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We are a small rabbitry that strives to breed nice quality tans and Britannia Petites. These are the foundation of our Tans.

Our rabbitry started with our black buck, Ryan, and then acquired our blue doe, Lightning. From there we started our lines and added new lines throughout the years. We handle our rabbits daily from birth until they are ready to leave our rabbitry. Some of our adults we show, work with, and show locally for rabbit agility. We attempt to show at Tan Nationals and ARBA Convention when we can attend,

along with shows nearby us. In our rabbitry, we have all four varieties of Tans--most and not all do carry all varieties in their pedigrees. We have started breeding Britannia Petites! My daughter received her first black otter buck in December 2020, named Finn that she was showing for his first year, then we found a black Britannia Petite doe that we brought home from the 2021 ARBA Convention. We had one breeding with them and had black otter's! As of now, we won't get into all the varieties of the Britannia Petite. We are slowly building our lines and may just have Black Otter's, unless we get other varieties from future breedings.

31/10/2024

All bunnies arrived home safe and sound. I received the packet with the results and was so eager to find out how the Brits did overall and how each Tan placed.

Holly and Aubrac are on their way to their new homes.
Tans:
BB8 placed 3rd out of 6 chocolate sr buck.
Matthew Lee 14 out of 26 chocolate Jr buck
Marie 32 out of 63 black Jr doe
Aubrac 12 out of 12 black sr doe
Dexter 3 out of 18 black sr buck
Ryan 12 out of 63 black Jr buck
I Am Next 14 out of 63 black Jr Buck
Dolly 11 out of 12 black sr doe

Britannia Petite--Otter Group:
Almond 14 out of 19 Jr doe
Holly 2nd out of 11 sr doe
Benji 7 out of 19 junior doe
Jolly 7 out of 11 sr doe

28/10/2024

We have had a whirlwind of things happening before and during convention!

First, before convention I found a really nice chocolate senior buck to add to our collection of Tans. We got word from the breeder that something went wrong with him. He was sick--head tilt and falls off the table when running. We were offered another buck but I declined. We are now on their waiting list for a nice Tan. I told her a nice chocolate or lilac doe or buck is fine. Just want it to be nicely marked like the one I had purchased. The breeder was fine with that. She is so nice!

Now the night before we were sending our critters off, we were assessing the Brits and doing tattoo touchups. Our nicest one out of Finn x Rosie decided to jump off the grooming table and jump on the floor. She broke one of her rear toes!! The next day we took her to our friend that is doing the transporting and he wrapped it and was trying to get it set back in place. I will need to rewrap in a few days. For now, waiting for it to start it's healing process. This doe automatically would pose and already had won some legs!!

In the past we had a Tan do about the same thing and broke it's toe on the end of its back leg. That was completely dislocated and floating. We had that amputated. This doe has one of her middle toes broken. Hopefully it will heal fine and one cannot tell it was broken. We shall see. If anything, we will use her as a brood doe as she is there nice!

Today was judging day for us. We don't know how the Brits did. We sent 2 senior does and 2 junior does. All black Otter!

For Tans, I was told of one of them earlier and then I got messages from 2 different people about our Tans! For starters, one told me that 1 of them had escaped. That one was found. Another person said one of ours jumped off the running table. I have no clue how that one is doing or which ones they were who misbehaved. Lol. Go figure, only our Tans! Hopefully the Brits behaved themselves! Lol.

Ok here are the Tan placings that I know of!

Oh I should mention that we changed the chocolate senior buck to an older fellow who seems to be still in his prime! BB8 was sent to convention and he is 4 years old! I honestly didn't expect him to do well due to his age but boy was I surprised! He placed 3rd in chocolate senior Buck's, but there were only 6 in his class! Hey, I will take that 3rd place with a 4 year old chocolate buck!

For chocolate junior buck class, there were 29. Only the top 13 were posted. Matthew Lee didn't make it in the top 13. I honestly don't know his placing and hoping to find out tomorrow.

