[jwoolygirl]

No I got him in June.

The problem was.....

I was orriginally going to get the Chesnut, but it turned out he would be too big to she when he grew up.
Then I was going to get the Siamese Sable, but he turned out to have the same problem as the Chesnut.
Then I went to the Ruby-eyed-white, but at abut 3 weeks of age he stoped growing. When this happens to rabbits, the rabbit is called a "fader" Which means, "Failure to thrive." They usually can never survive a the change to a new family (even if they survive to be old enough to be sold.) and even then they usually live about a week after they are sold. If you keep them, I beleive the longest recorded life-span of a fader was 1 year. The avarage life span of a rabbit (of the smaller ones like I have) is 7 years.
So I was going to go to the show and see if there were any other breeders there and make my decision then.
A breeder from BC Canada came down, and she was selling a litter, and Elijah was one of them. He looked like the best one to me and was definitely the best show quality.
I had decided on a name long before I got him. I named my first Jersey Wooly (the breed I raise) Errol, and my second Esther. When I bred them, it made sence that their daughter should have an "E" name to match. I named her Ellie. So almost without knowing it, I named my first 3 Jersey Woolies E names. From there I got my rabbitry name, "E-Woolies Rabbitry".
If anybody's got any good BOY E names (got enough girl) please pm them to me.

There's the tale!

[BASSEST GIRL]

Hey,
I would haveto pick the Um.........???? Siamise Sable becuase the name sounds cool and I just picked it so ya.

I've actaully had rabbits before, it's pretty good. SORRY! to those who really love rabbits. I thought it would be somthing different to try.HEEE HEEEE HEEEE.

(I'm a bunny)

[CrAzY4HOLLANDS]

Sounds like whatever you get/got is going to be a good choice since you have the right priorities in buying a bunny rather than what color you prefer. Being a rabbit show breeder myself, go for what is show quality, ideal weight, and closest to meeting the breed's standard. Good luck

Sara Ritchie
Ritchie Rabbits

[classicgtrfreak]

hey you know... it doesnt really matter what the color was... you would want to keep the groups the same if im not mistaken. i mean dont you hafta breed the selfs to selfs or can you cross a self with a shaded?

personally, i would have gone with the body type, because it carries the most points (58 points) its almost a toss up between body and the head ears and eyes... color is only worth 10 points overall... so if you wanted a show rabbit... go for the body!

all those colors are pretty tho

[jwoolygirl]

You can breed a self to almost anything. A shaded to a self is just fine, because self is aa (fully recessive) and shaded is just a d modifier (dilute) but is recessive to D (intense (such as castor)) usually a D is not present in shadeds, so, if you breed an aa to an aad you will get mostly aads (shadeds because the d is a modifier) and maybe a few aas mixed in there.

It's only when a shaded has a Tan Pattern, pointed white, or Agouti in their ancestry that things get confusing.

[jwoolygirl]

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