It`s been awhile since I`ve had the chance to blog! Talk about busy... school as been taking over my life, BUT only 4 more courses until I`m done. There is so much to say about the rabbits but I`ll start with the most exciting news first!
BLUE DUTCH. Yes that`s right, BLUE. Checkers had 7 babies on Tuesday and one those babies, is a Blue. Not only is it Blue but it`s also decently marked so I will definitely be keeping him or her. I was definitely not expecting this, since there is very little Blue in Checker`s pedigree but it was a great surprise.
We also have other new babies in the nest box, all born within the past week. 2 Blue and 1 Broken Blue Mini Rex, which is almost as exciting as the Blue Dutch (haha). Our Broken Red Mini Rex had 3 Broken Castors (there was one lovely broken red but it was a peanut). We also had a litter of Hollands, Lickity Split had 3 Broken Blue Torts.
There are so many young rabbits I`m looking forward to growing out, it a way I`m glad the shows are happening late this year.
It`s so hot here, 39 with the humidity today, yesterday was over 40. We`re lucky the rabbit barn gets a bit of a breeze. I feel guilty sitting in my air conditioned classroom, hoping they are not too hot. I actually lost one of my older hedgehogs today and I`m wondering if it isn`t the heat. We definitely have to keep a close eye on all of the critters when it`s this warm. Luckily the heat isn`t supposed to stick around for much longer.
This weekend is the Evangeline Exhibition, I`ll be going down tomorrow (Friday) to judge 4-H rabbits and then Saturday is the open show. We`re expecting 35-45mm or rain Saturday, hopefully it won`t affect our show, or the rest of the Exhibition too much!
Well, I have to get back to work. I hope everyone has a great long weekend and hopefully some of you will make it out to the Exhibition this weekend! I`ll try to update again soon!
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