We then had Blacks next. I truly wished I had entered Felix at convention but I didn't. I'm kicking myself as he would have been one I would love to have seen how he did. I know I was worried about him making and maintaining senior weight and that was a reason as to why I didn't send him. Well Dexter had 18 in his class of senior bucks. He placed 3rd! I will take that win! He is out of Bunnicula x Iron Bun. Last year his dad won the black senior buck class and his uncle, Spider Bun placed 2nd.

Black Senior does only had 12. I had both Aubrac and Dolly in those classes. All I know is that they placed dead last, #11 and #12. I don't know who got what. Aubrac will be leaving for her new home when convention ends.

Next up was the junior black division, for both does and bucks they had a total of 63 each! I said I would be happy if we ended up in the top 50 to top 30 as the juniors are all out of Bambi, our first generation buck!!

For bucks, we had 2 brothers that were sent, Ryan and I Am Next. I don't know who got what. All I know is that we placed in the top 15 by getting #12 and #14 place out of 63 junior bucks! Now that says a lot for the cross of Bambi x Naomi, aka Chomper!!

Finally junior does. We only had 1 entered, Maria. I honestly don't know where she placed. I do know that She didn't make it in the top 16! Hopefully we can find out exact placings of them tomorrow plus the Brits!

Of the Brits, we only had black Otter. We sent sweet Holly who will be going to Wyoming after convention and Jolly who has an attitude will come back to us and our intentions are to breed her! She already is going to be granded--i just need to turn in the paperwork to do that.

Dexter is waiting on his grand champion status to be official through ARBA. We sent that off prior to convention.

Onto the junior does that we sent: since Rosette decided to break her toe, we replaced her with her aunt, Almond. Almond is out of Finn x Walnut (Finn x Rosie). Then we sent Benji who is out of Finn x Rosie.

Again, hoping to find Brit placings tomorrow! When I know more, I will post here!

At convention, we do have 3 Tans waiting to hop on the next bus to their paradise!

Maria, Matthew Lee and probably it is going to be Ryan.

At home we have a few who is ready to hop on board somewhere...
Karma could be a potential hopper.
Ralph is so sweet where he would be perfect for a 4her!
Jane Doe needs a good house bunny pampered life
Lilo we would love for her to become a free roaming house bunny, preferably a clover kid in our area as she loves to do agility!

Both Jane Doe and Lilo are older girls. Jane is 3 and Lilo will be 4 in December.

Oh and this fellow is not leaving here but most of our homegrown's goes back to our first generation buck, Bambi! He actually will turn 6 years old on December 1! I do hope he sees his 6th birthday and continues to live awhile longer! He doesn't look like an old man as he still loves doing agility and being around kids! He is so laid back and very sweet. Love this buck of ours!!

14/10/2024

The other day Selena received a Stitch costume in the mail. She had fun trying it on one of the Tans who just don't care. We have so much fun with our Tans if you can't tell!

14/10/2024

Today Rosie was begging to go for a car ride since she didn't get to go to the rabbit show this past weekend. We took her to the farm store and to PetSmart. People loved up on her.

Later, Bambi went to church with us to get our pictures taken for the directory. The photographer was so excited to see a bunny in the photographs. He said this is the first time for a bunny.

14/10/2024

Here are some pictures from this past weekend. There was this cute little girl who wanted to hold one of the Brits.

14/10/2024

Dexter is Aubrac 's brother and this past weekend, we were able to get him registered and send off his papers for the grand championship! He is such a sweet boy!

14/10/2024

Aubrac is out of Bunnicula and Iron Bun. She is full of fire and ready to breed!

14/10/2024

Wrecked Ralph, aka Ralph. Such a lover! He is so laid back and is willing to be dressed up in a costume for our State Covention's costume contest.

14/10/2024

I Am Next is another junior buck from the May 11 litter. He is out of Naomi, aka, Chomper and Bambi. Who happens to be turning 6 years old on December 1. Selena wanted to use him again even though we were retiring him. He loved doing rabbit hopping and overall, a good rabbit.

14/10/2024

Loverboy found his new hopping place yesterday. Very happy for this guy!

14/10/2024

Fix It Felix, also know as Felix! Love this little buck!

