The Haps At The Barn

I haven't posted here much for awhile, I know . . . I'm a slacker :).

The bunnies are all doing great. This week the weather has finally cooled down and the buns have been able to enjoy cool nights and slightly warm days in the open air, without any air conditioner. That's been nice! The buns seem to enjoy it too!

Brianna's, Sara's & Nicole's babies all have their eyes open. They are getting to the very fun age! Starting to get out of the box and all.

The colors in their litters are:

Brianna's - 1 chocolate sable chinchilla, 2 chocolate chinchillas, 3 black chinchillas
Sara's - 1 dark sable, 1 pointed white, and either 1 sable or dark smoke pearl . . . having a hard time figuring that baby out!
Nicole's - 2 broken chinchillas and 1 solid chinchilla.

The pointed white in Sara's litter was a shocker! But, it was quite a fun surprise. Since Kyle is out of a sable and a pointed white, he had a 50/50 chance of either being c(chl)c or c(chl)c(h) (carrying pointed white). And he carries pointed white. Which means, he can only throw pointed whites and never any red-eyed-whites, which is very nice, as far as I'm concerned.

James, the new bun from California, is doing great. He's settled in well and he fits in here perfectly!

Kadence's babies are just weaned. And the other 3 litters will be weaned by the end of next week hopefully. I have several babies sold or on hold and just a few left available.

Jake will be going to Jennifer & Nick at Townsend's Red River Rabbitry in a couple months, hopefully. Thanks guys :)! I'm sure you'll enjoy him  . . . I know I'll probably miss him.

Cori is still available. She is a VERY nice doe, who throws gorgeous babies and is always an *excellent* mother!

Well, I think that's about it for now. I'll work on pictures of the 3 youngest litters sooner than later, Lord willing.

Kaylee's babies & for sale buns!

Kaylee's litter is 6 weeks old now and their pictures are up on the website. You can see them by clicking here :).

I am keeping two babies (a buck & a doe) out of the litter. The whole litter is very promising. Jake throws some awesome babies! Can't wait to see how his babies develop.

Also have a few bunnies available:

Seniors:
Hoppin’s Jake – Broken Black Pointed White Sr. Buck. (carries dilute, so can throw blue pointed whites and smoke pearls). Very nice buck and throws amazing babies! Only selling him because I’m keeping babies to replace him. Pics can be seen at www.hoppinherdofhares.com/bucks.html.  $45

Hoppin’s Cori – Black Pointed White Sr. Doe (carries dilute, so can throw blue pointed whites and smoke pearls). Very nice doe. Throws gorgeous babies, with very dark point color and super plush fur. Only keeping her because I have babies to replace her. Will be ready to go in about 2 weeks when her litter is weaned. Pics can be seen at www.hoppinherdofhares.com/does.html. Can be bred to buck of choice before she leaves. $75

Juniors:

Lilac doe, chinchilla buck and maybe a few others available out of my 7 week old litter. Will be ready to go by this coming weekend (21st/22nd) – www.hoppinherdofhares.com/bradXkadence6wks.html. Let me know if a baby interests you! $35-$40 each.

Pointed white bucks and does and one white doe available out of my 6 week old litter. They will be ready to go in 2 weeks. Very nicely typed babies! I would keep almost all of them if I could ;) – www.hoppinherdofhares.com/jakeXkaylee6wks.html. $35-$50 each.

Also, have two more litters that are 6 weeks old. Don’t have current pictures of them yet though. There’s 2 pointed white bucks, 1 sable steel doe, 2 chestnut agouti does, 1 chestnut agouti buck, 1 chinchilla doe and 1 chinchilla buck.

Transport available to convention. Also possible transport available from OK, through MO and into IL. The beginning of September I have transport available from OK to KS, MO, and NE.

New litters, New bunnies, lots of change :)

Well, the babies, juniors and bunnies all changed a lot when I was on vacation in California for the last week and a half. The babies all got a lot bigger. The juniors are all well into their head molts now. Scotch's head looks 10x better than before I left. I know his line is slightly slow maturing, so I'm excited to see his head starting to "pop." 

The does who are due this weekend all got their nestboxes earlier in the week. And two of the does kindled this morning actually :). Britney & Nicole.

Britney had 5 babies (1 DOA) and Nicole had 7 babies. Britney's babies are 2 days early, which is what she did last time. Nicole is just a day early, which is no biggie. Pictures of their litters can be seen on the litter page.

I haven't looked at all the colors yet, but I know there are both brokens and solids. Scotch is the sire to both of these littes, so it'll be fun to see what colors we get :).

New, updated pictures are up of Kadence's litter now and they can be seen here. Her babies are almost 7 weeks old, so they will be ready to go in about a week.

Kaylee's, Molly's & Cori's litters are 5 weeks old, so they will be ready in 2-3 weeks.

Also, while I was out in California, I picked up a pretty dark smoke pearl buck. He's from lines I work with, so that is a huge plus. He'll be a great addition to the pointed whites, as we work on getting dilute pointed whites. He's such a sweet and pretty boy, with a monster head ;)!

The buns are just barely surviving the intense, crazy hot weather we've been having the last couple weeks. I'm very thankful to have an air conditioned barn, but it doesn't keep it near as cool as I'd like it to be. It does keep it 15-20 degrees cooler, but when it's 104 outside with a heat index neat 115, it can get a bit warm in the barn. I'll be very glad when we're back down into the 90 degree temperatures.

