Another Up-Date

Well....The Holland Lops are not working out too well for Sarah. We've had them since July/August, and we're having a very hard time getting the doe bred, and the one time she did get pregnant she killed the babies. She's decided to sell them and get into Jersey Woolys with me. I'm not sure what colors we will be focusing on, but one of them will defiantly be REW. Next year I plan to be showing in Open, but I'll be encouraging Sarah to continue to show in Youth. Glass kindled 5 yesterday 4 were DOA and the other on didn't make it. She will be re-bred either later this month or in the Spring. I've also got two other Mini Rex and Crush (Red New Zealand) due later this month. Can't wait to have some babies around here. :)

~Hannah

More Updates. :)

I just got five new Reds from a lady I sold two rabbits to, she's moving and can't take all her rabbits with them. They're all fully pedigreed and pretty nice, three are bucks and the other two are does, the does have pinched HQs, but other than that I can't complain. At the moment they're learning to pose right. I'll hopefully be showing them at the next show I attend. All of them are from me or their parents are.

For now I'm only doing Reds, Blacks and Broken of those two varieties to make room for the other breeds. The other colors have been sold to Jennifer from Asinaways Rabbitry.

~Hannah

New Red Bucks

Tomorrow I'll be getting three Red Bucks, all out of my lines, two are my home grown babies and the other is out of two homegrowns. The lady who bought them is moving and can't take them all with her. I'll be looking for homes for two of them, e-mail me if you'd like one. :) The ones for sale will be Jrs.

Tough Decisions

At the moment I'm having a very hard time deciding who to keep and who to sell to cut down for winter. :/ It's hard to decide between my older bucks and does who produce well and the younger babies who are not proven yet. I've got a few bucks in mind to sell, but they're all vital parts of my herd. I'm also thinking about selling two of my colors, so I can have some extra room to work on my Reds and Blacks. Why do these things always have to be so difficult?

Update :)

I'm expecting several litters, they're due the starting the 19th to the end of the month. It will be nice to have some babies in the barn again! Here's what's bred:

Mini Rex

G&D's Tinkerbell

Alexandria

Bella's Dancing on Glass

Bella's Live Wire

Bella's Looks that Kill

Holland Lop

MAW's Charlotte

New Zealand Reds

Emily's Orange Crush

Progress on the Barn:

My family and I have been working the past 2 days "insulating" the barn. We've got most of it done. Tomorrow we'll be going to get the door and hopefully 2 windows, so we can finish it. It looks so nice already, I can't wait till it's done. It will be so much different than what I'm used to.

~Hannah

Barn Re-Do

The bunny barn is getting "insulated" today!! I'm soooo excited! This means I can breed year round and I don't have to deal with frozen pans and water bowls. :) Since the foam insulation is so expensive I'm using OSB to cover the walls, this will hopefully make an air tight seal and keep the cold out. Then it will be covered with plastic so the bunny pee doesn't mess up the OSB. I'll post pictures when it's all done. :)

New Logo and Banner!

Thanks to Briana from Northern Breeze Rabbitry I have a new Logo and Banner!! I've wanted some new graphics for a while, I just could never figure out how to make them, then Briana offered to do them for me! So anyway here they are:

My Spring Banner

My Logo

My Everyday banner.

Thanks again Briana!!

~Hannah

Woolys are back!!! And other news.

My first Blogtober post....yeah I'm late but better late than never. :) Thanks Kristina from Fuzzy Patch Rabbitry for the graphic!! :D

We've had tons of stuff going on in the rabbitry and I haven't had time to post the latest news......

One of my Wooly buddies all ready know this but........The Jersey Woolys are back at Bella's Rabbitry!!! :D I was out playing with my two pet woolys (GC Rose Meadow's Slinky and Bella's Killer) the other day and I realized how much I missed having them....then I got to thinking how cute the babies were and I was sold. lol At the moment I've only got my two bucks, but hopefully after I insulate the barn I'll have some extra cash to get a lady wooly. :)

My Sister(Sarah) and Dad have also recently gotten into rabbits so Bella's Rabbitry is now a family project!

Sarah is Breeding and Showing Holland Lops. I got her an awesome little buck from Tiger Country Holland Lops, who is out of a THF Saynora buck. I also got her a doe out of MAW's and Dowling's lines. She is focusing on Brokens, Torts and Oranges.

My dad and I are doing New Zealands as a Meat project. We are focusing on the Red, Black and Broken varieties of the New Zealand. I bred our Red pair for some winter babies. Hopefully at the end of this month we'll have some in the nest box. :)

~Hannah