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14/09/2024

It was a long day with a bit of a slow start in Alma today but it ended up going faster than we imagined! We went to the WMRBA Don Havlecik Memorial Show at the Gratiot County Fairgrounds! It was hot and busy! We got All Might registered, then showed 6 Harlequins and 2 Polish in Show A and B!

Open Show A Polish:
Butter Creme (Belle) - 5th Broken Sr Buck
Neutron (Gary) - 1st Lilac Jr Doe

Open Show B Polish:
Butter Creme - 5th Broken Sr Buck
Neutron - 1st Lilac Jr Doe

Open Harlequins Show A:
Thorn (Gary) - 2nd Sr Buck
All Might (Garrett) - 1st Sr Buck/BOSV/BOSB
Pop Rocks (Garrett) - 1st Jr Buck
Jasper (Belle) - 2nd Jr Buck
Jawbreaker (Me) - 1st Jr Doe/BOV/BOB
Helium (Me) - 2nd Jr Doe

Open Harlequins Show B:
Thorn - 1st Sr Buck/BOSV/BOSB
All Might - 2nd Sr Buck
Pop Rocks - 1st Jr Buck
Jasper - 2nd Jr Buck
Jawbreaker - 2nd Jr Doe
Helium - 1st Jr Doe/BOV/BOB

Thank you to the Western Michigan Rabbit Breeders Association for hosting the show, we had fun and look forward to next year!

04/09/2024

Corgi (XBashful) made us wait extra long (must be because we made her wait so long to breed.....she is almost 11 months old 😳) and kindled her litter in the afternoon on Day 32 yesterday! She had 10 kits and looks to have all 4 colors in this litters, just like her mom is known for. Unfortunately, the 1 blue (of course, it had a face split as well) was DOA. There is as least 1 chocolate and the rest are lilac and black! 9 kits left in this litter but 1 runt that we are keeping an eye on! Good job, Corgi!

25/08/2024

We had lots of new arrivals this weekend (and a new addition! But she will get a separate post)!

1st picture - Late on the 22nd, Tonks (XDoodleBug) gave us 4 broken kits and IN her box this time! 3 are chocolate and 1 looks either blue or lilac. They are fat, well fed little hippos; while she pulled so much fur that she naked 🤦‍♀️

2nd picture - Early on the 23rd, Slip (XThorn) kindled 7 kits NEXT to her box again 🤦‍♀️ She had 1 DOA and she has since lost another one, leaving her with 5 kits and most of them are naked! We will not be repeating this pairing, we need markings lol!

3rd picture - Late on the 23rd, Gurgi (XAll Might) gave us 10 KITS and over half of them look BEAUTIFULLY marked! She had them next to the box but this is only her second litter so we will cut her some slack. Checking them this morning, it looks like some are getting skipped at the food bar so we might have to consider fostering a couple.

4th picture - Then finally, on the 24th, we had our final broody hen of the season emerge from her box with her 4 newly hatched chicks! What is so cool about this hen is that she was just hatched on our Homestead last season and she decided she wanted to go broody in her first year! With her newly hatched chicks, we have around 25 chicks waiting to get added to the flock. 3 already got added earlier and we lost a couple between emerging from the nest and feathering but I don't think that's a bad count for a season! Now just to wait and see how many end up being pullets and how many are roosters! We need to rotate our flock so bad lol!

25/08/2024

We went to the Lapeer Area Rabbit Raisers Show in Imlay City today! Thank you to the club for hosting such a great show! We took 6 Harlequins (there were 16 each show and we weren't the only ones there!!) and 2 Polish between the 4 of us, each had 2 rabbits.

