blue Mini Lop from Kim/Cristina.

Laura-ann is coming down with me to the show and Brianna was going to, but due to a family emergency we will only taking her buns.

We had a new chinchilla born here, a little beige. Not sure on the sex, but the little fellow just about gave me a heart attack when he shot out from under the up-side down feed dish. I'm hoping that it is a female, but a male would be nice as well.

Have a few new litters, Bailey has five by Jackson, Southern Classic has three by Comox, Calla has two by Willow, Petunia has 6 by Cole, Cobalt had three by Jordan(not sure if they are peanuts though) and Tammy has four by DandyLion. Star is due any day by Adam. Have to palpate a bunch of does to see if there is a bunch of litters coming up. I also bred Buttercup so she will be due about a week after the Aloha show. Have some does that need to be re-bred as I fostered the babies off, but am waiting until a little bit for that.

I have entered some of the rabbits in the upcoming show, have a few left to decide on but entries don't have to be in until the 29th so I do still have lots of time to decide. Have to decide on the pigs as well.
Janine

First Florida Litter! & some other news

Well, after a few screw-ups(on my part) we finally have a Florida White litter on the ground. There is six babies in Eve's nest tonight. As she was also bred to Wetaskiwin, there are some brokens in the litter. Star is due in two weeks about, so our meat bunny program is on the way.

Looked closer at Lucie's and Skittles litters today. Lucie has two opals, six chestnuts and one that I think is a broken fawn. Skittles litter is opals as far as I could tell, though they could be blue chins.

I bred Skywishes to Jordan, Ella to Iggy, May to Tucker and Pearl to Wetaskiwin. Will try to rebred tomorrow -Bluejeans(Prince Eric) and Pansy(Jordan). Will also try Cassie as I don't think she caught the first time. I think I might put her in with Levi as the types compliment each other. She has loads of depth and is narrow. He is wide, but needs more depth, so we could maybe get the best of both. Though the way that breeding works, I'll get narrow with no depth!

Looked through the pigs agin today and I might have one more Silkie and Texel I could show. Just depends on how many I want to take and if they make the minimum requirements to show.

I added a few more rabbits to the cull list. Phoebe and Lots of Heart. Our numbers are on paper are getting closer to where I want them.

Cavies & Litters

Hi

I looked at the cavies today and sorted them a little more. Have some in breeding and others seperated to try to grow out the coats of.

I would like to show the r/w Peruvian boar from Dillion, the tsw Silkie sow from Dillion, ga/w boar from Kim, black Texel boar, and the r/w sow from Sherri. I might see if I can find another Silkie or Texel to coat out as well. They are all younger animals and will hopefully make weight.

Have a few Americans that I would like to show as well. They will be more decided on the weight as to who I can show. I have some nice home-bred Americans that I would like to show and there is some nice ones in the new group that could be shown.

I looked at Lucie's litter today. There are two opals, six chestnuts and one unknown (rew, fawn, cream maybe?) Lost the chilled one of Squirrelly's, left her chestnut baby. Pansy has a tort and something light-colored. Moved the three Hollands to Skittles litter. She had six and look to be opals and/or blues. Might also be some blue chins, will have to see what they are!

Few more does left to go in this group and then a new group starts next weekend about.

Pepsi kindled as well, but she squished her litter, she is on the cull list now. Skywishes kindled as well, but she over-cleaned the kit. As this is her second litter here, first being a fetal giant we will give another chance.
Janine