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May

The Bunnies are Here!!!

   Posted by: MotherHen   in Belly Timber (food), Homeschooling, Nature Study, Pets, Rabbits

We got our meat rabbits Saturday afternoon.  They’re beautiful!

We got a young group and a breeding age group.  Each group having one buck and two does.  The breeding age group all were champions in live stock shows last Winter.

We are learning tons about the larger rabbits.  We have lots of experience with the Netherland dwarf rabbits.  We used to breed them when hubs was in the pet industry.  But the large breeds are somewhat different.  And they’re HUGE!!!

I decided to name them alphabetically.

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On the right is Annabelle.  On the left is her handsome hubby, Bugs Bunny.

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And this is the second bunny-wife to Bugs, her name is Clementine.

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This is Daisy.  I’m told she has serious show potential.rabbits-024

This is Energizer Bunny.  I know you’ve always wondered what he looked like without his sunglasses and bass drum.  You may notice that he’s not the same breed as the others.  He’s a New Zealand and the others are Californians.  The cross breed offspring with make a better meat rabbit, eatin’ only, can’t raise ‘em for breeders.

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And here is Foo-Foo, you know, Little Bunny Foo-Foo.

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This is Sally Mae’s pet bunny, Cookie.  Cookie is not for eating, so why does she have the only food name of the bunch?