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07/12/2024

Hi Everyone,

Just wanted to put a reminder out there that the Isanti County Fair 4H Rabbit show is a week away! The rabbit project is still looking for sponsors for the youth awards! It is $20 to sponsor.

Here is a list of awards that the youth work all year for a chance to win!

•Grand and Reserve Champion breed awards (The best of each breed)

•Grand and Reserve Champion Single Fryer (market)

•Grand and Reserve Champion Market Pen

•Best in Show/Reserve in Show Market

•Best In Show/Reserve in Show Breeding Animal

•Senior/intermediate/Junior Showmanship Grand Champion and Reserve Champion (awarded to the 2 most knowledgeable rabbit show persons in each age class)

•Cloverbud (K-2) Showmanship awards

Isanti County is blessed to have a competitive and caring group of kids in the rabbit project. I’ve been around the project for quite some time. These kids all work really hard and care a lot about eachother and their animals. If you’d like to sponsor you can message me or reach out to the Isanti County 4-H Extension Office at 763-689-1810. The office is setting up for fair so feel free to leave a message or let me know if you need help connecting to someone.

Thank you for your time!

Photo: 4-Her Noah Johnson with his Grand Champion Flemish Giant “Led Zeppelin” at the 2023 Isanti County Fair. Good Job Noah and Led!

04/28/2024

Hello! We are one week away from the Isanti County Rabbit Funshow!! I wanted to share a little reminder! We have some AWESOME prizes picked out for BOB/BOS/Showmanship/BIS/RIS winners!

We are still accepting donations for our raffle fundraiser! Feel free to bring a donation item to the show when you come! Funds raised help support the Isanti County Rabbit Project.

If you have any questions please reach out to Kristina Gerard or myself.

Can’t wait to see you there! This is a great chance to look for stock before the May 15th 4H animal ID deadline. See you all there!!

02/11/2024

Had a fun time at the Rothsay show yesterday!

Yesterday was my first time going solo to a show as Noah had conferences for wrestling, but we did alright😉

I got to spend my day as a writer! That was a lot of fun and I learned a lot! I really enjoyed getting to be up there and watching other breeds be evaluated.

Hopeful we can make it to more shows this year!

10/25/2023

*Edit- typo on their tattoos**

Ugh if only you could keep every rabbit from a litter!!! Hahaha. But seriously, I’ve had the hardest decision in trying to choose which rabbits to keep back from our Iron Maiden x Black Sabbath litter from 4/24/23. Each one can offer a lot to someone’s breeding program.

The steel listed, 1BI3, someone needs to take off my hands before I change my mind again😅 love his color. He’s got the best color of our steel bucks. The only reason his brothers are staying over him is because he’s longer in his body than the rest but I feel like once he grows into himself I will regret letting him go!

The black is agouti based, out of a black and steel. Breed with steel or light grey if you’re looking to get more of that variety! 1BI5 is a cute little love bunny! He’s super sweet and could be your new little snuggly buddy or has the traits to be a nice breeder! He was the runt so may not beat bigger rabbits that could end up on the table but definitely can pass on some good traits if you wanted to use him in breeding.

Both have good parents but I love to brag about the dam. Mom is our beloved Iron Maiden. Has gotten multiple legs for BOV and always gets great comments from the judges. She’s been right up there neck and neck with some hefty sandies/fawns for BOB in big classes. Sometimes the light greys/steels we’ve noticed can just struggle to compete size wise with those varieties. Therefore it could really benefit your line adding these guys genetics to your herd. Before Irons first litter she weighed in at just about 20 lbs!! One of her sons weighed in at 10.6 lbs at 5 1/2 months old! Size isn’t the only thing she’s got. She’s passed on her amazing demeanor to her babies and these boys have definitely got it!!

Anyways if you’re interested please let me know. I’d love to get these guys into a new place before winter. Message me if you have any questions.

**Partial deposit (goes towards cost) is required and holds rabbit for 2 weeks while pickup is arranged (more info on our deposit policy is on our page).

**We will work with transport as long as you arrange it.

**Pedigrees included

08/31/2023

2023 MN State Fair Results -Poultry

Wow! This years state fair encampment was the fastest yet! I know I say it every year but this time I really mean it!