Show A Polish:

Butter Creme (Belle) - 2nd Broken Sr Buck
Neutron (Gary) - 1st Lilac Jr Doe

Show B Polish:

Butter Creme - 2nd Broken Sr Buck
Neutron - 1st Lilac Jr Doe

Show A Harlequins:

Thorn (Gary) - 1st Sr Buck/BOV/BOB
All Might (Garrett) - 2nd Sr Buck
Pop Rocks (Garrett) - 2nd Jr Buck
Kirishima (Me) - 3rd Jr Buck
Helium (Belle) - DQ
Jawbreaker (Me) - 1st Jr Doe/BOSV/BOSB

Show B Harlequins:

Thorn - 1st Sr Buck/BOV/BOB
All Might - 2nd Sr Buck
Pop Rocks - 2nd Jr Buck
Kirishima - 1st Jr Buck
Helium - 4th Jr Doe
Jawbreaker - 1st Jr Doe

I think between the 2 shows, we will have 5 legs coming! And we got Thorn registered today while we were there. Since he won another 2 legs today, he will also be able to be Granded when I get his Registration number and legs from the show! It was so great seeing our rabbit friends and getting to talk all things bunny! Thanks again to LARR for hosting a great show!

19/07/2024

We had 3 litters born this passed week here!

-1st picture: Before C (XSpook) had 12 kits on July 15th, though 2 were DOA so she is raising a litter of 10! She pulled so much fur that I had to remove some but all kits are doing great!

-2nd picture: Mad Hatter (XThorn) had her first litter on Jully 16th! She is Belle's rabbit and our rabbitry's 1st Grand Champion. She was bred with Gary's rabbit, who has one leg so far and has also been receiving lots of compliments from judges. She had 9 kits but being a 1st time mom, one was on the wire and I didn't find it in time to save it and one was DOA. So she has 7 kits and some of them look VERY promising, we are excited about this litter!

-3rd picture: Reese's Cup (XDoodle Bug) had 9 kits on July 17th and 9 kits is what she still has! This litter was a bit of an experiment.......😜

Reese's Cup and Mad Hatter also pulled triple the amount of fur needed in this heat, especially Reese's Cup, so we added some fur to our donation bag, lol.

06/07/2024

These 4 litters never got posted about because they arrived during a VERY busy time and I have fallen way behind on picture updates. Bentone and Pippin's litters arrived on June 5th, while Cauldron and Tonks followed on June 6th.

-Bentone (XDoodle Bug) had 6 kits. 3 Charlie's, 1 Broken Chocolate, 1 Solid Chocolate, and 1 Solid Black. They are all doing great!
-Pippin (XRottweiler) had 11 kits. She struggled a bit in the beginning since she is a first time mom and we had to do a couple table feedings while she got the hang of it and she lost 2 kits while she figured it out. But the remaining 9 kits are thriving and doing great!
-Tonks (XToby) had 5 kits and did great as usual. Her 5 are squirrely and keeping us on our toes just like normal!
-Cauldron (XOpossum) also had 11 kits, though she had 1 DOA. She lost 1 during our 3 day heatwave and we found another had passed and got pushed to the bottom of the nestbox. Her remaining 8 kits are doing great!

All 4 litters are now almost 5 weeks old!

06/07/2024

This is how we spent our 4th of July morning, stripping tree bark! Gary taught Garrett and Belle how to use a drawblade while William and I just helped hold the Trees so they didn't flop around. Why strip the bark...? We are using the bark to tan our first rabbit hides! This is a new experience for all of us and we can't wait to see how it turns out.

We combined two tutorials that Gary and I watched to get this far. The tree bark gets boiled down for an hour and then cooled before the hides get added. The brown that the tree is turning is what we are looking for, it's called tannus. And pulling the tanned from the bark is what will tan the hides. It's supposed to make them more supple than a chemical, make them smell better, be a more vibrant color, and be more cost efficient since we have Trees all over. The stripped trees are going to get dried out and we want to use them for spindles when we redo our stairs! We have 16 hides in the tannus mixture and can't wait to see how they turn out!

06/07/2024

Our 5th broody hen had a bit of an odd time. She had 1 egg hatch 4 days before her clutch was due to start hatching. So she hatched the one egg and then left the rest of her clutch before they even had a chance to try to hatch 🤦‍♀️

Enter our incubator! We had 1 chick hatch the next morning (it went under her that night), 3 chicks hatch the next day (went out that night), and 2 more on the final day! We had another hatch but it passed away in the incubator and the remaining eggs weren't viable. So that momma hatched one egg herself and got 6 more delivered to her for a total of 7! Our Broody Hen fly cage sounds like TSC right now with 19 chicks in it and 3 Mamma Hens!

