Lyle Creek Rabbitry

Wow, its hard to believe it is almost a new year.  Time goes by so fast although time between shows takes way too long.    I hope everyone had a great Christmas I know ours was very nice.  It is always good to get together with family and friends.

This morning I decided to go over my show list before sending entries in.  I only made one change and am ready to send it for this coming Saturday's show.  I got the nail trimming out of the way.
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The snow is melting but is still pretty in some of the big fields.  I have been lucky so far in not having any water bottles freeze.  It has been in the mid 20s at night so I am surprised but thankful.  I love winter time except for waterbottle freezing.  Today was beautiful with a cool breeze and the sun shinning. 

I cleaned the rabbitry this morning and tattooed everyone that needed to be done.  I still need to clip nails but I will do that my next day o...

Friday we had about 6 inches of snow fall!   I love the snow it is so pretty, I did NOT like driving home from work Friday night during the heavy snow fall.  I am very thankful to have got home safe as there were car wrecks all over and many stranded cars.  God was certainly with me.

The four litters of rabbits are doing great.  QT's two buck babies are for sale and are ready to go.  I am going to grow out the little Doe before making a de...

QT's babies are doing great!  They are growing fast and will be weaned soon.  Charmed's two are also doing great and ready to be weaned.  I am hoping to show them at the Taylorsville show the first of January.  The REW baby doe is Jenga and the Sable point baby buck is Jinx.

Friday morning Lil Bit Farm's Madeline (Holland) had her first litter.  She had two with one being a DOA. It was 21 degrees outside and the other baby was a little chilled....

It has been a cold, cold week.  We have had frost most mornings.  So far the water bottles have not frozen.  That is the part of winter I dislike the most.

Two of QT's babies started to "Fade".  I loaded them with hay and kept a crock full of water as well as their water bottle.  The two are doing much better and looking like they will make it.  I am convinced some babies are lost from dehydration.  The water crock is easier for babies to take in plen...

      The cold of winter has set in.  This morning cars, buildings and the yards were covered in white frost.  It almost looked like it had snowed overnight.  I like winter time but it does make it harder to enjoy spending time out with the rabbits.  Yesterday I got the cages cleaned before the cold rain set in.  I still need to get some juniors tattooed but with the next show being the end of January I have plenty of time.

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The rabbitry facelift is almost complete.  The new floors for the cages arrived today.  I was hoping yesterday but some things cannot be controled.  I managed to get five of the nine cages complete.  The new floors look great!!  It was actually very easy as soon as I figured out to twist the old ringer off instead of trying to cut it.  The new floors were just as easy to install.  My hands are sore from the work so even if time allowed today my hands were do...

The rabbitry is getting a face lift!!  The linoleum floor I originally purchased was not very thick, in fact liquid tended to soak through it.  I removed all the old linoleum and put in a nice wood plank floor look linoleum.  The linoleum wraps up the walls about 8 inches and is then sealed with sealing tape to the wall.  This makes the floor of the shed like a large tray.  It looks beautiful!!!   My other project in the face lift is my three sets of stackin...

Yesterday's show in Taylorsville was alot of fun.  Woolies and Hollands were first up so that gave us a nice break inbetween Show A and B to visit.  After the show was over I was able to get Onyx and Mo registered.  I was hoping to send in their three legs as well to grand them, but was told I had to wait til the registration paper comes back then apply for Grand Champion. 

I was able to move out some rabbits and ended up bringing in two new bunnies.  A nice li...

"Breeds like Rabbits"

     Hmmmm, must not be show rabbits that they were talking about.  You breed a rabbit and 31ish days later a cute litter of babies.  At least one of those babies turns out to be a fantastic show rabbit!!  Well at least thats supposed to be how it works.  Seems like if you are breeding for a specific show season or show this does not work.

     This morning I went out to what I thought w...