14/10/2024

Dolly is out of Storm x Scarlet. She has been living at a young FFA members house since May. She has been part of the Share a Rabbit project with this young lady. The girl wasn't sure about getting a rabbit. After she received Bambi Jr and sae how much fun theyū were, she wanted to buy him. We saw how he was spoiled and happy we told the girl Bambi Jr can stay with her. He was a better fit for this family and am happy that this young lady is enjoying her share a rabbit program. She has been learning a lot about rabbit care plus enjoying going to shows when she can with us.

14/10/2024

Ryan, black Tan buck

14/10/2024

Ryan, him Matthew Lee, Maria, Loverboy, Karma were all born 5-11-2024

14/10/2024

Matthew Lee, the only chocolate we have at this time

14/10/2024

Who's ready to see videos of some of our Tans that we had brought to our state convention this past weekend?

Some of these will be going on to ARBA Convention and ready to hop down the trail and find a different garden to munch and sleep.

Videos will be in separate posts. I need to upload the collage pictures that I took as I don't think I posted them here.

Video below is Karma. DOB- 5-11-24. Karma would be a wonderful asset to anyone. She would be great as a fun house bunny or even doing agility/rabbit hopping work. She's very sweet!

14/10/2024

This past weekend we were at our Iowa State Rabbit Breeders Association State Convention Rabbit Show.

We brought several juniors and young seniors for Tans plus some of our Brits. We had good comments and each show a different rabbit won Best of Breed or Best Opposite of Breed. At our 0last show, we received Honorable Mention on Rosette and Ryan.

We were pleased with the comments that we received. I also fell in love with another breeder who had a black Tan there that he got from Izzy Bukovich. That doe won Best of Breed Saturday plus received an honorable mention. Very happy to have more Tans coming to the shows. The gentleman that has this doe has some blue Tans at his place. I got excited for this and can't wait for him to bring dilutes to our shows!!!

While at the show, there was a really nice young lady who was wanting one of our Tans to use for hopping!! I was excited for her, especially Loverboy who found his forever hopping place! Can't wait to see him doing some hopping with this wonderful family!

29/09/2024

As of now....this is who we are looking at hopping away to a new home. A couple of them are looking for a forever home to become a permanent pampered house bunny! One of those pampered house bunnies is one that loves to hop and jump! Perfect for those who want a free roam house bunny who starves for attention!

Tans:
Ralph
I Am Next
Karma (doe)
Loverboy
Aubrac (doe)

Brits:
Holly
Jolly

House Bunnies wanting to be forever Pampered:
Jane Doe (very shy)
Lilo (loves hopping and jumping)

Loverboy, I Am Next and Karma would be good for house bunnies too!

Possible Bunnies looking to hop on train....still deciding...

Maria (doe)

29/09/2024

Poor Felix, he's a foot rest for Ryan so he can eat his food. Such relaxed bunnies, especially Felix!! He's so sweet!

27/09/2024

We are in the process of taking pictures of our Brits--some are ready to hop onto their next destination, while others are a shared breeding and must stay with us.

Our Tans are ready to hop and run to the next available location!

Stay tuned...

22/09/2024

Guess who wanted to go for a car ride??!!??!!??

None other than Bambi!! He hasn't gone on one in a few years like this. He loved just sitting on the council of the car and looking out when we would take him to shows, the feed store and a few other places. Hard to believe this first generation buck will be celebrating his 6th birthday coming Dec 1st!

Many of the rabbits in our barn goes back to him. Hard to believe that he's been around close to 6 years already.

I still remember the scream I heard from his cage. He got out of the nest box about a week after being born and his back foot was caught in the wire. I had to try to get it out and was afraid I would have to cull him. I put him in the nestbox, not knowing if the foot was broken or if it will be healed. I was only hoping.

Weeks later and months later he was hopping fine. Someone felt his back foot and said they feel a bump from maybe a broken foot that healed. He did very well on the show table winning Bob. I was very happy with the outcome. All because of what happened, I didn't want to place him anywhere but our home. The best decision I made in my opinion. He is great with kids and loves going to events!

21/09/2024

Last one for today...

