Ali’s Bunny Crossing

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

So Alison fails at blogging, what else is new? Blame lots of school, lots of distractions, and a lack of a personal computer.

What’s new around the rabbitry? Glad you asked! (Except you didn’t but forget that)

1) Peter Pan is really Petra Pan - a doe! she’s still on hold though!

2) Sunkist never had a litter - *sigh* too bad!

3) Blackberry is building her nest! YAY!

4) Dad got a dry/wet vacumn for the bunny barn

5) I still have to clean up some cages. (oops!)

6) All the bunnies are absolute dolls now!

7) I set up my 12 cages . . . that makes 21 cages in the shed, 3 hutches and another indoor cage

I’m selling Capun Hook and TinkerBelle as a pair to a new breeder. I really like them both, but I want new breeders to have a good start and I feel like letting them go won’t set me back. Plus, instead of getting money for them, I get three kits from TinkerBelle in the future. YES!

That’s just about all I can think of off the top of my head . . . there’s more I’m sure!

I’m out of my low (thank goodness!) ttyl!

I’m at a rabbit low at the moment. Worn  out, I’ve been sickish all week and I don’t have energy. I feel like I’m losing my joy for rabbits because it’s becoming such a chore to take care of them. I’m hoping this Sat. to take some quality time and evaluate where I want to go with them.

For the moment, I thought I’d share with you some of my favorite rabbitish things:

1) Seeing newborn kits nestled in their nest

2) The way Butter runs in circles whenever I come down the hill

3) The way the kits run to the front of the cage begging to come out

4) The way Sunkist puts her paws up daintily on her food bowl

5) The way Capun Hook attacks his serving scoop

6) The way my bunnies snuggle into me when they’re frightened

7) The sight of 18 happy bunnies eating, muching hay and drinking fresh water each morning

Those weren’t even hard to come up with! That’s a relief! =D I think I need to enjoy my rabbits more and take life easier . . .

Rabbitry news:

1) Getting a new doe! Teaberry’s Coconut Clusters - broken black brood doe (Thanks so much Morgan!)

2) Rebred Solar

3) Sunkist is due and 99% sure she’s pregnant but no kits yet

4) the kits have been seperated from their mom. I think Peter Pan may be a girl! but I’ll have to double-check that later . . .

ABC’s Peter Pan - he already has a sale pending *sniff*      ABC’s Pure Magic - just look at that head! And I love her ears!

isn’t she cute? I found them in a random file o_O

Thought you might enjoy the pictures . . . sorry for not posting a lot.

weeks just keep zipping by. I do school all day Monday - Friday. Finish around 7 or later and all I want to do is chill. Saturdays I do all bunnish things, homework and any hanging out with friends.

Sunday is church and chill.

So before you know it . . . ZOOM! another week gone!

I’ll probably be posting tomorrow though.

Little Boy Blue does not have to come back after all! He sounds like he’s living a very spoiled pet life and his owners graced me with some pictures of him.

Isn’t he adorable?

I told them he’d probably end up a nice show bunny, so far the only thing I’d fault him on is a rather triangular face. But he’s still young so he may fill out better

he has such nice hindquarters, good muscle and nice ears! (better seen in the first picture!) I almost wish I’d kept him, but I really don’t need the color - besides, he’s being spoiled rotten anyway!

I accomplished every thing on my To Do list except returning the water bottles! (which didn’t really need to be done - I’m just great at excuses!)

The frames for my cages are now up - that makes 8 more holes, unfourtanetly I have no pans - another thing for my to do list!

Wendy is picked up. I don’t think she could have gone to a better home. I would have let them have her for free. They seemed perfect!

The cages are cleaned - Oh yeah!

Bunny nails are trimmed - a big thanks to James who “volunteered” himself via mom to help me out

and last but not least - PICTURES!

You can visit “Our Rabbits” and “For Sale” and see pictures that aren’t over a year old (oh yes, I am amazing!)

Sadly, I only got one very bad picture of Georgia. The pictures (I decided) would not be squishing the rabbit into the show pose because it took so long. Instead, I just placed them all in baskets and mom shoot a few pics quickly.

Still, it’s pictures!

I’m off to chill - got a fever or something!

Also updated: Gunsmoke appears to be over his head tilt and Little Boy Blue won’t be coming back because of allergies (hopefully!)