Ali’s Bunny Crossing

Well, it isn’t outside of rabbits. I’m in one of those I-think-I’m-going-to-fail-high-school weeks/months and so I’m nervous and stressed and my back aches and I’m getting sick. Gah.

BUT, rabbit-wise it’s pretty nice. All the rabbits are doing great. and, I’ll get to take them to a nursing home as Therapy Animals with my 4-H group (it’s always something I wanted to do and thankfully the 4-H group thought it was a nice idea! xD) I’m hoping I can do that regularly. I think rabbits are great therapy animals.

Nothing drastic went on at the bunny barn this week. It got cleaned today, though, and I have a mating!!!

RBB’s Powder x Teaberry’s Solar

BEW . . . . . . . . . . Black Otter

This is sooo exciting! Babies due right at the end of December (if she did take).

I really think my breeding schemes *may* have helped. On the other hand, I tried Wish with Kentucky and Wish was a total jerk, going so far as to mount poor Kentucky. He was so confused and hurt! I gave him so extra hay and cuddles while I glared at Wish.

I’m almost thinking of selling her . . . if she won’t mate, I have no use.

I’m very excited about my BEW first litter though! *suppresses happiness*

The only other major thing is that break will be officially over tomorrow.

Wow, it went by fast! It was loads of fun but I really didn’t get much done!

Monday – foot doctor, movies, friend

Tuesday – movies, reading, friend

Wednesday – movies, ice skating

Thursday – Thanksgiving!, saw Bolt – loved it!

Friday – shopping, writing

Today – bunny chores, shopping (food), friend, movie

and just like that . . . BOOM! Time to get back in to the choas I know as school.

Next weekend is a show, and it looks like we’ll have a nice turn out!

Thanks for updating your blogs guys! I enjoy reading them (even if I’m really bad about updating mine! )

All this talk of breeding and babies got me to be devious, so today, following Christie Riddel’s advice (thanks!) I put Powder, Solar, Kentucky, Triple Chocolate Kiss, Wish, and R.P. in a carrier (one of those that holds 6) and put it downstairs. I’m hoping the smell of bucks will get the does excited. I’m also going to try breeding after 8 tonight (something new) and the does will have to go in the bucks cages, no exceptions.

The lights have been having a strict schedule of on at 8 am and off at 9 pm, or on at 7 am and off at 8 pm, basically making sure there’s 13 hours of light per day.

I’m hoping for willing does tonight, and if not tonight, in the future.

I sent in my show form for Richmond (Dec. 6th) on Wednesday.

I’ll be bringing (hopefully!):

RTR’s Kentucky – he’s kinda skinny so I’ll try to be fattening him up this week!

RBB’s Powder- such a pretty boy!

RTR’s Blackberry – I’m not sure how she’ll do since she’s nursing a litter!

Roseline’s Wish – molting but getting over it, if I’m lucky she’ll be in condition.

and finally, Lyle Creek’s Goergia.

I’ll be seeing all my ND friends and meeting a top AFL breeder (might be picking up some new ones! =D)

Life’s pretty good at the bunny barn.

Break was great, I can’t wait for Christmas. xD

If I could breed my does, I would. They just won’t breed.

But if I could . . . I would like to breed:

BEWs

RBB’s Powder x Teaberry’s Solar

They compliment each other and would give me VMs.

Otter

RTR’s Kentucky x Roseline’s Wish

I’d love to see what this would get me. A chocolate otter to a black. Both small with nice type. *sigh*

RTR’s Kentucky x RTR’s Blackberry

ditto to above

RTR’s Kentucky x SS’s R.P.

R.P is a brood with awesome thick ears. That’s Kentucky’s only fault. Love to see what I’d get.

RTR’s Kentucky x RTR’s T.C.K.

Chocolate otter to otter. Pretty colors.

