Zephyr Ridge Rabbitry

12/11/2023

Huge shoutout to the New England breeders who took time at the show to help me carefully select and choose some lionheads to help get me started with the breed. Ignore the messy mat we haven't set up our grooming station in the new barn yet!

10/09/2023

We couldn't pass up on this sweet little lionhead doe at the Clinton Fair. Our goal was to reduce some of our herd, not bring them back home with us!

03/08/2023

To our local supporters: In september we will be hosting the rabbit barn in Clinton, Maine. We plan on an event on Saturday, September 9th that will be inclusive to ALL aspects of the hobby.

We will have display cages available for those looking for rabbits to hop on to new homes, a fun "show" event where you can chat with some experienced fellow breeders and ask questions to help improve your herd, see how they stack up against others. These rabbits will be judged more towards ARBA standards although we will not be disqualifying them for things like being booted, charlies ect. We are judging strictly on type. We even will have a special class just for your pets!

If you have a commercial project in the works we'd love to see it! We have a single rabbit style meat pen where we are judging the rabbit itself, not against breed standards but for their value as a marketable meat rabbit.

If thats not your thing don't worry! We also want to see your fiber/fur breeds! Your Angoras, Woolys, Rex, Chinchillas, Silver Fox ect.

We'll be using the ARBA rubric for Youth Showmanship where you can show off your rabbit knowledge and care.

We are asking a small entry fee per rabbit to help with the costs associated with hosting the event. (Equipment rental, insurance costs), we even have a raffle table to raise funds for next year's display with some fun items. We have a guest from New York coming to help out! We are in the process of drafting a contract for the 2024 fair- but that will truly depend on fair turnout.

I am willing to donate my time and energy into this project, to make sure that we will continue to have a venue and sales outlet, however I cannot do it with out support from fellow hobbbyists / pet owners! We hope to hear from you/see you there!

If you drop in be sure to introduce yourselves, maybe you'll get the chance to cuddle with one of my sweethearts as well ;)

04/11/2022

It seems people are unaware about checkered giants as a breed, so I just wanted to share this little snippet from the ARBA standards of perfection, you can find them on page 103 of the handbook.

21/10/2022

We still have available one heavily marked Checkered Giant buck, and one Jersey Wooly with two more transportation days available in New England! As you can see we have started litter training with the sweet Checkered Buck and they're already starting to catch on!

Transport arrangements MUST be made through Moonglade Transport.

08/10/2022

We're pretty terrible about posting things in a timely fashion but it's last call for Grand Finals! I'm not attending personally but have a couple of fantastic pets I can part with and transport available to the show, one of which is a handsome checkered giant buck!

25/06/2022

We have a couple of small buns (under 5 lbs) looking to hop into some new digs, with weekly delivery options to Bangor. We would prefer these two go as a pair (although they do not / should not be housed together unless you intend to breed) as they are intact.

Like most small hobbyists and small business owners we are starting to feel the crunch on our wallets. Our electric has risen (we run fans all summer to keep our fur friends nice and cool), as well as the cost of pellet and grain.

Not only is it difficult to find our brand in store, it's been next to impossible with all the shortages and we've had to have the pellets shipped in and pay freight fees. I don't even want to talk about the nearly doubled cost of hay right now!

Since we've established in 2016 we have NEVER risen in our prices, but unfortunately we can no longer absorb all the costs anymore. Should the inflation level out and prices come back down we will drop our prices back down, but until then, we'll keep doing what we do!

We will try and work with people, especially if they do take multiples. We have very limited availability, and will be trying for early fall kits so be sure to keep following our page!

11/11/2021

We are temporarily closing. We have had a lot on our plate between COVID nearly completely shutting down our hobby, to a freak horrific accident that resulted in the loss of irreplaceable herd members. We are sending the last members of our herd to be fostered out by rabbit family members to use for their programs and when we're ready and resettled we'll pick up the reins again with our stock and come back hitting the tables harder than ever. In the next couple of weeks we will have NO farm animals left.

We're waiting to hear back on the remains of our wooly program (our show family gets first dibs on any and all) and taking names of those interested in them and we also have one mini rex buck who is looking for some new digs. We dropped some not so good pics in the available album. There is only doe.

10/09/2021

Mini Lop (2 buck, 2 does)

Dutch (2 does). More photos available!

1 roll of cages wire 15 width 1x1 mesh 100'

(4) 30 x 30 cages
(2) 24 x 30 cages

(4) converted kennels / emergency transport cages, single hole with wire insert

07/09/2021

We have six young adult buns ready to go that come with transitional feed and hay, and we have 4 available cages! Lops and a dutch pair (who must go together). Please PM for photos and more information.

Transport to Cumberland ME later this month.

30/04/2021

Took a short road trip earlier this month, finally getting around to posting. We added three new mini rex does to our growing family, and the last of our birds (I say that now) arrived. Broad Breasted White turkeys, Jersey Giants, Cornish Cross and Khaki Campbells. We may have some started Leghorns available for sale for those looking to add some egg layers to their little homestead and don't wish to deal with chicks.

30/04/2021