Noah attempted the poultry project at state fair. It was interesting shaking it up a bit and learning about how a different project does the state fair experience. Rabbits will still be my favorite encampment but it was cool to try something new!

Noah got to learn a whole bunch of new stuff as he prepared for the Judging Contest, Poultry Interviews, Showmanship, and the BBQ Chicken Contest. Noah’s ISA Browns received a blue ribbon and got comments from the judge that he was very impressed how well his birds matched! We both agree he did a good job on his judging and showmanship classes considering it’s his first time ever trying poultry!!

Finally, for the BBQ Contest. The chicken BBQ contest always takes place during the 4H rabbit show so Noah’s never gotten a chance to compete before. This time doing poultry it opened up the opportunity for him to try it. He was a little hesitant at first but I encouraged him to try since he has been wanting to try to learn how to cook and if the goal is to come with rabbits again than who knows if he’d get the opportunity! Of course he’s so busy he didn’t get a chance to find a recipie til I came down to help him prepare for the fair😉😂 Anyways, he made his own dry rub and sauce from scratch, got some help and food safety tips from auntie Lisa, had drill Sargent sis grill him through 2 practice sessions, and the kid walked away with GRAND CHAMPION BBQ CHICKEN CONTEST!!!! 😱. I couldn’t believe it!! When this kid puts his mind to something he gets it done! Noah now has the chance to represent MN at a National BBQ Contest in Louisville, KY!! If only it was a month sooner and we could arrange it with the ARBA National Convention! Lol

Noah also tried performing arts for the first time this year. He received a blue ribbon for his guitar and vocal arrangement!

GOODJOB BUD! I’m so proud of you and I hope you keep achieving your goals!! Can’t wait for next year!

❤️ Tressa

07/29/2023

Needing to make room for some of Noah’s Flemish grow outs. Current plan is to attend the Fergus Falls show August 12th!

Rabbits do require a $ 20 non refundable deposit that goes towards cost of rabbit *per our updated sales policy on our page*

Please pm us before they’re gone!

07/26/2023

Round Robin 2023

-To participate in Round Robin you must be Senior aged in 4H. You must also Receive Grand Champion (or reserve if the grand winner wants to pass it down etc) in your species showmanship exhibition. Then all the species top showmen compete and show every species to see who the overall species Showmanship champion is! Noah’s first year as a Senior aged 4Her was last year and he received Reserve for showmanship. This year his goal was to get Grand Champion so he could participate in Round Robin! Noah worked super hard and said he had lots of fun! He’s super proud of how well he did in swine (1st place) and sheep (2nd place)! Noah received 3rd place and it was only a few points that separated him and 2nd and 1st!! Congratulations to the Round Robin winners!! Noah hopes to be able to try it again next year!!

07/26/2023

Isanti County Fair - Rabbit Show Results

The rabbit show! My favorite part of fair! Here are the results:

Senior Showmanship: GRAND CHAMPION with Led!!!
-Eligible to participate in Round Robin

Flemish Giant

Led Zeppelin: Grand Champion
Iron Maiden: Reserve Grand Champion
Flotsam, Black Sabbath Blues

Frenchie

King Louie: Grand Champion

Dwarf Hotot

EM1: Red bc of his molt
EES4: 2nd place blue
EES2: Grand Champion

Black Sabbath x Iron Maiden: Meat Pen-red, Single Fryer-red all were just too young to compete with the awesome bunnies in the class. We like to throw them in just for fun hahah

Poor kids all had horrible molts going but still did well! All our BOB, BOS winners got to go up for State Fair line up. Noah just missed a state fair trip with his rabbits this year. Thank goodness we had poultry as a backup this year!! We look forward to cheering on our friends and trying something new!

-Tressa

07/26/2023

Performing Arts and Projects

Noah tried performing arts this year. He prepared Something in the Orange with a vocal and guitar arrangement.

Noah received Grand Champion for his performance!! He’s going to do a performance for his static project at the Minnesota State Fair!! Goodluck buddy!!

Threw in a few other photos of the fam at fair.

Noah also made a Flying V guitar that received Grand Champion Self Determined

He had a photo that was on the state fair lineup and got blues for the rest of his photos and projects!

It all went by so fast I don’t think I have pictures of everything!

