Update on Voodoo's kits

Voodoo's kits are nearly 3 months old now, and really starting to look like French Angoras. This is Bacalou, a REW buck. He is a really promising looking fellow, and I look forward to the day when we can start using him for breeding.

This is Ti Malice, a broken blue tort doe. She is the most outgoing, friendly one of the group.

This is Marinette, a cream doe. Although Ti has nicer texture to her wool, Marinette has them all beaten on density. Ti has done some trimming on her sister's coat, so it looks sorta choppy and uneven. Think of it as the equivalent of a toddler cutting off all their bangs with the scissors. :^)

Aunt Vignette did the same thing to Voodoo when they were little......

2 month old Satin Angora does for sale

aThese 2 young does are for sale. One is a chocolate, and the other a wideband chocolate agouti with a lot of rufus coloring. They were born 3-29-09. These are the last of the solid Somerhill pedigreed youngsters I will have for a while, since I've done some outcrosses with some nice rabbits from Joan Hastings and am using two bucks from those outcrosses right now.
Since these 2 girls are smaller framed than what I'm breeding for in SAs, they are for sale as woolers. They do come with pedigrees and ear tattooes. $30 each.

Gypsy

I finally managed to get her from under my feet for a picture. I was trying to tattoo bunnies, and she was busy too; kicking me in the back of the leg, tugging on my pantleg, chewing on the trashcan, trying to pull the tattoo box off the stand.....in frustration, I sent her outside the barn to play with Chuck. She is finally starting to be interested in the grass. She is nearly weaned from the bottle, and eating about 2# of pellets per day, plus drinking water out of a bucket and eating hay. She won't be 2 months old for another week.

Trieste's new babies

This morning we welcome Somerhill Trieste's (red) new kits, sired by Somerhill Timbuktu. (choc agouti) Trieste had 6 kits - 2 chocolate agouti, 1 chocolate, and 3 reds. One of the reds was DOA, so we have 5 little ones. I cleaned up the nestbox and gave Trieste a "thank you" treat before work this morning. These are her first. Her sister Miramar's kits are just turning 2 months old. She also had 6 kits.

Look at this cool contraption that is in the window of a downtown Cambridge (OH) antique mall. They have it labeled a "gatherer". Its obviously for spinning, and clamps on a surface and the middle wheel is hand cranked. If it wasn't $340, it would be at my house by now! Anybody know what its called and what the history behind the tool might be?

Who's gonna pull us in this?

How come the BFL lambs get that cool merry-go-round, and we just get this dumb wagon no one will pull us in?

These are the yearling Katahdin replacement ewes.

Happy 6 month Birthday, Tim and Buddy!