We also have a 6th hen that is thinking about going broody.....chicks all around! #2024

24/06/2024

4th broody hen of the season is hatching her eggs! She managed to keep all 12 of her eggs under her the whole 3 weeks! Chicks started hatching yesterday and she has 3 eggs left under her while 1 is in process of hatching, so 10 chicks so far in her brood!

Our first broody hen of the season (with her 2nd hatch foster) is done raising her chicks (she keeps trying to get back to the flock and has been displaying submissive behavior) so her and her chicks will he integrated back into the flock tonight to make room for the 5th broody coming up. Her chicks are 7.5 and 5.5 weeks old and doing great, she did an amazing job raising them! #2024

17/06/2024

We have our 3rd broody hen of the season in process of hatching her brood! She is a snot though and a hen that we inherited and she will not let me look underneath her without a lot of added stress. She got moved last night so that our flock can't eat the chicks (unfortunately, they have been). One chick so far, she had 7 eggs under her total so we will see how many hatch! The black hen was our first broody mama and she is raising her 2 remaining chicks great, along with her 1 foster chick from our 2nd broody mama that was a terrible mom and only had 1 surviving chick. And look at the last chick: Black fluff on it feet! I'm thinking it must have had a Light Brahma sire and Easter Egger/Americauna mom because of the striped/spot chest feathers!

2 other broody mama's are still sitting on eggs but have another week or so before hatch day! Chicks are coming!

08/06/2024

We had a great day at the Saginaw Valley Rabbit & Cavy Breeders Association Show today in Corunna, MI! It was a double show and there were 19 Harlequins in Show A and 16 in Show B! It was such a great turnout! We got Mad Hatter and March Hare registered and also got Mad Hatter Grand Championed (!She is our first GC rabbit!)!

Show A Harlequins:
Corgi (OLAH4BP2) - 1st SR Doe
Thorn (OLAH2SP1) - 2nd SR Buck
March Hare (OLAH2GB2) - 1st SR Buck & BOB/BOV
Pop Rocks (OLAHSPY2) - 3rd JR Buck
Caramel (OLAHSPY1) - 2nd JR Buck
Kirishima (OLAH1RS2) - 1st JR Buck

Show A Polish:
Butter Creme (BT1) - 1st JR Buck

Show B Harlequins:
Corgi - 1st SR Doe & BOSB/BOSV
Thorn - 1st SR Buck & BOB/BOV
March Hare - 2nd SR Buck
Pop Rocks - 2nd JR Buck
Caramel - 1st JR Buck
Kirishima - 5th JR Buck

Show B Polish:
Butter Creme - 1st JR Buck

We got lots of compliments on type again on our Harlequins and are loving how far we are coming. It was great seeing everyone and was a great day. Thank you to the club for running a great show!

16/05/2024

More pictures from the Heart of Michigan show in Fowlerville on May 11th!

15/05/2024

On May 10th, we had 4 litters due and then a 5th due on the 13th. Finally got pictures of all of them so here they are!

1st picture: Glutton (XOpossum) had 10 kits early morning on May 11th before we left for Fowlerville, she had 9 blacks and 1 blue and they are all doing great!

2nd picture: Reese's Cup (XOpossum) had 14 kits(!!!!) sometime on May 11th while we were at the show in Fowlerville. Unfortunately, some looked unfed so we fostered so to Jewel so she could better handle them. We took 5 to give to Jewel leaving her with 9 and they are doing great! All 14 are black!

3rd picture: Before C (XRottweiler) had 10 kits sometime on May 11th while we were at the show in Fowlerville. She had 1 DOA, leaving her with 9! All 9 kits are black and doing great!

4th picture: Jewel (XCobalt) had 4 kits (her smallest litter yet) in late afternoon on May 12th! They are chubby little chonkers and look great!

5th picture: Jewel's litter with 4 of her fosters from Reese's Cup, the 5th one was too small and passed. Jewel is now raising 8 kits and they are all doing amazing! She is being great as a foster mom!

6th picture: Lastly was Clarabella. She started building her nest on May 13th in the morning but made no progress all day. She kindled 4 kits (2 broken and 2 solid) late morning on May 14th. They are doing well!

