Saturday, December 27, 2014

New Kit Pix!

Here are Tacoma's chunky-monkeys on Christmas Day:


We have fur! Isn't it amazing how rabbit kits transform from pink little sqiggly things to colorful popples in such a short time?

Here are Sunshine's lovelies:


I'm pleased with markings on some of the kits in this litter, although the rufus is particularly strong with Tacoma's. My goal by producing these is to be able to select some replacement breeding stock for some of my old guys and gals. The nice thing about Harlies for show folks is that they can pick their show-marked kits from the nestbox, just like with Dutch. While it would be great if one of the nicely marked kits had it all and I could show him or her, with these litters I am looking at factors such as growth rate and body type first and foremost. I'm also hoping they aren't all bucks or all does- which has happened to me plenty of times before, lol. Happy Saturday!

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  1. Wow they are beautiful!! See any keepers?

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    1. There are a few with nice face splits and decent banding, but I'm waiting to see their HQ/shoulders/topline in particular. Fingers crossed! :)

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  2. So cute! I hope you are able to get some nice replacements!

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  3. Aww They are so cute! Tacoma's babies definitely have nice, rich color.

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    1. Thanks April! I am curious to see how that rufus gene plays out across both litters. I noticed there is a definite difference even between the individual black Japanese in Sunshine's litter.

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