BC Bunnies

01/29/2025

Taking advantage of the nice weather this week to get some does bred. We are hoping to get a few more bred before the temps turn cold again.

Pairings so far -

Jersey Wooly:

MO Bunnies Hummer x Hawt Fur/Brownies Alana
Black Otter x Chocolate

MO Bunnies Hummer x Minnesota Wild Woolies A24 (Blank Space)
Black Otter x White

Mini Rex:

BC's Manifesto x MR Golden Grahams
Sable x Broken Tort

MR Phantom x BC's Truffle
Black x Black

SR's Kansas x BC's Coral
Broken Tort x Broken Black

SR's Kansas x MMT'S Sunkissed
Broken Tort x Broken Tort

MR Phantom x ARS Just Peachy
Black x Broken Black
(Peachy's final litter before retirement)

BC's Manifesto x ARS Echo
Sable x Broken Black

01/20/2025

Freya's 2025 ad for the KSRBA Directory!

01/19/2025

Long, cold day, but totally worth the trip! We attended a workshop/youth show today hosted by the Bunny Bunch 4-H Club. We try to attend this show every year to support our friends who are members. This year, several members of our Mimai County Cottontails 4-H Club were able to attend and enjoy the meat pen, photography and show etiquette workshops. Then, all the kids had an opportunity to compete in breed identification, showmanship and educational contests, followed by a single all-breed show.

Freya earned a purple on her color photo, a blue on her black and white photo, purple on her mixed media artwork and a purple on her jewelry. Then she received a blue in intermediate breed ID and a blue in showmanship with a 131/200 with SS Monty, her jr jersey wooly buck.

Although her rabbit entries were limited, all of her animals did well.

Mini Rex:
BOSV Chocolate - J&C's Dakota

Jersey Wooly:
BOG Tan Pattern: SS Monty
BOSG Tan Pattern: Hawt Fur/Brownies Fae

BOB: SS Monty
BOS: Hawt Fur/Brownies Fae

Rhinelander:
BOV Blue: Arcadian's Stake Out
BOSV Blue: Arcadian's Catacombs

BOB: Arcadian's Stake Out
BOS: Arcadian's Catacombs

🏆2ND RESERVE IN SHOW WITH SS MONTY🏆

A HUGE congrats to our friends, and fellow Team Kansas members, on their successes today as well on the BIS show table (we will hold off on posting their names so they can share their news first). Thank you to the Bunny Bunch 4-H Club for hosting such a great event!

01/17/2025

Love that our community shares the successes of youth involved in other projects/activities outside of sports. Freya loves being the "local bunny girl" and sharing the passion she has for the rabbit show hobby.

https://www.republic-online.com/freya-barnes-wraps-up-busy-rabbit-show-season/?fbclid=IwY2xjawH3VNdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHY1wd2hGuH0qw7-dZnuM-4f_l4-r8PCN1OqXlzZ2q-C6BKAkUkZPRNfFZg_aem_-INC2WhRJE63oVH5p676_w&sfnsn=mo

PAOLA - Ten-year-old Freya Barnes of Paola won multiple awards during the 2024 rabbit show season.

01/13/2025

The latest edition of the ARBA Domestic Rabbit is out, and check out those Kansas kids!

12/30/2024

Freya lost her sweet Omelette tonight from an accident in her cage, resulting in a broken neck/back. 😢 She officially has no juniors for the spring show season and will be showing seniors from the fall string. Hopefully, we can get some does bred soon for county fair animals and fall shows. 🙏

12/27/2024

This handsome little guy's head has really popped over the last couple of weeks. Freya can't wait to get him on the table on a few weeks!