Molly's babies!

Pictures of Molly's babies are up on the website now ~ www.hoppinherdofhares.com/cameronXmolly.html.

And here are a couple pictures of the meat rabbit (Production White) baby . . . which is being raised by Molly :). It's size doesn't show too much in these pics, but it is definitely going to be much bigger than the rest really quickly! It's a lot longer than Molly's babies and acts so much older, it's pretty funny. You can clearly see it's built differently than the Mini Lops here!

New baby pictures!

Pictures of Cori's litter and Kaylee's litter are now up on the site. You can see them at:

Cori's litter
Kaylee's litter

Hopefully I can get pictures of Molly's babies up tomorrow, Lord willing . . . still have to take the pictures.

Have a great day!

Pictures of Sunday's Work

Here are a few pictures from yesterday and some that I took this morning.

Kaylee being a weirdo and laying under the feeder. Why she liked it there, I don't know!

The front of the barn after we finished "landscaping" it some :).

Much cuter now :)! The little house is a house I keep out there for our cat who stays on the outside of the bunny barn. He used to be my barn cat in California, but since he's been outdoors for years, he did not want to be kept in this barn now. So, he patrols outside the barn!

The meat rabbit barn. It's right next to my barn in a spot that stays shaded all day long. That one piece of sheet metal will be the only "solid" piece on that wall. Fencing will be over the rest of that wall and two of the other sides. The north (where most storms come from) side will be a solid wall though. In the cooler months we'll probably have tarps to put at least on the west side (the side with one solid piece) and maybe some on the other sides. We'll just take it month by month.

The organized pile of extra carriers, tubes (to lay in) that I give the bunnies in the cool months and the extra 5 gallon water jug. That jug will probably go in the meat rabbit barn.

Britney & Nicole . . . and more

Britney & Nicole both palpate positive as of today, so that is exciting :)! Just have Jana left to palpate.

Today was a long, very profitable day spent working outside. We got a lot done. 2 dump-cart fulls of rocks moved from the area between the house and my barn. It was like an obstacle course to pull a wagon or dump cart out to the barn. If you knew the area we're in, you'd understand why there are so many rocks. The ground up here in this particular part of NE Oklahoma is incredibly rocky. We picked up a lot of rocks, but there are still plenty to go around. Never a shortage of rocks around here! It's so rocky, it's almost impossible (or takes *forever*) to dig holes for fence posts by hand.

I picked up some landscaping bricks at a local auction for super cheap, so my little sister and I fixed up the front of the barn with those and a few other things :). I'll be sure to get some pictures soon, Lord willing!

Then we organized and moved the carries and extra supplies that are on pallets outside my barn to make room in front of the meat rabbit barn that's we're building. And we also got siding on one of the sides. Just have one more side to put siding on, then fencing on the rest. We have to have it done within the next few days, before I go on vacation! It's a small little barn - 10'x10', but should work perfect for the meat buns.

Goodnight!

Palpates Positive . . .

The first two of the 5 does I bred last week were ready to be palpated today - 10 days along. Sarabeth & Brianna - they both palpate positive. Praise the Lord :)!

Tomorrow I have to palpate Nicole & Britney. Then in another few days Jana will have to be palpated.

The babies are all doing great! It looks like Kaylee has 5 pointed whites, which is great. I was hoping she'd mainly have pointed whites, since she had such a big litter.  Hoping for all blue pointed whites - that'd be so nice! And all 3 "pinks" of Cori's are pointed whites. One of them is really light, so I'm hoping it's a different color. We'll see!


Well, that's about it for now! Have a great day :)!

3 Week Olds!

There are new, individual pictures of Kadence's litter on the website now. You can see them here :)! They are such cute babies. 3 bucks and 4 does . . . nice split! But, I'll put a couple pictures here just for fun . . .

And here are a few pictures of the almost-two-week old babies :).

One of Molly's ~

Cori's sable steel . . . this baby is so wide everywhere. He reminds me of a seal (the animal, not the color, haha) ~

And one of Kaylee's babies. They all have AMAZING width between their eyes . . . thanks to their daddy's big head. Can't wait to see how these babies develop, since this cross is so perfect!

I was able to get Jana bred to Cameron last night, so I'm thankful for that :)! They should have some pretty babies! I will have to post pictures of Jana's little guy, Dillian, who I'm keeping. He is 10 week old and a gorgeous boy (just took new pictures today). She throws the prettiest babies ever!

Lots of new stuff!

The website is updated today with pictures of the new litters on there. Kadence's babies are almost 3 weeks old, so be watching for individual pictures of them the beginning of next week or so.

4 of the 5 does that I needed to get bred are bred. They are:

Scotch X Brianna - bred the 14th
Scotch X Nicole - bred the 14th
Kyle X Sarabeth - bred the 14th
Scotch X Britney - bred the 15th

I have just one doe left to breed and that is Jana. She's been giving a bit of a hard time for some reason, but hopefully I can get her bred in the next day or two.

Also, I created a facebook page for Hoppin' Herd of Hares. Check it out and become a fan :). Just search for "Hoppin' Herd of Hares."