Naomi, aka, Chomper, is out enjoying the nice afternoon while her cage is getting cleaned. We got her a couple years ago I think. I know it was 2 to 3 years ago. Wasn't planning on her but the person I was trying to help, had her available. We wanted a Tan from this person's lines to help our rabbitry. We started using her last year and she has proven herself with the bucks we use. We will have some of her babies at ARBA Convention this year again! Last year we had 3 of her babies showing, Iron and Spider Bun then Scarlet.

21/09/2024

Such a nice day and have to power wash some cages and carriers sooo....a few of them get to enjoy the outside with me!!

Say hello to Ralph! Very nice Tan who is almost a year now! We didn't plan on him joining our rabbitry until someone had a problem and asked if we would take him. We accepted as they also had asked about Jane Doe and having us take her back due to their situation. We accepted. Anytime there is one of our rabbits and something comes up where it may not work out, we will take them back. Especially Jane. She is very timid and gets scared easily with noises.

I was thinking of using her one more time to see what I get out of her but we have decided to try to find a nice home for her to live out and enjoy her days. We know there are kids or people who will take in bunnies to make lovely house bunnies for them!

21/09/2024

We do have a couple mix breeds that a friend of ours had and they lived with us for awhile until they became part of our family where we use them as therapy, demonstration or for events bunnies.

12/09/2024

FYI....

For anyone who is interested in Tans from us, we do have some looking for new homes however pictures won't be coming until next month as I am recovering from having back surgery on August 15. I am on restrictions and for awhile I couldn't see the bunnies. I now am able to play with them at my level and with help so they can continue to get loved up on.

If you want pictures and videos, it might take awhile as I have to do it in my own time and when I have someone around to help me.

Until then, I can just say we do have some loving ones that will be excited for that extra attention from anyone who decides to let them into their lives!

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Dexter is Aubrac 's brother and this past weekend, we were able to get him registered and send off his papers for the grand championship! He is such a sweet boy!

Aubrac is out of Bunnicula and Iron Bun. She is full of fire and ready to breed!

Wrecked Ralph, aka Ralph. Such a lover! He is so laid back and is willing to be dressed up in a costume for our State Covention's costume contest.

Loverboy found his new hopping place yesterday. Very happy for this guy!

Fix It Felix, also know as Felix! Love this little buck!

Ryan, black Tan buck

Ryan, him Matthew Lee, Maria, Loverboy, Karma were all born 5-11-2024

Matthew Lee, the only chocolate we have at this time

Who's ready to see videos of some of our Tans that we had brought to our state convention this past weekend? Some of these will be going on to ARBA Convention and ready to hop down the trail and find a different garden to munch and sleep. Videos will be in separate posts. I need to upload the collage pictures that I took as I don't think I posted them here. Video below is Karma. DOB- 5-11-24. Karma would be a wonderful asset to anyone. She would be great as a fun house bunny or even doing agility/rabbit hopping work. She's very sweet!

Morning ritual.... Dolly and Fix it Felix, aka, Felix gets on the running board to hop and play while I go ahead and feed every bunny. Dolly has been hopping and very tired but she waits and then starts up again. Felix is still small. He is 8 weeks old and has not hit 2 pounds. This is my first experience with having a smaller Tan at a slower growth rate. He is out of a different buck, Ralph. We bred this buck to Helen as we were helping a 4Her start her Tan's after purchasing Jane Doe from us. Months later the family asked to give Jane back and also take in Ralph as they were going through some family problems. I agreed and we now have Ralph back who we will continue to show and potentially find a new home for him and Jane Doe, we may try breeding her again to see if we get something we like or find the right person for her. This family was really good to her and knew how frightened she gets when she hears a vacuum cleaner or another loud noise

Naomi, Aka, Chomper has been such a good mom with this litter. When she eats, she always has a baby wanting to nurse and she lets them. These babies were already In and out of the nestbox at 2 weeks old! Their eyes were open earlier than 2 weeks. Now they are eating and yet tiny. I want to say they are about 2.5 weeks old now, maybe closer to 3??

Cleaning cages and had all the juniors play together on the table.

Caught Rosie cleaning her baby's face. Such a precious sight of how Rosie takes care of her baby. She's such a good mom.

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