Good Morning -- A reminder to everyone that the Chehalis ERBA entries need to be postmarked by Thursday, Feb. 28 to avoide late fees. If you need the entry form, it can be found at the ERBA site -- http://www.erbaonline.com/erba2008.pdf
We will be taking Mini Lops, Mini Rex, possibly Cinnamons and our newer additions of the the English Angoras.
See you March 8!
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Sunday, February 24, 2008
MRFGNW - Sweeps Standings
The 2007 Mini Rex Fanciers of the Greater Northwest have just been released. Last year was our transitional year and Emily stopped with Mini Rex about half-way through the year. We are rebuilding and excited for this upcoming year.
Although in 2007 we did not show many Mini Rex, we still faired OK in the sweeps. Overall in Youth, Emily was #15. She was #2 in Himalayan and #1 in Blue-eyed Whites.
We are not doing either of these varieties at this time.
In Open, I ranked #16. Although I only showed black for the first couple of months, I ranked #11. The blacks were used in Emily's Himi program.
I ranked #4 in Tort and #2 in Opal. These are the two varieties along with Blue that we will be focusing on this year.
Although in 2007 we did not show many Mini Rex, we still faired OK in the sweeps. Overall in Youth, Emily was #15. She was #2 in Himalayan and #1 in Blue-eyed Whites.
We are not doing either of these varieties at this time.
In Open, I ranked #16. Although I only showed black for the first couple of months, I ranked #11. The blacks were used in Emily's Himi program.
I ranked #4 in Tort and #2 in Opal. These are the two varieties along with Blue that we will be focusing on this year.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Washington State Rabbit Breeders website
I am probably behind on this...but the Washington State Rabbit Breeders Association has a new website! http://www.wsrba.net/ It is totally awesome and beautiful. Charlice Gill designed it and does an awesome job. It will be a great resource for rabbit breeders of all levels of involvement experience. Check it out today.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Building Nests!
Finally we have a Mini Rex building a nest. It has been quite a "dry" spell for Mini Rex. Today, the blue doe "KT's Thunder Country" is putting a nest together. She has pulled quite a bit of fur - which is good considering it is still quite nippy at night -- and stuffing the box with fresh hay. This will be our first litter of blues in quite some time and the start of our re-entrance into Mini Rex.
I have nestboxes in with 3 Mini Lops also. They should be popping out the kits tonight and tomorrow.
On a non-personal note, I wanted to let everyone know that Quality Cage is now carrying more rabbit supplies. They are stocking scales (yes...the good kind) and the EZ-Crock J-Feeders. At the November Mini Rex Speciality they asked what types of items we would like them to carry. Linda (I forget if it was R or B) compiled a list and away they went with it! Hurray for them and for rabbit breeders in the Northwest.
Their website is http://www.qualitycage.com/
I have nestboxes in with 3 Mini Lops also. They should be popping out the kits tonight and tomorrow.
On a non-personal note, I wanted to let everyone know that Quality Cage is now carrying more rabbit supplies. They are stocking scales (yes...the good kind) and the EZ-Crock J-Feeders. At the November Mini Rex Speciality they asked what types of items we would like them to carry. Linda (I forget if it was R or B) compiled a list and away they went with it! Hurray for them and for rabbit breeders in the Northwest.
Their website is http://www.qualitycage.com/
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Culling Today
Well, Emily made it home safely yesterday and we spent today going through the rabbit barn. Culling is a difficult process but we were able cut 10 rabbits. It was a mixture of Cinnamons, Mini Lops and Mini Rex.
We are still struggling with how to move forward with the Cinnamons. With the rising costs of show fees and gas it is hard to justify taking Cinnamons to shows with no other competition. In order to win legs, we need to take all five rabbits. This year with Emily moving out of YOUTH in June, we were going to show together for maximum sweeps points. (With the exception of a few shows and Mini Lops she is keeping for YOUTH.) The Cinnamons will have to remain separate in order to maintain the 3 exhibitors. (Jacob still has a couple of rabbits.) Is it really worth $35 to show them in A & B? Is it worth taking them for just one show? They take up the space that could be allocated to Mini Rex and Mini Lops.
