Friday, January 2, 2009

New Year's means new babies!

I recently had a litter of six healthy kits born to a first time mom, Trio's Sure Thing (I call her Sushi for short). She is a beautiful blue brood doe I had held onto along with her brother Trio's Ross since their sire, ELS's Royce passed away last summer. Sushi has proven her worth not only in genetics but her wonderful mothering skills. I'm eager to watch this litter since it's the first that ELS's Movado has sired in quite some time. As well, this litter goes back to GC Tommie's Rootbeer on both sides. He is the grand sire on Movado's side and the great grand sire on Sushi's side. Perhaps explaining where all the tort color is coming from.
Ironically enough, despite the large litter I have decided to cut back drastically on my already dwindling herd because of some rather exciting news I've recently learned. My husband and I are expecting a baby in late summer of this year. If I'm to continue being involved in raising Holland Lops I need to get to a more manageable number. Currently I count 23 heads in the rabbitry and sadly that is still too many. Inevitably rabbits will become available as I continue the slow process of downsizing.