Hoppy Days Rabbitry

Hoppy Days Rabbitry Hoppy Days Rabbitry is a registered rabbitry in East Texas raising show quality Rex and Mini Cals

REX IS BIS ARBA 102First time in history for Rex to win Open BIS
11/17/2025

REX IS BIS ARBA 102

First time in history for Rex to win Open BIS

Good morning Indianapolis. I'll be wandering around all day. Come say hi! Giant pregnant lady that talks too much, can't...
11/15/2025

Good morning Indianapolis. I'll be wandering around all day. Come say hi! Giant pregnant lady that talks too much, can't miss me 😅

After more than a decade using our Weston #22 grinder we finally decided to upgrade. Although I may have been overzealo...
11/11/2025

After more than a decade using our Weston #22 grinder we finally decided to upgrade. Although I may have been overzealous...our MEAT #42

Two sisters with nearly identical shaped top lines but one got depth and the other didn't. This is more obvious in perso...
11/06/2025

Two sisters with nearly identical shaped top lines but one got depth and the other didn't. This is more obvious in person but still something that some struggle to identify. Some of y'all out here with rabbits that look like the black one and you think fixing your peak is your biggest issue. Depth really needs to be priority #1. Especially if you are just breeding for meat.

Also pictures can have weird perspectives, the chin is not only deeper but she is 50% larger - easily. I know the perception makes her look like maybe she seems deeper because she's shorter bodied but I can tell you this is not the case. So use this as a good example to train your eyes again. This is exactly why pictures are so hard and people still harp on in-person evaluations.

Get used to training your eyes to the structural differences between the two animals. These animals could not be built m...
11/03/2025

Get used to training your eyes to the structural differences between the two animals. These animals could not be built more differently and the chin will never be able to have the fullness over the hip or the fullness in the lower HQ without fixing its inherent spine issues. It's not just about "breed it to something with a wide lower HQ" or "breed it to something that is fuller loined". Best way to really begin understanding the two structures is hands-on feeling HOW the rabbit moves when you pose it. Unfortunately, this is also why you won't find much online teaching about it. If you've ever heard me talk about "The Hunch" (I swear I'm gonna coin that term) then that's the beginnings of understanding.

These days I don't have much time to preview babies, I usually end up posing them for the first time when I go to wean. ...
11/03/2025

These days I don't have much time to preview babies, I usually end up posing them for the first time when I go to wean. I couldn't help myself with this chunky little lilac otter doe though and she did NOT disappoint 👀👀👀👀

IYKYK x BB

10/31/2025

Ok turns out I'm in need of a roommate for my VRBO. One extra bed within 10 min of the fairground. PM me.

10/31/2025

People who sell stuff really cheap to try and undercut the market won't last. They don't stand to make enough profit to be worth much time investment, so you don't get consistent quality. They don't last in the long run because the second something else comes around that could make more money then they sell out. Running a business is often about the slow burn building your reputation, earning trust, and providing consistent products. Value your time and don't worry about those people posting stuff super cheap.

I don't know why the rabbit community has this habit of mocking people who charge "higher" prices. It's not a brag that you charge $5 for manure and I charge $20. Like actually being able to pay your feed bill is something to be ashamed of. We don't need to get into a TED Talk about pricing, supply and demand, etc. I know people are gonna say "well people in my area won't buy it if I charge more". But that's the point. You may sell less volume by charging more money, but it also takes up less of your time and effort. Oftentimes, too, we end up profiting the same amount but I put in a lot less effort and now I have time to devote to other things - plus I'm not selling out of inventory and I can keep a consistent source of always having product available.

You don't need a mentor guys. The best mentor is experience. Someone could explain a concept to you 10 times but you'll ...
10/30/2025

You don't need a mentor guys. The best mentor is experience. Someone could explain a concept to you 10 times but you'll never really understand it anyway until you experience it.

Since I'm not showing any rabbits this year and I don't have any animals to donate, I splurged on the Rex Craft Auction ...
10/29/2025

Since I'm not showing any rabbits this year and I don't have any animals to donate, I splurged on the Rex Craft Auction donation. An exquisite framed print from one of my favorite artists, Agnes Cecile. Her most recent collection featured rabbits so of course I couldn't help myself. It's certificate 2 of 50 titled "Waking Up From A Dream, But The Dream Is Still There". I would encourage everyone to look up her work ❤️ you can bid on this item at the Rex Banquet this month.

10/16/2025

I'm having a crisis.

I have a chin buck that I think should probably deserve to be bred vs eaten, but he's right at that threshold. Traditionally, I don't sell my rare color projects until they're up to my standards. I do recognize that I have..maybe mildly unrealistic standards....but I hate the phrase, "Well it's good for a XYZ". However, I also recognize that decent quality animals in rare varieties are also just impossible to find sometimes at all and it's gonna be a while before the chins are anywhere near my main program quality, so it feels a little bit like a disservice to cull an animal that could benefit the variety even if theyre not outstanding. It's hard because I've culled animals much nicer from my otter line but that's because the standards are MUCH higher and the world doesn't need another mediocre one, but it feels like I'm lowering my standards and making an exception for the chins. I don't want everyone in the comments to be like, "oh he's probably really nice and it'll help someone else's herd even if he's not perfect". Someone be real with me. Someone that understands that it's not moral to sell everything even if my culls are better quality than a person's barn.

Is it a case by case basis? What qualities do we draw the line at for baseline standards for the breed? Like personally, if the animal is severely: fat, pot bellied, loose fleshed/lacking muscle, poor finish AND texture both, undersized, low energy, fine b***d, or has severe structural issues (like you're gonna have issues in every rabbit with something but I'm saying severe severe like narrow feet, etc) then I wouldn't be here cause those are all instant culls no matter what else the rabbit looks like. Period. But if they pass all those things with at least a moderate rating and the structure brings some sort of potential...then what?

I take selling as a serious responsibility because newer breeders rely on experienced ones to make smart decisions culling and only selling those worthy of breeding. I don't believe in the idea that you put everything up for sale and let someone else decide if it's worth breeding or not.

10/04/2025

I find that low fertility happens more in bucks than in does. Once I started coming down hard on bucks with high miss rates then I started having higher success in litters. I don't keep bucks around anymore that have 50% or higher miss rates, produce single oversized DOA kits, or are consistently low drive during breeding. Unfortunately I've cut some exceptionally nice bucks from the program due to failure to produce kits - it sucks. But a rabbit that can't produce babies is useless no matter what quality. Stop making excuses and start making babies.

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