Woolie Creations Angora Rabbits

I have been working on my Shopping Cart today. I have put up lots of Angora wool for sale so if you are looking for any very nice spinning wool go take a look!
http://wooliecreations.net/buncart/
There is also some extremely nice Kid Mohair yarn that is available. I will have some Angora Rabbit yarn soon available.

I have been cleaning out the barn today and fixing up pens. After many years they need a little work on them :) I have been putting rabbit poop on the garden and it is coming along nicely! There are baby squash the size of my thumb on some of the plants! Yippee. I hope to do a lot of canning this season, and will give making pickles a try also. If anyone has a good recipe let me know. I may even try pickling green tomato's this year. There are several of the tiny tomato plants coming on. Hopefully we will have plenty of vegie's and meat to last awhile.

Above is the first picture of Prima's babies. She was bred to Sinclair my big Blue Eyed White buck so they should be nice sized. I will keep the Blue girl and place the others. They will be great woolers as Prima gave me 8.3 oz. of wool this clipping! That is a lot of wool for a French Angora!

I went out yesterday to feed the bunnies and found a new pet hanging out! I looked down and there was a strange stick laying by the door. Normally I would not think much of it but it is getting that time of year again..... It was a pretty, 4' long King Snake. He was half under the door of the old chicken pen. I had a pan laying beside where he was, grabbed that and pinned his head down. To my surprise he didn't struggle or try to get away. I reached down and gently picked him up behind his head. I went walking to the house and called for my daughter. She came out and said "Oh BOY"!  She has small pens to keep lizards and critters and got one of those. We took him up on the mountain a few miles away and turned him loose in the woods. I don't mind King Snakes around just not in my rabbit barn! He was hunting mice I am sure. :)

This is a pretty up coming litter. Mom is a Himi and dad is a Red. There is tort, a red, a copper, a blue and a black in the picture. There are a couple more in the litter. These guys are about 3 weeks old now. I have not checked the plumbing so I don't know how many boys & girls there are yet. :)



 

Just weaned this is a pretty Vienna Marked French Doe ready for a new home. Her mom is CDA's Zinger and dad is EH's Sinclair. She shows a lot of promise in wool and size! Poppa is over 9 pounds so she should be a big girl. If you are interested in her please email me at wooliecreations@gmail.com

The garden is up and doing very well. The corn popped through the ground a couple of days ago and made it through the storm nicely! If you are planting a garden for you don't forget to plant a little for the bunnies also. :)  They love cucumbers in the heat of the sumer. Cucumbers are very cooling to them and when it gets hot anything cooling is good!!!

All my litters are doing well. I have some VERY pretty Satin Angoras and also some very stunning French progressing. Prima's litter is about 3 weeks old now and there is 1 chestnut, 2 blacks, and a blue. I will be posting their pictures tomorrow. :)
More later....

I finally got my garden in all the way. I planted the last of the tomato plants and squash. I gave my tiller quite a work out the past few days! The beans and peas are popping up along with lots of corn! Looks like I will be doing a lot of canning this year!

I got my horses feet trimmed too. Geesh I am getting way to old to do that! He is such a sweetie and just stands there for me to trim him up. My back is not in any shape to work that hard!

I got a good start on " The Comprehensive Angora Color Guide " today also. I have tons of pictures to add to it. I am putting pictures and descriptions Of Angoras from the nest box to adult. There will also be a section on sexing your babies and so on. I will be offering it in .pdf format as a download on my website for $9.95. I am also excepting sponsor advertising to be added in the sponsor section. If you are interested in advertising email me at wooliecreations@gmail.com

These Broken Red Satin Angoras will be ready for new homes in 2-3 weeks. They were born on 4-3-08. Mom is a very pretty red and dad is a beautiful Broken Red I got from Sue Duncan in Tn. His name is RC's Double Take.

RC's Double Take is some of the last of Cheryl Buck's line from years ago. He will carry on Cheryl's line for many years. As you can see in these pictures he produces fantastic Reds! The babies also have great personalities and their wool should be top notch! If you would like to reserve one or you would like more pictures you can email me wooliecreations@gmail.com  

I will be going to the ARBC Convention this year so babies can be delivered there for pick up.

I was looking over one of my Satin / BEW French litters and noticed one of the blue babies has 1 white ear and 1 blue ear! Too cute!

