Such Cuteness

TNT's Ilana (Reg. Red) x Magee's Porky (Reg. Bkn Red)

These are cute babies in the box!

Also in the box from B.B. and Black Pearl are:

Bkn Black - buck, Blue - Doe, Blue/Smoke Pearl Steel - Doe, Blue/Steel - Doe, Broken Blue (lighter marked) - Buck, 3 Broken Blue Does, 1 Broken Blue Buck.

Random notes

We bred Kaluah to Boomer yesterday.. maybe it was the day before. We bred Peppercini to Boomer today... we are glad she finally took to a buck.
What does this mean? Yes, we are considering selling Boomer. We have Hab and Peppercini to pass on his wonderful, wonderful temperment and we have many inquires from the east for rabbits.

Ilana's two kits are doing well. A Red and Bkn Red.

Blue Bijou is doing an awesome job with her 9.

Renee is nesting and getting squirrley. She is due the 17/18th. I want to again thank Nicole for this awesome breeding! (some of these may be ready for Convention!!)

Porky was going down hill, for no apparent reason. My dad diagnosed it as severe depression. Porky is a lady's man, we gave him to Brittney and he has been perking up and gaining that weight back up. They are still together and doing fine. So as long as Porky is looking better it's all good.

I am pretty sure I got straight A's 2nd semester. I am really proud of myself, even with all those rabbit shows I attended!

Our next show is at the end of the month. We hope to take some rabbits with us to sell, and we're hopin to get some competition.... so we'll see.

Like father, like son

Velotta's ReCurring Vision "Stitch" - RGC with 7 legs! Stitch is a wonderful, wonderful buck that Nicole Velotta gave me last fall. Boy I cannot thank her enough! Stitch performed his first breeding at 4 months, to Gigi, which resulted in 4 *beautiful* babies.

The result....

LHHR's Mr. Miami - This guy made his big debut this weekend, winning BOS in Oregon State Convention's A show! (He also placed 1st in B & C shows). He's got plenty of more developing to do, but if it's any idea that he will be just like his daddy, then I think we have enough reasons to keep him. He is a blue chinchilla as well!

And the winner is...

Habanero won her 5th leg this winning, winning BOSV in A. She was truly deserving of this win :) This is her on the historic Nye Beach in Newport!

Oregon State Convention!

A: Jeff Jewett
BOB: "Sensation" Owned by Joy Ekstrom. Daughter of LHHR's Mackenzie (LHHR's Rainier x Velotta's Dean)
BOS: "Mr. Miami" He's only 3 1/2 months old!!!
BOSV: "Habanero" Her 5th leg!

B: Tom Keyes
BOB: "Sensation" Owned by Joy Ekstrom. Daughter of LHHR's Mackenzie (LHHR's Rainier x Velotta's Dean)
BOS: "Stitch" His 7th leg! (his son was BOS in A!!)

Youth: Scott Wibenson
BOB: (Satin) "Pacific Jewel" He said if she had the coat on her he would have considered her further, shes just 3 1/2 months as well.

Other than that the judges conference went well, I did well in Royalty (Going to Grand Rapids!!!!), the Banquet and Auction went well, and Sunday shows were just as good. The beach was awesome and I couldn't have had a better time!

BIS A: Diana Mortensen/Karen Fegles - Grants Pass, OR - FLORIDA WHITE
RIS A: Kelly Rooke - Cornelius, OR - ENGLISH SPOT

BIS B: Diana Mortensen/Karen Fegles - Grants Pass, OR - FLORIDA WHITE
RIS B: Roger Hassenpflug, Medford, OR - SATIN

BIS Y: McKenna Frantz - Tigard, OR - HOLLAND LOP
RIS Y: McKenzie Bell - Bend, OR - MINI REX

BIS C:
RIS C:
{I did not stay for the conclusion as I had a 5 hr drive home}

Random Notes

Ilana is nesting well. We expect babies soon.
We cannot tell if Sanetti is pregnant. We sure hope so.
We think Brittney missed.

We have cut our 8 ML picks into 4 now. We plan on keeping the Opal Buck, Blue Steel Buck, Smoke Pearl Steel Doe and Blue Doe.

Finals are next week. Which means school will be out Wednesday. Only 4 days left, I hope I can survive!

OREGON STATE CONVENTION is this weekend! We are super excited and are ready for fun things to happen! I plan to make it one he** of a weekend, so I will come back with pictures and blogs!!!!

What did I do?

I'm always very good about writing down dates that I bred does. Usually I have it on my calendar, on my website or on the rabbits cage. I always have a box in the cage 3 days before the due date.I go out to feed tonite, I notice the three does I bred aren't eating well. I get to thinking and a light bulb clicks on in the back of my brain, I bred these does! And so I was about to e-mail the breeder in which I used his bucks because for the life of me I couldn't remember, but I finally remembered it was right after the Monroe show, so I was able to figure out the dates, AND. . . So they are due tomorrow or wednesday. I gave them boxes and they went to nesting immediately, running around crazily until they got dizzy. Poor does. All they wanted to do was to prepare for their babies!

Getting lost has it's advantages

Portland Oregon.... still not accustomed to that city. It's very easy to get lost. Many small cities surround Portland area, this was one of them. Upon getting lost in trying to come home, we came across this statue of liberty. We sure knew we hadn't made it to new york, but we were so far off of 1-5 it took us an extra 2 hours to get home!!!

Another Rising Star

This is "Mr. Miami". Miami is from Stitch and Gigi, two of the best animals in our barn. Miami has been a favorite since day one, being a unique color in the litter. He has a great body on him so far, wonderful fur, temperment, head and crown and ears are awesome on this boy. We're going to show him at Oregon State Convention. We hope he does well along with his sisters, who look very nice as well!!!

Getting things done

My statistics final project is winding down. I am pretty sure I am done. I have covered all needed aspects, now just onto the board. I don't have to present until next Thursday but the final paper on the project is due tomorrow morning.

My history project. Yeah, history and I do not mix. I picked Booker T. Washington's program and how Du Boi acted against it. Oh boy.

Natural Resources. A paper in illegal and legal immigration. I have until friday to do that. I will most likely start on it here soon.

Shifting gears; We still need to get the barn clean. I have my SAT this saturday and convention weekend follows. So it will be a couple more weeks before we can start on that.

Blue Bijou is doing an awesome job raising her and Black Pearls litters. We worried she would not have enough milk but it appears that all 10 have nice fat bellies. The bkn black of Black Pearls stands out in the litter of dilutes!

I will be uploading the pics from portland soon and will post. I also hope to get pics of our juniors we have from Cloey and Jenie. :)