2011 Goals

As the year 2010 dwindles down it's time to make my first official goals. Since I have only been seriously breeding now for about a year or so I can finally set my own goals and what I want for the rabbitry :)
Here are my goals for this coming year.

- Get started with Fuzzy Lops 
- Add 6 more holes
- Make better choices in buying rabbits  
- Get a BOB with a homegrown 
- Grand a rabbit 
- Attend Convention!
- Attend ND Nationals 
- Attend Holland Nationals
- Keep Shed Cleaner 
- Spend more time with the bunnies

Those are my goals!  I hope I can accomplish them all. I am sure I will think of more and add more too them haha 

They are coming!

Well today is AWESOME! If I do say so myself :)
I got my license today!! Yahooooo!!! I am sooo excited, I for sure thought I was going to fail and well I didn't! How awesome is that?!? Here I come bunny shows! haha :) Anyways!
I am finally getting a start on my trio of fuzzies! I am super excited!! I will be picking them up at PaSRBA. I will be getting an orange, a tort and a tort or black buck. I can't decide which one haha :) I can't wait to get them they are gorgeous!! I am excited to start with them. I think my main breeds are going to be Fuzzy Lops and Holland Lops. Ziva will stay as a pet though for sure.
Then I am getting 4 new hollands :) I guss I need to start making some more room haha that's 7 new bunnies and I think I have 6 leaving? Which then means I am short 1 cage plus I need a cage for all the babies so that's 5 more cages. Ouch guess I need to find some way and fast! haha :) Good thing I have another month or so until the new kids come in! I can't wait!! Now I just need to get the money to pay for them haha :)
- Shannon

I GOT THE CAR!

I GOT THE CAR!!! Yay!! I am sooo excited!!! I can't believe it! I have my own car!! I confirmed it last night and i am going to pick it up on Saturday! It's only $600! I am so happy! Yesterday while shopping I picked up a steering wheel cover! yay! Lol I know there aren't really that many things your car could need but I am so excited! I can't wait to go shopping for it! haha :)
I got new pictures of te shed put up! I did that yesterday I reorganized the whole shed, well I guess I really didn't reorganize more like I put stuff in big bins and straightened up. I am happy the way it looks now. It all pretty much matches for the most part. I think I might paint it sometime in the near future maybe. But for now it's looking really good! www.wagnersrabbitry.weebly.com ... I have pictures on there if you want to look at them it's under My Rabbitry haha :) No news on the AFL/ HL decision really pretty sure I am gonna go with AFL and just get a trio to start out with for now and see how I like it. Who knows maybe I will end up with just hollands as my main breed then a bunch of other showable pets!
-Shannon

I want the car so badly!!!

So since I have been working I have managed to save up a pretty good chunk of money. Well I found a car I want I go for my license on Thursday so naturally I want a car. I have been looking for a car for so long now and I think I finally found the one. It's a 1991 black toyota corolla and it has 124,000 miles on it. Sure that's a lot of miles but for a poor high school soon to be college student I think that's okay lol :) I am really excited I talked to the people and now I am just waiting for them to respond. I hate waiting, I think they should be at their computer 24/7 waiting for my response haha yeah right. Anyways I am reallly excited I have a good feeling that this is my car. If I get I will be sure to let you guys know! With pictures too!

So this post actually has something to do with rabbits, since well this is my rabbitry blog haha :) I went to TSC (Tractor Supply Co) today and since that's all I wanted for christmas I got a bunch of gift cards!! I am sooo happy!! So Today I got 3 bags of food, 2 bags of wood chips, 1 bag of sunflower seeds (to make them fat), 1 bag of whole oats, and a big massive cart! haha it's like the kind of carts you go to a nursery and see like the garden carts. Anyways it's the perfect (hehe) cart! I am excited to use it! Then I went to Wal-Mart and got 2 boxes of quaker oats, a box of cheerios, a bag of carrots, 4 tubs, 2 pitchers, and measuring spoons! The bunnies got their new toys for christmas and all this stuff! Hopefully Jedan's babies will make weight for farm show :)

The right breed?

I think I found the issue. I think I have the wrong breed, I absolutely whole heartily love Hollands without a doubt no questions down.  However, I am struggling to get the type I want and need to have to compete on the tables. I feel like I say I don't really care about winning but like I haven't had that experience of winning to really know what it's like. I think I need to find a breed that's not really competitive but still has some competition. Currently I am thinking about fuzzy lops, or something like that. They are like the hollands which I LOVE but aren't as competitive. At PaSRBA Julie April Chrissy and I are going to be test driving some breeds for me I decided. I feel like if I can find the right breed that's not too competitive I will be able to start holding my own on the tables. So what does this mean for the Netherlands? I am not really sure right now, I don't think they are the right breed for me though unfortunately. As much as I love Ziva Mallorie and Chomper I just don't have the same feeling I have for them as I do Hollands.

Merry Christmas Eve!

Merry Christmas Eve everyone!

Anyways, there isn't much of a point to this blog post haha :) but I moved Jedan and Panda's babies into the weaning cage which is like 24 x 48 so it's GYNORMOUS they all fit in there looks a little crammed but it will do. They are very messy babies! Plus they eat a ton. I have $100 in TSC giftcards say what?! yup $100 I am soooooooo excited!!! Here comes tons of food! I am gonna get sun flower seeds and all the other things to make Jedan's babies gain some weight! It's going to be close if they will make weight for farm show or not. I hope they do so they are going to be getting as much food as I can stick in their little tummies! haha :)
    OH! The bunnies got some nice christmas presents today! I didn't give them to them yet since well it's not christmas! Here's what I got them but don't tell them haha ;)
It's just a picture but it's a bunch of bird toys safe for bunnies of course I got from bird.com I HIGHLY recommend them.. I ordered them like 2 days ago and they are already here! Can you say fast?! and I didn't have to pay for next day shipping or whatever it is. I am gonna order some more toys from there next time I get some more bunny money haha :)

I also sold Jedan and Panda they will be going to a great home together :) They are leaving on the 15th. Mallorie and Chomper are still available, unless Chrissy sells them, she sells her bunnies so fast! I can't believe it! haha :)
Also probably tomorrow I will post my 2011 goals! I am excited to do this, I see other people do it and stuff and now I finally can since i have been breeding more often lol.

That's okay I didn't want babies anyways!

First of all can you say failure at keeping this blog up to date! I have no excuse for it either I haven't been working that much lately either so the only excuse I have is I was lazy haha :)
Anyways!
So in case you haven't noticed I haven't had babies since I don't know OCTOBER! crazy right?! Well I mean I have had Noel have 2 babies - Both long stretched out, Mirie have  babies - All DOA and Mallorie have 3 babies - All Peanuts so you would think that now would be the time this round they would actually have live normal babies. Well I couldn't tell you that because there is still no in-pregnantion (not sure if it's a word but now it is!) happening. I am having the worst luck ever on my does taking. So it may be my fault since I don't try very hard but I am not the one getting pregnant so I shouldn't have to assist!
Hopefully soon I will have something more exciting perhaps to update about!
Until then sayonara!
- Shannon and the crew