07/26/2023

Poultry 2023 - Poultry Show

Noah got to attempt poultry again this year! We always learn so much!

Here’s his results in poultry:

Grand Champion Auction Duck- thank you again Federated Co-Op!

5th place Brown Egg Layer with his ISA Browns -State Fair Elidgeable

Market Duck- Red, the breed we had was better suited for egg production than market

Duck Breeding Pen- Red, We had Hybrids and they want purebreds for this class. Like I said we learn so much every year!

Bantam Breeding Pen- Red, one of our female silkies was getting the wrong kind of feather on her head. Once again a learned moment!

Bantam Show and Hobby- Blue with Spec the silkie

Standard Show and Hobby- Blue with Bertha the ISA

Chickens are always such a blast. Noah’s excited to try showing them at the Minnesota State Fair this year!!

07/26/2023

Wow. I can’t believe the Isanti County Fair is done already!!!😭

Before I start posting the photos and results I wanted to give a huge thank you to Federated Co-Ops for purchasing Noah’s Grand Champion Ribbon for his Auction Duck Pen! Noah had a lot of fun preparing Arnold and Aflac for fair. Thank you for supporting 4H! Hope to see you again next year!

07/14/2023

*Dusts off keyboard*

Hello rabbit friends!!

Sorry we’ve been MIA the last few months! Tressa- the social media guru of the fam has had some time off as she’s been working on her growing family!

Not only did we add a new human member to the family- Brinley, but we’ve also gone through a huge move. We are trying to adjust to having 2 little girls that are 1 year apart, and not to mention I have to get my gallbladder removed at the end of July!! Plus preparing for County fair man where’s the time going?!

Anyways enjoy these pictures of the buns and their awards from the Isanti Fun Show and the Sherburn county fun show!

05/17/2023

**ALL HAVE FOUND HOMES**

Short eared bunnies available😂

Jk they’re kitties. Rosellas cat had kittens and now they and mama are looking for new homes. All are very playful and adorable!

Have been around dogs, and little kids. Started on litter box but still learning. We are moving in a week so I gotta find homes fast. They have only known inside life so prefer they go to indoor homes but they would probably be good at keeping your rabbit barn clear of mice as well😉

3 girls - 2 black, 1 tort
1 boy - black

Mama is an amazing cat. She absolutely adores Rosella and follows her everywhere. I would love for her to go to a home with little kids as she’s amazingly friendly and tolerant of them. Mama has to go after all the kittens have left and she will come with litter box, half a bigger bag of cat food, scratching post, and any other cat things I can find. Breaks my heart to let her go but where we are moving has strict pet policies so she will be happier somewhere else.

They are available in the Fargo, ND area. If you let me know by Wednesday afternoon I can possibly get them transport down to the Isanti, MN area.

Thanks everyone!

*Note most of these pictures were taken when they were about 4 weeks old. Can get updated pictures on request.

04/11/2023

Hoppy Belated Easter from Rosella and Iron Maiden!!!

We had a busy Easter weekend so just now getting to post this picture!

I gotta say I LOVE this rabbit!! She is the sweetest most chill giant lady ever!!! Oh and did I mention she received 2 legs at the Austin, Mn show for her BOV placings?! WOOHOOO!!!

-💕Tres

03/27/2023

Had a fun road trip down to the Austin MN show yesterday! First show of the year and the only one we will get to for a little while we had lots of fun!

Flemish

Noah and I showed in the largest group of Flemish we have competed in yet! Lots of beautiful rabbits and tons of light greys!!

Flotsam placed towards the bottom of his class but he just turned senior so he has some growing to do yet.

Led, I don’t remember where he placed first show but second show he was sooo close to placing first in his class! the judge had a hard time deciding!

Iron Maiden did awesome!! Not a ton of competition in the steels but she got BOV for both shows! The first show her and a Sandy were neck and neck for BOB/BOS but we lost the draw again lol Really loving the way she’s coming along and the comments we get about her!!

Dwarfs

We brought EM1 who is still pretty young and needs to just grow into himself more for the sr buck class and another older sr buck. They both got good comments.