14/05/2024

Saturday, we went to the Heart of Michigan Rabbit Show in Fowlerville! Belle was in charge of pictures lol, but she only sent me half of what she took because she keeps getting distracted 😝

It was a good show but cold! We got Corgi registered (Mad Hatter and March Hare were 2 weeks shy of being old enough and Thorn has a few months).

Open Show A:

Mad Hatter (Belle)- 1st Sr Doe and BOB (3rd leg!)
March Hare (Bear) - 1st Sr Buck and BOSB
Corgi (Me) - 2nd Sr Doe
Thorn (Gary) - 1st Jr Buck
All Might (Bear) - 2nd Jr Buck
Todoroki (Belle) - 3rd Jr Buck

Open Show B:

Mad Hatter - 2nd Sr Doe
March Hare - 1st Sr Buck and BOB (1st leg!)
Corgi - 1st Sr Doe and BOSB
Thorn - 2nd Jr Buck
All Might - 3rd Jr Buck
Todoroki - 1st Jr Buck

We got lots of compliments on their type and how great it was, which is so awesome to hear when we have been trying to get rid of the long shoulders! Thank you to the Heart of Michigan Rabbit Club for hosting such a great show, we had a good time and look forward to next year!

08/05/2024

We had our first broody hatch of the year and it's their first venture outside today! This broody Mamma was given a dozen marked eggs. Throughout the 3 weeks, she unfortunately had 5 of those eggs cracked and we had to toss them which left her with 7 on hatch day. Out of the 7, 4 hatched but one chick went missing and we don't know what happened to it. So she has 3 chicks! The 2 little black chicks have tufted feet so they either have a Light Brahma sire or were laid by one of our Light Brahma hens!

We have another broody Mamma still sitting on her dozen eggs and she has managed to keep all 12 intact, she has another week or so. We will see how her hatch goes!

23/04/2024

Before C's does of her litter!

23/04/2024

Today was weaning day for Jewel, Reese's Cup, Glutton, and Before C's litter! 35 kits got weaned today (we only two bucks that wanted to cause a problem, the rest are doing great!) These are Before C's bucks at 5 weeks old! She has 12 kits and actually had 6 bucks and 6 does!!

22/04/2024

Reese's Cup's kits are also 6 weeks old! We had 4 litters born within a 3 days of each other. She was an iffy mom at the start but she got it figured out and now it's almost weaning day and she didn't lose a single kit!

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Mad Hatter didn't quite get the hang of feeding her kits at first since she is a first time mom. She had then on Tuesday, July 16th and on Wednesday, July 17th when we were feeding everyone else dinner; I checked on her kits and it looked they hadn't been fed since they were born. So we got the table out and put her and her kits on the table for a feeding! Rabbit kits do not stay in one place when feeding, they move around constantly trying to get the best meal. Mad Hatter did alright once we got them under her, she stayed relatively still for most of the feeding but she didn't pay them much attention. When I checked them the next morning, they all had chunky bellies! And every meal I have been checking them, they still have chunky, well fed bellies. So Mad Hatter only needed this one lesson to get the hang of feeding her kits, which is great! I hope she raises her first litter well the rest of the way! #OurLostAcresHomestead #Homestead #Homesteading #Rabbitry #RabbitBreeding #RabbitBreeders #RabbitKits #FirstTimeMom #MadHatter #MagpieHarlequinRabbit #MagpieHarlequin #HarlequinRabbit #ThornXMadHatter #FirstLitter #LearningToFeed #LearningToBeAMom #RabbitNursingKits

Cobalt taking a bath after he had some breakfast this morning ❤️ #OurLostAcresHomestead #Homestead #homesteading #rabbitry #rabbitbreeding #rabbitbreeders #newarrival #newbuck #Cobalt #flemishgiant #blueflemishgiant #gemofaflem #bathtime #breakfasttime

Today is Weaning Day for the Trees and for Ink's Marvels! The Trees were so excited, they were immediately doing zoomies! #OurLostAcresHomestead #Homestead #homesteading #rabbitry #rabbitbreeding #rabbitbreeders #rabbitkits #kits #MidnightXEstella #SecondLitter #miniloprabbit #minilop #sixweeksold #sixandahalfweeksold #weaningday #zoomies #bunnyzoomies #kitzoomies #rabbitzoomies

