Sadly we missed the Charlotte (08/25) and Ionia (09/08 and 09/09) shows because Ethan got very hurt at work. He had a 2200 lb die fall on his toes at the shop where he works as a welder. He even had to spend the night at the hospital and is on crutches and off work for quite a while, so no driving, so no rabbit shows :( On a good note, we evaluated the juniors and posted them for sale, they are quite a promising bunch of animals. We are keeping a sport doe with AMAZING type, the best bone so far out of the litter. I have a feeling she will be an amazing brood doe for us if bred to the right buck. Her new name is CM'S Daquiri. There is another show at Ionia on October 13th and we will hopefully be there. If the juniors are not yet sold we will be bringing them there. Gloria has not kindled yet so we are going to be breeding her to CM'S Nitro so the babies will be second generation Crescent Moon...yay! We have had Rhinelanders for a year now so this goes to show you how long it takes to get a breeding program going, but it is ow

Surprise, we found another kit in the box. Ethan said there was a baby out of the box and to our surprise it was one neither of us had seen before. It brings the count to 5 kits; 2 show quality, 2 sports, and 1 charlie. Peek A Boo seems to be doing a much better job this time around raising them. We got another new Rhinelander doe and will post pics soon. She is also gorgeous but just a brood doe because she is blind in one eye. It doesn't stop her from getting around or raising litters or anything. In case anyone is interested, our next show is on August 25th in Charlotte, MI :) We will be showing a Lilac jr buck, and 2 Rhinelander bucks and will be bringing a English Lop senior doe to sell.

Ethan and I have had Rhinelanders for nearly a year now but we have just now joined ARBA. It's official we are rabbitry registered #D1749. It feels good to make it official :) We showed our first homegrown Rhinelander at Coldwater CM'S Nitro and the judge said he had very promising type and good markings--always good when you're relatively new to a breed. The Rhinelanders are our pride and joy of the rabbitry but at Coldwater we bought a Lilac junior buck (the breed, not the color) and are looking for a doe for him. He is the sweetest boy ever, he sure loves attention. We also got a Californian senior doe to breed for meat rabbits but we will not have any for sale until at least this fall if not later. The Californian doe is supposedly a good mother but we'll see when she kindles. This could be a good opportunity to foster our Rhinelanders to her since so far our Rhinelander doe has not had m

Well Saturday we will be showing our first homegrown Rhinelander. It's not really our first show, it's the first time we'll be putting a homegrown rabbit on the table. I can't believe how outstanding Nitro is turning out to be, he shows excellent type and movement at a young age. He is developing better than we expected and has better color distribution than both of his parents. Luckily he got his dad's personality, his dad acts like a dog and adores being loved on. His mom Boo on the other hand hates me (Heather) but will let Ethan pet her. So not fair lol. Have

Halsey's Peek A Boo our Rhinelander doe lost her entire litter, they didn't even live a whole day. This has been her second litter where bad luck has struck, last time only one kit survived. This is pretty upsetting considering that Peek A Boo is such a gorgeous doe and we were hoping she would pass some of her good looks onto her kits. We are going to try to breed her again and see how that goes. The heat has been pretty bad here in Michigan, but luckily we don't have an A/C so the rabbits are doing perfectly fine with the higher temperatures. They do have a fan and frozen water bottles to keep them cool but we haven't lost any rabbits (and they're all in good condition!) despite this heat wave. On a good note we will be showing our first homegrown Rhinelander in Coldwater, MI on July 14th. :) Hop

Peek A Boo didn't take but that's not such a bad thing. She has had some time to regain condition and a break from the babies. We did rebreed her again and she is due 06/29/12. This cross has proven to be a good one and we are hoping for another beautiful litter. We are also looking to expand our herd of Rhinelanders so if you have anything, let us know! :) Ethan's brother is building us a new rabbit shed and new cages and it's turning out beautifully :)

Well Peek A Boo lost all of her litter but one. :( Luckily the surviving kit is showable and has pretty good markings. We haven't confirmed the sex of the kit yet. We rebred her to Scout and she is due 05/24/12. I am really hoping that things go better this time, but raising rabbits is always a work in progress learning experience. The kit from the first litter is 5 weeks old and has very promising body type. We're going to let the kit mature more and see what happens with the next litter before anything will be for sale. We have gotten quite a few emails about Rhinelanders and the interest in the breed is awesome! Rhinelanders really are the puppy dogs of the running rabbits. Carpenter's Scout was BOB Rhinelander in open at Ionia (05/19/12) it's just too bad that he's usually the only one. Oh well, this buck gets consistently good comments from every judge that looks at him. The new rabbit barn is being built and we are expanding! :) YAY! You kno

Peek A Boo had her litter. :) she pulled a lot of fur and a couple hours later there were babies! She is a far better mother than expected and she even seems. There are a couple of showable kits in the litter that we are really excited about :) Can't wait til we can breed the doe again, this is a really fine looking litter.