Halo got Best of Breed in the first show and was a very close second in her class in the second show! We just didn’t have much luck at winning the draws this weekend lol

The best part was visiting with our rabbit friends and making memories! Saw some pretty sights and I even let Noah drive me home!😳😬

I missed getting out to the rabbit shows. I can’t wait for the next one. Hopefully we can get some spring litters and the cuteness can hold me over til we can get out to more shows! Hahahah

-❤️Tres

02/12/2023

Of course the one year we don’t make it to Rothsay the weather is beautiful and not -40 degrees! Lol

Noah placed 4th in his JV wrestling conferences today! We celebrated by playing with bunnies and planning spring breedings!! Hopefully we will have some successful Dwarf Litters coming and if anyone has a lead on a big b***d steel Flemish buck let us know😉😂 Anyways happy to have spent a beautiful day with family and I finally got out from behind the camera for a picture with Iron Maiden! Hahaha

Spring we are ready for yah! Bring on the bunny shows!!!

-💗Tres

12/07/2022

Johnson’s EM2
Out of Johnson’s JBPL2 (1 Leg) and Percy’s Miera (1 Leg)
Super Jr doe. She has 2 small spots on the back of her ears. I am holding back her brother and 2 half sisters so we have decided to let her help someone else’s program. This doe is going to be an awesome brood doe and she comes from some great lines so I’m excited to see what she will produce for you when she’s older!

Fully pedigreed
Black banded
Deposit: $40

12/07/2022

AA1- Percy’s Saphira. Awesome brood doe. She has a small spot on her hindquarters and is a little chunky. She’s a nice doe and has awesome healthy litters! Sad to see her go but we aren’t getting into blues like we thought we would and she’s out produced herself.

Fully Pedigreed

$50 obo by herself
$40 if sold as a breeding pair with goose
$100 exposed to one of our bucks

*deposit- $20 open, $50 bred

12/07/2022

*UPDATE TO OUR SALES AND HOLDING POLICY*

If purchasing a rabbit and cannot be picked up within a week. A minimum $20 non refundable deposit (goes towards the cost of rabbit) must be placed on rabbit to hold. *High demand animals may require larger deposits and it will be notated on post* If the rabbit is on hold for longer than 2 weeks and we have not received an update from interested party the rabbit will be placed back up for sale and the buyer will not be refunded the deposit.

JBF has the right to alter and adjust this policy at any time as needed.

We apologize for any inconvenience. We hope this new policy will help get available animals to serious buyers in a timely fashion and allow us to be able to effectively let interested buyers know what we have available!

Feel free to message us at anytime with questions!

12/07/2022

EH1- Goose. I LOVE THIS BUCK. If he wasn’t related to basically all of my upcoming breeding stock he would definitely be staying. I love his type. He’s got a nice thick head and he’s friendly! His bands are on the thinner side. I thought he was a black band but he looked like he may be a blue band looking at him today. We showed him once and the judge just wanted thicker eyebands on him.

He is ready for some new lady’s and excited to work! Might be a little too chubby for the show table but should still make an awesome brood buck!

$75 obo
Fully pedigreed
Deposit: $40 nrf (goes towards cost of rabbit and holds rabbit for 2 weeks)

12/07/2022

Johnson’s Bunny Farm has some Dwarf Hotots looking for new 🏡’s!

We will be posting individual posts on our page with more info and pictures on each rabbit. Each picture posted has the tattoo number and a brief description of each rabbit!

PM our Page

*We will not be attending any more shows in 2022 but if you know of someone passing through the Isanti, MN area we can work with transport!

11/22/2022

Holy cow that was fast!! We already got the exhibitor reports from the R&CBAC show on Saturday! Thanks guys!

Dirk hopped away with 2 legs!!!! Wowza!!!

And little EM1 got his very first leg!!!
-Gotta start thinking of a name for this little dude.

The R&CBAC keep being lucky shows for us and our Dwarfs!!! Hopefully we can keep it up!!

Now to plan some spring litters!!😁😁😁❤️

11/21/2022

What a fantastic weekend we had!

We attended the R&CBAC winter show in Scandia, MN this weekend. We always love attending their shows. Always a great turn out for Dwarf Hotots, get to catch up with friends, and always get to learn something new! We are also grateful we were able to get to participate in both shows! We stuck around later than we were planning but it was well worth it!!! Plus it’s so hard to leave when you’re having so much fun!

