Well we have everyone bred for the meat pen litters that is going to be. So we are keeping our fingers crossed that in 30 days or so we should have some champagne litters. Saturday we went and had Wauthier's look at our mini lop babies to see if they are a good enough quality to show. We came away with good news. The two bucks have some really good qualities; one has a better head and the other one has the better body. The does we are hoping grow some more, add more weight, and develop a little more.
On Sunday, April 10th we went to a show in Decatur, IL. Overall we did really well. Mitchell only showed his jr solid buck Peanut. He got 1st place out of 3 and was really happy. Keith showed in the youth Champagnes and was the only exhibitor but we did learn some things about the animals from the judge. His 6-8 month old doe named Boo Boo got Best of breed and his sr buck named Cash got Best Opposite Sex. Keith then got to go back out for best of the 6 classes (breeds that have a senior weight over 9 pounds divide the animals into six classes to show). The judge said it was really close between the Californian, Satin, and Champagne (Keith's) but he ended up picking the Californian. We ended up taking the bottle babies to show for the first time as jr bucks and as single fryers. They ended up placing 4th and 8th out of 8 but were competing against Californians and Flordia Whites so we were happy with where they placed. JT3 only placed in 8th because he was a little under weight not right at five pounds
This is the first post for Bauer Bunnies. Hopefully the weather will straighten out soon and start warming up. It will be nice to open up the rabbit shed more often and get out and plant the garden. The mini lop babies are doing good and are almost seven weeks old. The Champagne bottle babies are growing fast and are almost 11 weeks old. It won't be too long and we will be breeding for meat pens for the fair. Time sure is going fast.
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