AFL

Fuzzy x Lyle Creek’s Georgia

I have Fuzzy at my house. He’s in love with Georgia, but the idiot is being a complete jerk. (Georgia that is)

Other rabbits:

Teaberry’s Sunkist – going to a friend 

two juniors – selling to a pet home (most likely)

Butter – two sale pendings (in case one falls through)

Oregano – BEW, too young to breed

Mrs. Bun Buns – inquiry

Tigerlily found a new home. No more lionheads. Man, it’s good in the rabbitry here. (except for the litter problem.)

I’m back! Risen from the dead, so it seems.

School was insane this week and exhausting. I’m so glad it’s Saturday!!! I still have homework but I haven’t even started it yet. *whistle*

Rabbitry News!:

Tigerlily is on her way to her new home (mom’s taking her)

TinkerBelle and Capun Hook will be dropped off later today

Two rabbits (not three – one died ) will be picked up today!!!! yay for BEWs!

My litter now has names! We have . . .

Dark Knight

Rachelle

and Robin

If you don’t get it you can guess on the theme.

I’ve been very busy so there’s not much new on the “rabbit front”

On my to do list is to:

Clean up the bunny barn (“tidy”)

Clean all the cages

Clip bunny nails

Play with babies.

Oh yeah, I’m also rejoining 4-H and doing the rabbit club. So projects for rabbits that I might be doing is:

1) Taking bunnies to a nursing home (therapy animals)

2) Talking about breeding

3) Agility! (bunny jumps!)

Sounds like fun!

I’m SOOO glad Thanksgiving break is here!!!! I can SLEEP IN!

*falls asleep just thinking about it*

ttyl guys!

Well, I did make a big decision today, something that’s been floating around in the back of my head for a while.

I’m switching one of my color groups. Changing from Orange to BEW.

The hardest part will be letting go of Butter. Only two rabbits cannot be used in my otter program, Sunkist and Butter. Sunkist is already taken, but is not yet. Man, I’m going to miss that guy. He has the looks and the personality. He just doesn’t have the color. I’m contemplating keeping him as a pet, but I already have Mrs. Bun Buns and Tigerlily, and not enough space.

I love orange, I really do. But I just feel like I got off on the wrong foot. I’ll try BEW, if I don’t like it, I can try something else, or go back to orange. So now, Morgan at midnightbunnies.com will be supreme orange breeder in this area. I’m sure she’ll be fantastic, she has such goregous bunnies!

So . . .

I am getting three goregous BEWs! When Dennis of Spring Creek Gems told me they were good, I just had to have them. So I’m picking them up (I believe) next weekend. As well as a lot of other rabbitry supplies that will come in handy!

That is, of course, the biggest rabbitry news of the day/week.

I’m going to go read all your blogs now! It’s been an exhausting week and I only have a little bit of homework to do tomorrow (YAY!) so I’m happy.

I just may have solved the biggest problem I have at the moment. That is, getting my does to breed.

The solution? Run the lights on 24 hours for a few days in a row. Ah! Sheer genius! Lighting does effect rabbits, but I just didn’t connect the dots.

I’ll be trying that this weekend.

On that note, I’ve decided to do some line breedings. Blackberry’s little buck is so amazingly awesome (so far) that if it goes according to plan, I’ll do a linebreeding with him and Blackberry.

I have yet to draw up some charts and make some analysis.

Also, awarding to me by Hannah (Mini Paws Rabbitry) and possibly Tru Luv Rabbitry (I think he added me to his blog list a few days after he gave this out but *shrugs* )

Is the:

If you read this blog it’s yours. If your blog isn’t on my blog list PLEASE let me know so I can add it. I love reading about rabbits and would love to read about yours!

Life is hectic for me, take today for example, I spent the early morning hours doing homework due today, than did my marine biology weekly class, my geometry weekly class, my history/literature weekly class, and went to a lecture on India arriving home just a little while ago.

Tomorrow will be another long day when I’ll be out for 10 hours and now I’m behind in homework.

Sigh, sometimes I wish I could skip a couple years . . .

