The Ross County Rabbit Breeders Association

03/03/2020

Fall Double Show

03/03/2020

03/02/2020

8/9/20 THE ROSS COUNTY FAIR SHOW All Breed Show !!! Judges  Joey Martin and Terry Fender

08/05/2019

A special thank you to everyone that attended the Ross County RBA Open/Youth show at the 2019 Ross County Fair! We had a total of 55 exhibitors show a total of 196 rabbits! Congratulations to Jeff Hardin (Open) & Mia Wilburn (Youth) on their Best In Show rabbits today! Also, congratulations to all our other exhibitors on their achievements today! Please allow up to 30 days to receive your reports (& Championship Legs), prior to asking about them!

10/02/2018

Make sure to attend our friends (Portsmouth RBA) double ARBA show in Piketon, Ohio on October 20th! Piketon is a quick 25 minute drive south of Chillicothe and the Pike County Fairgrounds is right off of US 23! See everyone there!

09/18/2018

Our friends in Washington Courthouse, Ohio with the South Central Ohio RBA are holding their double show this Sunday! Check out their flyer for additional information!

08/08/2018

Congratulations to all of the winners at 2018 Ross County RBA 2018 show! Special congratulations to the following winners:

Open Best In Show: Scott Shuster
Youth Best In Show: Gavin Herald
Open 1st Runner Up: Cole Breserbender
Youth 1st Runner Up: Cole Breserbender
Open 2nd Runner Up: Walter & Nancy Herron
Youth 2nd Runner Up: Cadee Causey

A special thanks to everyone who came out! Reports and legs are officially in the mail and you should receive them in the coming weeks. If anyone has any pictures, please send them to us on Facebook, so we can add them to this post!

03/11/2018

2018 Ross County Show Information! Please look in the comments for additional information!

02/28/2018

Please read if you feed Purina.

It's just so disappointing as an animal owner that all I can do now is sit back and watch as some of my rabbits waste away and have seizures. All from one bag of feed.

Just $3 more per 50lbs and I could have avoided all of this. I regret ever using Purina feeds and standing behind that company. For the past 9 years of feeding that feed, it was always fresh, always smelled good, low dust, and I never had problems.

This summer that changed. The feed turned to a horrible consistency. I immediately contacted both my feed stores and Purina, and all I got was an "ok, thanks for letting us know". They didn't replace the 8 bags that I had to toss that cost me 16-19$ each.

The feed was good for a while, then all of a sudden I got some very stale bags. They smelled bad. It was a recent mill date on them too, so it wasn't from sitting around in the feed store. These bags were also full of feed dust. So, again, I contacted Purina. Still the same "thanks".

The consistency, color, smell, dust, etc. changed between every bag. But I trusted that this company knew what they were doing, and maybe it was just variations in the alfalfa. I mean, who wouldn't when they had no issues for 9 years? I was happy two weeks ago when I got fresh, green pellets.

Two weeks ago I had problems with some babies. I called it zombie rabbit disease. I would perform a necropsy on a dead kit, and when I open the chest the heart is still twitching and beating. Everything else said the rabbit was dead. Even a stethoscope couldn't pick up the heart movements. I lost 8 rabbits from one litter this way, and 3 from another.

On Sunday I found one of my young Californian does skinny and very weak. She got worse, so we culled her.

This week all my does were due. The same night a bunch of babies were born, I find my best herd buck Lucifer dead. His teeth were clenched over the wire, and he was stretched out from a very painful death. It was sudden. He was perfectly fine 15 minutes before.

Then Zoe watched as my doe Pixil had a seizure. She got worse and we had to put her down. Then we found Relic dead, exactly like Lucifer.

Now mind you, all these rabbits are in random places in my rabbitry. None were neighbors. Some had others they were living with that weren't affected.

Now I have numerous Britannia Petite adults that have lost condition and are acting lethargic. I have 17 baby Britannia Petites that have suddenly gone downhill today. They don't want to nurse. They already have the feed toxens, and they turned 2 days old today. I also had a litter of Cals born. The doe went crazy and had them all over instead of in the box, which is very unusual for her. I took the babies in, and three of them died suddenly when they were healthy before. The other two had seizures, but are doing fine now.

I've heard of other breeders losing their entire herd from Purina. But I thought the mill near our area was better than the ones that had a lot of issues.

When a herd becomes poisoned from a feed, a rabbit owner will usually pay for testing on both the rabbit and the feed to find the toxin. They will then send the results to the feed company, and they usually refund the money on your feed, and give you coupons for free feed, or find some other way to show they care about their customers. Purina? Well, they fight it and state that it's not their fault. They blame it on the feed store, or the breeder. It's anyone's fault but their own. They don't even replace the contaminated bags. This is why I'm not even going to bother paying to get this proof. Because I know it's the feed. Why else would my rabbits refuse to eat? Why else would the gall bladder, stomach, and intestines all appear burned, withered, abscessed, full of little tumors? And it's not like I'm getting anything from Purina.

It's just heartbreaking to watch my animals suffer. It's not like a disease where I can quarantine and protect the herd. This is poison given to every rabbit I own. Either my losses will stop here, or it will continue to kill every rabbit I own. All because I trusted Purina and I didn't want to switch brands. Because I was careless and went with the cheaper brand.

Not only am I losing pets and animals I love, but I'm losing investments, and animals that could better the breed. And all I can do is sit back and watch.

08/07/2017

All of the exhibitor reports, ARBA legs and sanction reports have officially been sent out! If you do not receive the report, more than likely you failed to put your address on your registration forms. There were a few missing addresses. If you have any questions about your reports or any concerns, please message Jack Cooper, show secretary, through the page or feel free to email me at [email protected]. Thanks again to all those that attended the show.

08/07/2017

There was a great turn out at the 2017 Ross County RBA Open & Youth shows at the Ross County Fair! Special thank you to Stacy Easton Martin and Kevin Hooper for judging! We had a total of 38 youth show 100 rabbits! We also had 23 individuals show in our Open class with 135 rabbits!

Congratulations to the youth show Best in Show winner; Morgan W., 1st Runner up; Alex W., and 2nd Runner up; Preston M.!

Congratulations to the Open show Best in Show winner; Cole B., 1st Runner up; Teresa Helmick, and 2nd Runner up; Patricia Tarman!

08/05/2017

It looks like we are going to have some very nice weather for the show tomorrow and no rain! We should be all set for a great ARBA open and youth show this year! Registration begins at 7:45 a.m. Judging begins at 9 a.m. sharp! Please don't hesitate to ask any of the Ross County RBA members/workers for help and/or advice! If you are interested in joining our club, please ask for Jack Cooper, Butch Helmick, or Melvin Johnson!

Special thanks in advance, to our ARBA judges: Stacy Easton Martin and Kevin Hooper!

05/27/2017

01/02/2017

Upcoming show in Springfield, Ohio!

08/08/2016

We would like to thank everyone who attended our show today! The reports and legs should be out soon!