Possible Litter Sept 10
Unplanned litter but Mocha may be pregnant and due 20 Sept 10. Babies likely to be Otters and Selfs. Accidental mating whilst I was on holiday, Mocha and Baloo outsmarted bunny sitter and met up for a few minutes! Not ideal as I am going away again in Sept, but these things happen. I had planned to mate them in Dec. Time will tell and I will update here as soon as I know for sure.
Bear and Helga - Jan 10 - 7 Kits
| . Opal boys at 8 weeks.
Opal boys at 3 Weeks.
Kits at 2 Weeks. Top super Blue Self . Lovely rich deep blue colour just like his dad. And chunky big Opal below so like mum.
Meet the parents...
Bear is a lovely steel free Blue Self Buck. I have shown him once at Lanark 4 Star show, and he beat strong competition to win both his classes. He has matured further since then. He has a lovely head and crown just like his dad, and is a very good size. These kits should be stunning. Any Selfs will be steel free. Helga you have met before... What more can you say! Kits have gone to their new homes. |
Stella and Willow 8 Kits - Born 9/6/09
| Meet the parents...
Stella you know about...
Willow came all the way up from Worcester, from Hampton Lops. I waited 6 months for Willow. She is an Agouti carrying Self so very useful for Otter breeding and for breeding steel free selfs. Willows mum is an Elliot bred Doe. Her dad is a very handsome Blue Self. Willow is a huge stamp of a Frenchie, I am hopeful she is CC and EE. She produced a nice litter to Stella. Willow has the size, and Stella the head and crown. Luck would have it they gave me what I had hoped for! See Bear above... |
Stella and Helga 10 Kits born 13/4/09
| Meet the parents... Stella's best bits. His beautiful nature, his shoulders, chunky cobby body type, and his head and crown. He is an all round very nice rabbit. Stella was Fox bred. His mum a Blue Fox was bred by Clementine Stud and was owned by Shirley at Lancashire Lops. His dad a lovely Blue Otter (Balu), was exported to Holland in the summer of 08 and had the same head and crown as Stella. Unfortunately, Stella's tanning is paler than ideal for showing. I needed to breed out the chin so the tanning would be better whilst retaining his type and beautiful head. He also carried non-extension (e). Helga is an Opal Doe who carries Self so is ideal for Otter breeding and for producing steel free selfs. Helga was bred by and picked out by Mona Cawdron as a youngster for me; I waited patiently for many months until the right doe came along but she was worth the wait. She is a very loving bunny but is also a strong personality , she has a fantastic head and crown, good size, and a lovely coat. In the litter they produced some unusual Beige Otters. This told me Helga also carries non extension. I did not keep any of the litter (silly me). |
Amber and Stella 4 Kits born 10/9/08, and 6 kits born 17/12/08
| Meet the parents... The beginning... Stella my stunning Blue Otter Buck. Having bought Amber early in 2008 as a pet I thought I would buy her a companion, a nice Blue Otter doe, hence the name Stella. Everything I read said it would be hard to introduce 2 does, but they took to each other immediately. Well they would: it turned out Stella was a fella! So my breeding of French lops really began by accident. Amber my beautiful Fawn Doe. A nice big Frenchie with so much character. Having learned from litter 1 that Amber would never produce Otters, the plan was she would not be bred again. Unfortunately, whilst hubby and I were away on holiday, Amber and Stella met up. Hmmm... Litter number 2 arrived as a complete surprise to me and confirmed what I already knew. Amber has not been bred from again and is now living happily with Jaqueline as a much loved pet. I still miss her. |