12/20/2024

Freya and I sat down today after school and planned out her KSRBA and ARBA educational contests projects for the 2025 season. It looks like a lot once we get it on paper, but planning early and knocking them out before the summer seems to help lessen the stress of upcoming deadlines. Another benefit to getting these projects done early is being able to use county fair as a dry run. Seeing how the judges react to different exhibits allows her to tweak and adjust anything that may have not gone over so well. I'll list the categories below and where they will be entered. Titles and relative ideas are being kept a secret at this time 😉. You'll just have to stay tuned for updates if any of these make you curious.

☆ Drawing - KSRBA, ARBA, County Fair
☆ Painting - KSRBA, ARBA, Open Class @ County Fair
☆ Sculpture (mixed media) (NEW category for her) - KSRBA, ARBA, County Fair
☆ Ceramic - KSRBA, ARBA, Open Class @ County Fair
☆ Jewelry - KSRBA, ARBA, County Fair
☆ Needlework (NEW category for her) - KSRBA, ARBA, Open Class @ County Fair
☆ Stuffed Animal - KSRBA, Open Class @ County Fair
☆ Other Craft - KSRBA, ARBA, Open Class @ County Fair
☆ Display (NEW category for her) - KSRBA, ARBA, County Fair
☆ Poster - KSRBA, ARBA, County Fair
☆ Game (NEW category for her) - KSRBA, ARBA
☆ Illustrated Talk (NEW category for her) - ARBA, 4-H County Presentation Day
☆ Single Black & White Photo - KSRBA, ARBA, County Fair
☆ Single Color Photo - KSRBA, ARBA, County Fair
☆ Photo Series (NEW category for her) - KSRBA, ARBA
☆ Rabbit/Cavy Equipment (NEW category for her) - KSRBA, ARBA, County Fair

This list does not include other County Fair projects she plans to work on, but this list does take a big chunk of those projects off her to do list once they are completed. She's a busy, talented girl that really shines in the educational contests.

12/19/2024

National Mini Rex sweepstakes through October.

12/18/2024

Love this doe so much. Still working on perfecting posing and photographing the woolies. Pictures, and my lack of posing skills, don't do this doe justice.

Hawt Fur/Brownies Alana
Sr Chocolate Doe

12/18/2024

Someone is finally developing a head. This doe was so plain as a junior. Still not the prettiest head in the barn, but definitely improving. Freya can't wait to get her bred to MO Bunnies Hummer.

Hawt Fur/Brownies Fae
Sr Black Otter Doe

12/11/2024

Wishing they were solid, but thankful Freya has them in her sable point program.

Creekside 4CS22 (aka Niko) is a broken sable point buck we brought home from convention. Beautiful, compact little buck that we are excited to start using soon. His first round of does will be Creekside Thistle (sable point), Ellison Acres Oakley (sable) and Ellison Acres Maple Sugar (tort).

BC's Wishful Thinking is a homegrown senior doe out of MR Golden Grahams and by BC's Manifesto. She is bred back to Manifesto for her first litter of kits.

12/11/2024

I guess since we are showcasing the jersey woolies, I'll share a picture of MO Bunnies Hummer. A senior black otter buck.

12/10/2024

SS Monty can sit pretty when he wants to. Freya has some work to do to get him ready for showmanship, but once you get him to focus he is a stunning boy (minus the transitioning coat at the moment).

12/10/2024

Ms Alana is still working on her wool, but she has filled out a lot since convention. Excited to get her brushed and blown out. Can't wait for the 2025 show season to start!

12/10/2024

SS Monty is such a ham and thinks he needs to check out the barn rather than practice sitting like a gentleman.

And yes, he currently has mutton chops 😂

12/09/2024

We skipped the final show of the season and took a little mini vacation. As much as we enjoyed the time away with family, we are happy to be back home and back in the rabbit barn 💕. Focusing on getting does bred and jersey woolies blown out.

12/04/2024

Baby Omelette enjoying her crunchies tonight. Huevos is producing a ton of milk, so Omelette is only getting enough grain to keep her out of her mom's way long enough for her to eat. Disappointing there weren't more in this litter, but we plan to rebreed Huevos soon.