Last night I went out to feed the bunnies and got a big wake up call! Prima the French doe with the 3 BIS's, Grand Champion now, and lots of legs had a pile of wool in the corner of her cage. OPPS! I knew she was getting close to her due date but I didn't realize how close! I fixed her up a nest box and put it in her cage. Within 5 minutes she was delivering babies!!! Boy you talk about a close call! She is a great mom and just licked them for what seemed forever! I wanted to see what she had in there, BUT she wouldn't quite licking on them! I got a quick peek before I came back in the house. I am glad I asked on the Blue Eyed White Angora list what I would get breeding rew to bew. Normally rew to rew is always ruby eyed white...... just about 100% of the time. That is the only genetics rule I have never broken  except when I had a satin doe that was a broken but looked all white. From what I could tell almost all the babies were colored! I bred her to one of my Blue Eyed White bucks - Sinclair. Prima is a BIG girl, and Sinclair is a big boy so these babies should be big! I will check them later today to see what colors I have. :)

I finally got a chance to take a few pictures. Here are a couple of the latest Blue Eyed White babies. They are sooooo cute. There are 2 does and 1 buck that are BEW and an Opal and a couple of Blues that are Vienna marked. Mom is CDA's Zinger  and dad is EH's Sinclair. This litter is about 3 weeks old now and out of the nestbox. They should be very nice and big as poppa is over 9 pounds now and under a year old!

I have several BEW French / Satin crosses to work with now, and all of them have tremendous shine! I am thinking I will have BEW shiny Satin babies by Fall. I have to wait a couple of months for the earliest of the crosses to reach breeding age. Keep your fingers crosses!

I have not sent a post for several days and I apologize. I have been very busy with my sign business - Custom Signs & Designs. Business picked up really fast, and those of you who have your own business know you have to get the work while it is there!

I have had so many litters the past few days I am just amazed. Most of the does have done an excellent job making nests and putting babies where they belong. I will take some pictures the first part of the week and post them for you to see. A pretty red satin doe bred to a broken red buck had 10 babies! All are doing great with no problems so far. A blue French Angora doe bred to Gay's Epic (the son of Prima) had 3 - 2 lilac or blue and a black.

The Blue Eyed White babies are doing well. I have 2 does and 1 buck along with Vienna marked litter mates in Chestnut, Blue and Opal. Their eyes are open and they are out of the nest box now! I will take some pictures of them also.
More later...............

These are 2 babies from the BEW French, Tort Satin litter. The picture was taken a couple of weeks ago and I am just now getting it posted, sorry. Life gets in the way sometimes.....    They are really looking nice with so much shine being exhibited! Their personalities are to die for and bodies are rock solid! I believe they will go a long way to improve the Satin Angoras as well as incorporating the Blue Eyed White Vienna gene in. I will post how many bucks and does there are in the litter. I think there are 9 or so in the litter and mom is way ready to be away from them!!!  :)

I am happy to report the litter of Vienna Marked French babies are doing great! These babies are able to produce Blue Eyed Whites when bred with a BEW or another Vienna Marked bunny. They are sooooo cute!! This litter will be 100% French angora BUT due to their VM faces they will not be showable. Their are bucks and doe's in here so if you are interested in any of these babies let me know. They are about 3 weeks old now and will be ready to go soon. The mom is a black silver steel and dad is a Blue Eyed White.

I attended the Dalton Georgia Triple Show and the Double Angora Specialty Show this past weekend. I guess you could say I still can not believe what happened! I took 5 or so French Angoras and Several Satin Angoras to show for all 5 shows. We had several new breeders come this year and we met others who want to start showing. I think that is fantastic! We need more interest in all breeds of Angora.

As usual everyone wound up getting some award for their hard efforts approaching the show. We always have such a good time talking and trading breeding stock at Dalton. Being it is 5 shows in 2 days you are able to Grand Champion a rabbit if you hit the right rabbit at the right time. I guess I did just that with one of my Ruby Eyed White French Angora doe Prima. She was like the Energizer bunny.....on and on and on!! She got Best Of Breed in the first show and went on to take BOB the other 2 shows! I couldn't believe it! The next day for the 2 Angora Specialty shows she also got Best Of Breed and went on for Best In Show !!!!! I was really speechless by now and to put the icing in the cake both judges that gave her Best In Show said she should be the example for the French Angora in the ARBA Standard Of Perfection! I am honored to have such a beautiful bunny!

