MMA Training Routine : December 2011

Jet - pups December 31, 2011

four pups born. One honking huge one. two were DOA.

She died as a result.

Raising up two kits that survived birthing.

For a sow that was not supposed to be bred - and came as a rescue from folks "allergic" to her, this sow was bred before getting here as running with the boar would have had her due mid-January at the very earliest. This kind of stuff angers me.

Makes me wonder what she was bred with....

anyways, her two kits are looking good. Lively, warm since they are with a boar and a sow. Both will do good at teaching the pups what to eat. :)

Feeding them hay, pumpkin with mashed pellets, will get oatmeal in the mornings. We'll see how they go.

Rosa - Kindles, December 20, 2011

After a protracted pre-birth event (starting the previous day at 8 p.m.) Rosa gave birth to two bouncing darkish kits at 4 p.m. December 20. Will be interesting to see what they turn out to be.

Fostered two lightly marked broken kits from Minx to her. This will help keep her own kits warm during this chilly weather.

I'm glad this small doe did fine with delivery, she was starting to get me worried with how long the birthing was going. The kits weren't all that large either. Hopefully next time things will go more smoothly for her.

Currently available Guinea pigs

this one is from Splotch. He's an active, talkative young lad. Smooth coat.

These are two boys from Connie. They have a soft, silky feel to their coats. The white face one I often call Pixie because that's what he makes me think of when I look at his face. Both are like mom and are quieter pigs.

this is OB, nice young pig. Born this summer. Kept because of his colour.
Decent pig, good size to him. Has some wispy hairs on his backend, otherwise a normal smooth coat. Bossy with other adult pigs, is good with young pigs.

Slip - November 5, 2011 - litter pics

Two boys and two girls in this mixed breed litter.
Slip is one of my favourite does. Bred her to a couple different holland lop bucks. Got a bit of a mixed bag for offspring. :)

the girls

the boys

Dusty - October 27, 2011 - litter pics

Buck, solid black - SOLD

buck, solid black - SOLD

doe, solid black - SOLD private sale

Kylee - October 31 - litter pics

Male, broken black - SOLD private sale

male, solid black - SOLD

Wendy - October 29, 2011 - kit pics

this little girl went as a trade to an established breeder home for a wee polish girlie.

I had intended to keep this girl, but sold her instead as I can't keep everything. :)
she went to private sale

this boy remains for sale

this boy sold to private home

Minx - kindles December 18, 2011

Minx, who didn't look preggers, or even act preggers other than making a tunnel in her nestbox, gave me a surprising 8 kits this morning.

All but two I suspect are broken. the one is a whitish in colour, the other is a dark kit.

Time will tell what they end up being.

Dad is Blaze.

New Bunnies

So I heard from a rabbit friend that a rabbit lady was selling out some of her bunnies, so I contacted her.

I have four new polish in my herd and helped another rabbit breeder get a buck. :)

I have Jade, Popper, Magic and Tara.

Jade is chocolate, broodsize, proven doe.
Popper is a lovely broken black buck.
Magic is a nice black doe.
Tara is a broken blue doe that I don't really need, but can find a good use for. :) and will add more broken to my herd which I prefer.

Jade and Tara have had no issues adjusting to life in my herd. Magic and Popper have both needed some encouragement to believe that life here will be okay (I gave them some parsley and carrots and some probiotics to give them a kick start).

They come from Diane of Sunnyheights Rabbitry.

Betty has once again missed in breeding. She gets one more kick at the can before she heads off to a pet home. It's a crying shame as she is a lovely young doe, but keeping an non-productive doe simply doesn't work long term for me.

Shar - December 15, 2011

five kits

Shar is dad.

all magpies as was expected. :) one kit is a fair bit smaller.

Shar is being a good first time mom, needed some encouragement to pull sufficient fur to keep the kits warm though.

Sold and bred

Sold three kits today, a rescue doe, a harlequin doe and a new zealand/harlequin mix buck. Went to a lady out in Tavistock area who is wanting to start a colony of bunnies.

Then I bred Bella to Aero Bar and Nicky to Rustic.

I took pics of almost all my kits and some of my seniors, and hope to get them up on my new website tonight. I am still trying to sort out colours on two of Wendy's kits.

thanks all I got tonight. :) I'll probably post pics of kits up here tonight as well. Litter pics and all that. :)

Bunny Chat

I was disappointed this morning to see that Nicky's litter was dead, but thrilled to see Meggie's. This is unfortunately the reality in raising bunnies is that sometimes things don't work the way you want them too.

I moved some kits around to make room. Violet and Vivian live together and are getting to the age where if things are going to go poorly they will, occasionally I see tuffs of fur but for the most part they are doing well. I am hopeful to live them together for a good spell yet, but now I have a cage available should I need it.

Rustic is proving to be a total little character. He's the new buck I got from Les.

I was given a sweet little ND buck the other day. He'll be looking for a home since I simply have no need for an ND buck. Very nicely tempered. He was desperate for a nail trim so that went well.

What else??? Went over to a friends the other day and helped her with the whole breeding her bunnies thing, offered a helping hand in other ways as well. We had a nice visit.

Meggie - December 7, 2011, kindles

Miss Meggie kindled last night.

NINE kits. I would not have suspected this small doe had nine in her.
Three were unfortunately dead, but we have six thriving youngsters.

They look to be magpie or harlequin in colouring which is way cool.

Aero Bar is the daddy.

Nicky - Kindles, December 7, 2011

two kits, doa

One kit was somewhat stretched so suspect difficult delivery.

Mitch the sire.

looking for a home

this girlie is looking for a new home.

A spring 2011 baby, she's a mini rex doe.

Opal in colour, I have to look up her parentage first to find out exactly who she is from. I'm guessing an AMR cinnamon cross donatello OR rockstar (thinking 'tello though).

Best offer, thinking in the range of $15.

Return and New Home

So I sold a bunch of kits last weekend. All raised the same, all acting the same, all doing well...

Had been breathing fast the day before, but otherwise seemed fine. I'm thinking it was stress of the move or something as all the others are fine but for this one, and it was exactly like the others before it went to it's new home.

Anyways, I said okay, I can replace him. These are the two boys I have coming up, though you'll have to wait for them to mature a bit.

Person didn't like either, asked if could replace with a doe, if she paid the difference in price. Said sure, why not.

THEN I got a call from a gal who bought some bunnies in the spring. Could she return them?

Uh, sure (me thinking ACK! I have NO ROOM!) but I guarantee a return place so I figured something out... some crowding will happen for a short while and some piggies will have young bunny company.

isn't he a sweet lad?

Anyways...one of them was a black otter buck...EXACTLY what the owner wanted. Took a pic... the person said WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!! I want him!

So...she's getting a six month old little buck who is actually of better quality than what she bought, in the colour that she really really really likes. Really tame, really social, just a nice little rabbit. I'm tempted to use him on one of my does before he goes to his new place.

Pretty cool eh?

I think it's so neat sometimes how God works things out.