Before C's litter was sleeping so soundly during this morning's check. One was sleep sucking but stopped right when I started recording lol. They are getting fur, they are a week old today ❤️ #OurLostAcresHomestead #Homestead #homesteading #rabbitry #rabbitbreeding #rabbitbreeders #rabbitkits #nestboxpictures #nestbox #naptime #sleeping #sleepingsoundly #PopXBeforeC #SecondLitter #magpieharlequin #harlequinrabbit #magpieharlequinrabbit #oneweekoldtoday #oneweekold

We found this soon to be first time Mamma starting to nest this evening! She is 29 days today, and due tomorrow! But since she is starting to nest it could mean that kits are on their way! Look at that belly hanging low! Any guesses on how many kits that belly is holding?! #OurLostAcresHomestead #Homestead #homesteading #rabbitry #rabbitbreeding #rabbitbreeders #kitscomingsoon #flemishgiant #blueflemishgiant #Jewel #SpadeXJewel #FirstLitter #firsttimemom #guesshowmany #nesting

Mini Lop kits trying to inspect the hay we gave them before their mom eats it all! They are 2.5 weeks old so we have been adding small amounts of hay to the nestbox for them to try but Estella eats it all before they can try it 🤦‍♀️(She has her own hay at all times, no idea why she is being the butthead I called her lol) #OurLostAcresHomestead #Homestead #homesteading #rabbitry #rabbitbreeding #rabbitbreeders #rabbitkits #nestboxpictures #nestbox #kitpictures #minilop #miniloprabbit #MidnightXEstella #FirstLitter

Kits getting zoomies in the nestbox! They have spent more time out of the box than in it and I actually removed it after these videos but it was cute watching them zoom! #OurLostAcresHomestead #Homestead #homesteading #rabbitry #rabbitbreeding #rabbitbreeders #rabbitkits #nestbox #inthenestbox #kits #threeweeksold #kitzoomies #zoomies #magpieharlequin #harlequinrabbit #magpieharlequinrabbit #Michigan

Kits in the nestbox, two weeks old! Still haven't ventured out but look at all the open eyes and moving around, should be anytime now! They are getting so big, soon they won't all fit in there! #OurLostAcresHomestead #Homestead #homesteading #rabbitry #rabbitbreeding #rabbitbreeders #rabbitkits #magpieharlequin #magpieharlequinrabbit #harlequinrabbit #FirstLitter #PopXBeforeC #twoweeksold #Michigan #nestbox

Gave all our does a toilet paper roll with hay in it yesterday. Jewel (first rabbit) wanted the hay but didn't much care for the roll. Ink (second rabbit) LOVED it and loved flipping it around. Mya (third rabbit) didn't want it and tried giving it back lol. I gave it back to Mya and she did eat all the hay out but was still funny she gave it back to me. Before C and Estella both got one as well but Before C wasn't very interested (she kindled later so that could be why) and Estella was fast asleep (which I took a picture and will post later). #OurLostAcresHomestead #Homestead #homesteading #rabbitry #Jewel #Ink #Mya #flemishgiant #magpieharlequin #harlequinrabbit #flemishgiantsofinstagram #magpieharlequinrabbit #Michigan #DIYtoy #DIY

Got a video in the fall of one of our chickens laying an egg. My youngest was with me and had lots of commentary on the subject lol. Neither of us had ever seen a chicken lay an egg so thought we would share for others that haven't seen it! #OurLostAcresHomestead #Homestead #homesteading #chickens #chickensofinstagram #hen #henlayinganegg #chickenlayinganegg #offgrid #Michigan #BlackAustralorp

**Sound On** Has anyone ever listened to meatbirds drink water? They sound so interesting! This is our meatbirds, before they were processed, getting a drink! **Sound On** #OurLostAcresHomestead #Homestead #homesteading #chickens #chickensofinstagram #meatbirds #growyourownfood #chickensdrinkingwater #CornishCross #cornishcrosschickens #Michigan

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