It has also been frustrating to have the same judges multiple shows in a row.
We have kept the best of the best and will continue on for a while yet. It is also frustrating with the National Club and no National Specialty show. The next time we can show with "outside" competition will be ARBA Nationals in October. A long time to wait....
We are still struggling with how to move forward with the Cinnamons. With the rising costs of show fees and gas it is hard to justify taking Cinnamons to shows with no other competition. In order to win legs, we need to take all five rabbits. This year with Emily moving out of YOUTH in June, we were going to show together for maximum sweeps points. (With the exception of a few shows and Mini Lops she is keeping for YOUTH.) The Cinnamons will have to remain separate in order to maintain the 3 exhibitors. (Jacob still has a couple of rabbits.) Is it really worth $35 to show them in A & B? Is it worth taking them for just one show? They take up the space that could be allocated to Mini Rex and Mini Lops.
It has also been frustrating to have the same judges multiple shows in a row.
We have kept the best of the best and will continue on for a while yet. It is also frustrating with the National Club and no National Specialty show. The next time we can show with "outside" competition will be ARBA Nationals in October. A long time to wait....
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
February...
We competed in our first show of the season last weekend -- the Mini Rex Fanciers of the Greater Northwest Triple Crown in Portland, OR. It was a great day -- a very relaxed and fun show. I took one blue, one tort and way to many opals. :-) My opals are still a little young -- between 2 1/2 and 3 pounds but didn't do too badly. One placed 1st in her Junior Class of 7. The rest were middle of the road with the commments mainly reflecting immaturity at this time.
I did receive great comments from Eric Stewart on the ring color. He was very impressed with the overall color of the Opals on the table. This is directly attributed to Kathie Z. who was also showing and whose line sired mine little opals.
I would say that after running opals on 3 tables, I announced "I'm doing brokens"...the stress of having 7 rabbits that all look the same was driving me crazy. :-)
It was very nice to have Eric, Cathy Armstong and Tom Keyes as judges. They did an excellent job and I learned something from each of them. It is always a great asset for the clubs to be able to provide judges we don't always see. It really makes the show worth while. Kudos to Kathy T. for the great job she does in securing the judges.
As I always say, for me Rabbits are a social event. It was very comforting to see old friends and catch up on the happenings in their rabbit world. It is also nice to meet those new to the rabbit world.
This weekend is "culling" time...and it will be a tough one. The Mini Lop cages are full again with litters ready to separate and even I am having a tough time choosing ones to move on. There are just too many nice ones! (We don't even have the "cute" ones with bad bodies....they are cute with good bodies.)
Have a great day!
I did receive great comments from Eric Stewart on the ring color. He was very impressed with the overall color of the Opals on the table. This is directly attributed to Kathie Z. who was also showing and whose line sired mine little opals.
I would say that after running opals on 3 tables, I announced "I'm doing brokens"...the stress of having 7 rabbits that all look the same was driving me crazy. :-)
It was very nice to have Eric, Cathy Armstong and Tom Keyes as judges. They did an excellent job and I learned something from each of them. It is always a great asset for the clubs to be able to provide judges we don't always see. It really makes the show worth while. Kudos to Kathy T. for the great job she does in securing the judges.
As I always say, for me Rabbits are a social event. It was very comforting to see old friends and catch up on the happenings in their rabbit world. It is also nice to meet those new to the rabbit world.
This weekend is "culling" time...and it will be a tough one. The Mini Lop cages are full again with litters ready to separate and even I am having a tough time choosing ones to move on. There are just too many nice ones! (We don't even have the "cute" ones with bad bodies....they are cute with good bodies.)
Have a great day!
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