Results:

Show 1

Flemish Giant

Led Zeppelin BOV
Flotsam 1st Junior Buck
Iron Maiden BOV

Dwarf Hotot

FM59- 5th, had fantastic comments but we are currently treating him for a scratch on his eye
Halo- 4th, fantastic comments!
EM1- 1st/ I think 5? Awesome comments!! So excited about this little dude!!

BOB was won by Wyatt who we sold a buck to this fall!! Congrats bud!!!

French Lop

Dirk- BOV, BOS after not showing for like a year!! Hahah and we just signed him up last minute😂 love this dude!

Show 2

Flemish Giant

Led Zeppelin- 2nd sr buck
Flotsam- 1st place jr buck
Iron maiden- BOV, BOB!!!

Dwarf Hotot
FM59- 4th
Halo- I actually don’t remember exactly😂 I think she was 2nd or 3rd😂 I gotta start writing these down haha more great comments from the judge!
EM1- my love! 1st place jr buck and BOS!!! I love my little man!!!

French Lop

Dirk- BOV, BOB!

Then we headed home to spend some time with family! What a fun weekend! Another great show from the R&CBAC, and the venue was heated! Thank you guys so much for putting on another awesome show!! See y’all in the spring!!❤️

-Tressa

11/15/2022

Sometimes I swear there is a rule in Dwarf Hotot genetics that says your best babies will be sports or mismarks.

Miss Lucille is a PRIME example of that… UGHHHH!! 😂😂😂

Johnson’s JBPL2 x Johnson’s Miss Honey
DOB: 5/15/22

11/15/2022

What to do, what to do… when you’re home to help the fam prepare for thanksgiving and get ready for a rabbit show on Saturday. YOU CHECK UP ON YOUR MOST ANTICIPATED LITTER THATS WHAT!

Eeeeiiikkkkkk! Do you see that baby y’all?! Please oh please stay adorableeeee!!! This litter was our last breeding of JBPL2 and our first litter out of Percy’s Miera (we changed our feed and boom babies!!).

I have been so excited for this litter! Can’t wait to see how they grow!

DOB 8/25/22

10/10/2022

Excited to announce that within the last 2 shows our beloved boy Led Zeppelin (KS134) has earned himself 3 Legs!!!

Iron Maiden (1BH2) has also received her first leg too at these shows as well!!

Thankful for these awesome rabbits we get to have such fun experiences with!

-Tressa

10/02/2022

*Borderline Rabbit Club Show*

Didn’t get any pictures of the Dwarfs. Halo maintained her 2nd/3rd place placings against a nice class of Jr Does. Albus is getting to be a little chunky so I don’t think we will need to worry much about him this winter😅

Very proud of how the Flemish have been doing lately.

Show 1:

Led Zeppelin BOB

Iron Maiden BOS

Show 2:

Led Zeppelin BOB

Iron Maiden -great comments

Flotsam and Jetsam - just need to grow up a bit more. They’re looking good for how young they are! Excited to see them when they get older!

Sad that shows are coming to and end for the winter but excited to plan out some litters and get some babies ready for next show season.

09/26/2022

MSRBA STATE SHOW 2022

JBF had so much fun at the state show this weekend at the Benton County Fairgrounds! It’s always great to catch up with friends and show off some rabbits!

The Saturday show had lots of competition. No big awards there. However, we had tons of fun and got some great feedback on our stock.

The Sunday show is when we started making some movement!

Flemish Giant Open
Led Zeppelin - BOB Show 2
Iron Maiden - BOS Show 1, BOS, Show 2

Dwarf Hotot Open
Albus- BOS Show 1
Halo- all weekend maintaining 2nd or 3rd in her class against some awesome Dwarfs. Hopefully she keeps growing in the right direction!

Finally to top it off my daughter Rosella got to join us at the end of the show where my mom and I swapped the rabbits and the baby before Rosella and I headed back up to Fargo.

All in all a pretty busy weekend but tons of fun and hope to carry the excitement over to the Cambridge show this weekend!

-Tressa

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Percy’s Seraphina

We picked up this doe at a show last year. She’s a mismarked blue band brood doe. She produces some nice babies and is an awesome mama. We held back one of her babies and that doe got a Jr leg at her first show. Have 3 other does bred so need cage space for new litters. Will sell bred or open. Open: $60 Bred: $120