More rabbitry news?:

1) Solar’s little kit didn’t make it. Nose issues I think, probably complications to being born so late

2) Tigerlily got some more inquries . . . I need to respond and see what’s up!

there’s definetly more but I’m tired and need to get a lot of sleep, so I’ll call it a night.

Special thoughts go out Lindsey with her litter complications. We’re all thinking of you here!

Another kit joined the ranks of ABC Rabbitry. Yesterday morning Solar gave birth to a single little kit.

She gave birth on day 35 so I’m surprised it was fine!

It’s a rather odd color, I’m thinking tort, perhaps blue again. It’s blue on the sides and the head, but pink everywhere else and has a pink spot right in the middle of it’s forehead.

Besides that, Peter Pan has now departed. His two sisters are doing well, and I’m holding onto them for another month to see how they turn out. (They’re right in their uglies)

Blackberry’s kits are astouding. *dropped jaw* I can drool at them all day!

I have:

1) black otter doe

2) black doe

3) black buck

I really like the black buck, even though he’s bigger than the other two. The black otter doe is right behind, and the black doe is last. The others have more mass than she does. However, they’re only three weeks so they might get better.

I tried to breed Sunkist with Cooper, a friend from 4-H’s buck, however he didn’t really understand what to do.
Sometime in the future, Georgia and Fluffy will “marry” (another friend from 4-H providing the buck) and the 4-Hers asked me to come to their rabbit meeting! Isn’t that sweet? I really miss all my friends in 4-H, I went to an Acheivement night last night and had a blast. I knew I’d one top points in Cooking, Crafts, and Flowers, but got a surprise award presented to the person with the most entries in the fair! I entered 42 and I got a plaque I get to keep for a year.

I’m thinking of conviencing mom that I should do 4-H again, because, as we all know, I really need another thing to keep me busy! xD

On that note, I apologize for the lack of postings. I’m struggling to stay on track with school and juggle other things, so posting has been in the back for a while now.

I’ve been reading all your blogs even if I haven’t been commenting! Keep writing!

so, as you probably noticed by the lack of activety from this site, I’ve been busy!

So busy I don’t know when I can post again, I guess I’m failing my “every day” quota.

So what’s new around the rabbitry?

This is the weekend Peter Pan (yes, I think he’s a buck again!) can go to his new home! It’s also the weekend I need to decide about his two sisters.

The other babies are two black and a black otter, I haven’t decided about them. They all look very nice.

I have an interested buyer in one rabbit, someone who wants to girls from the same litter, and still someothers who’ve wanted specific colors. So I’ll have no problem selling them, it’s just a matter of do I want to sell them.

I almost got two rabbits from convention. The person was kind enough to send me an email from there, but my mom couldn’t decide quickly and BOOM! they were gone!

I’m sure they could have helped my herd, but they were agouti pattern which I don’t really want to get into and they were $300.

This weekend is a bunny weekend! I need to write up pedigrees, trim nails, clean cages, etc! Can’t wait! It’ll be a welcome relief from school!

I’ve started keeping track of things like every time I refill a water bottle, who has food left over from the day before, etc. to see who needs bigger or smaller water bottles and who needs less or more food.

I hope you weren’t expecting a great post, because this wasn’t it! but have a great weekend!

Solar is due on the 4th, let’s hope she’s pregnant!

Tinkerbelle and Capun Hook are leaving the 22nd of November to their new home.

see you around!

As you may have remembered, I got three does that were supposedly pregnant. Out of these three I had:

black otter x black otter – really high hopes for nice buck

broken orange x orange – my first orange and broken litter!

black x broken black

Of course, both the black otter and the broken orange does missed. Darn them. I rebred the black otter and will be rebreeding the orange soon.

My black doe was due today. I was hoping for brokens. Heck, I was hoping for anything! I was feeling un-babied.

And of course, last night was the first frost. :-/

Thankfully, Blackberry gave me three beautiful kits! All blue, of course. Though one or two of them may be a blue otter, in which case, I will love Blackberry forever.

Just thought I should share the news! =D