I don't usually express to everyone my wins as I think it a little, well tacky to brag about how well you do all the time, BUT I will make an exception to my rule here. Prime got 5 Best Of Breeds and 2 Best in Shows this past weekend to add to the other wins last year of 3 Best Of Breeds, and 1 Best In Show !!!
WOW!

We are really blooming now! They all have strong personalities and LOVE to be petted. You would not believe how hard it is to get of picture of these guys!! It is like trying to stop a jumping bean.


There are 2 doe's still available for new homes. I will be keeping one of the blues and one will be available along with the black one. They will have one Beveron ancestor still on the pedigree. The Beveron Rabbit breed is a large white rabbit that carries the Blue Eyed White gene. They are a very old breed of rabbit. From what I see in these Angoras that have come from the Beverons they have picked up a very good density to their coats and grow in VERY quickly after being clipped. This is something in all Angoras that can be improved upon.

To Cute! This is the first Satin Angora and Blue Eyed French litter. Mom is a pretty Chocolate Tort and dad is a hefty BEW French Angora buck. These guys are about a week and a half old now and trying to come out of the nest box. I am really amazed at how some of them shine!

These will be the first ones on the way to Blue Eyed White Satins. As I understand the genetics of the Vienna Gene even though none of these babies appear to show any spots they will he carrying the Vienna gene.

When they get a little older I will be able to see their eyes better. There are a couple of chestnuts, a couple of blacks and several blues.

More later......

They are getting soooooo cute! These are pictures I took today of some of the BEW litter. Have you ever tried to take a picture of a jumping bean?? Well that is how these little fellows were! I would turn them to get a good picture and by the time I focused to take it they had ran across the table and all I saw was behind!! LOL That always happens!!! I have promises on these 2 bunnies but there are 2 other doe's available, a blue Vienna Marked and a black Vienna Marked if you are looking for a sweet bunny.


This is Cindy. She is an OUTSTANDING French Angora Doe that was born on 12-9-07. She is available now for a new home. Her color is Chestnut Agouti and she has a sister "Ginger" that is available also that is a little darker Chestnut Agouti. Her sweet and loving personality will make her a great pet or she would be an excellent show bunny. Her mom is Black Silver Steel and dad is a Chestnut Agouti also. She is available now. I will be going to the Dalton, Ga. show on March 1 & 2, so if you are close you could pick her up then! She is $75.00.


This is Judy. She is a Black Silver Steel French Angora Doe that is now available. Judy is about 1 1/2 years old and would make a great spinning bunny. Her coat is coming back in from being plucked and will be ready to be harvested again soon. She is a little short on her weight to make a show bunny so she will just be a pet and wooler.
She is $45.00 and is ready for a new home.

If you are interested in any of these bunnies please email me at wooliecreations@gmail.com

The BEW litter is growing so fast! I checked plumbing again, and it still stands 1 - BEW buck, 2 VM Blue doe's, 1 VM Black buck, and 1 VM Black doe......... Not bad for sexing them at a day old! I keep hoping I was wrong about the BEW but he is still a he! Oh well maybe next time. I will be keeping one of the blue doe's and the rest of the litter will be available. I am really amazed at how strong and healthy these babies are. Bright eyed and bushy tailed they keep trying to get out of the nest box! You would think as cold as it is they would appreciate the warm box. Oh well bunnies just aren't at the top of the smarts list, hehehe.

Getting ready for the BIG Dalton, Ga. Triple Show and Double Angora Specialty!!! We are planing on have fun so come join us!

This is really cute. I don't know where it came from but I got it in an email, enjoy!

Just an update on the babies......they are fat and healthy. I THINK, I have 2 blue VM does, 1 black VM doe and 1 black VM buck and the BEW buck. I will check plumbing a little later in their age and see if the sex-change fairy has visited! LOL

I put a box in with Fallon tonight. I think I am a tad early but better early than late!! I don't even want to forget this nest box!

I am putting some more bunnies up for sale so keep a check on the available pages and the classified ads. So far the classified ads have really help boost sales!
More later.....there is a storm on its way.