Our sweet first-time mama, Spice, kindled early this morning. We couldn't be happier! Spice had three beautiful babies and did such a great job. Since I've been rather quiet on our blog and social media lately due to other commitments, I thought I would first introduce you to Spice and give you some background on her litter. Here we go! |
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Our litters from Romie and JuneBug are 1 week old today! (Romie's are technically 6 days old, but they are all the same age developmentally.) I don't usually announce genders and choose names this early, but I figured, why not? With all 6 kits, I decided to go with theme names. Our theme for these litters is flowers/nature! Scroll down to "meet" each baby and see their new 1 week pictures! Not to be outdone by her sister, Romie decided to kindle too! I did induce her late yesterday evening, and she delivered sometime in the middle of the night. Romie had 6 kits as well! Sadly, 2 were DOA and 1 is a peanut. We have 3 that are healthy, though! One of the 3 healthy little ones had found its way out of the nestbox this morning and was quite cold by the time I found it. Romie must've either nursed and that one fell out when she was done, or for some reason she delivered it outside of the box. Fortunately, it was alive, and is all warmed up and doing well now! Our first litter of December babies is here! JuneBug began pulling fur around 9:30 this morning. By the time I got home from church at 12:30, she had kindled. Fortunately, she used her nest box and did everything right! JuneBug delivered 6 babies. Out of the 6, 1 was DOA, and we have 1 peanut, 1 runt, and 3 very healthy little ones! The runt is not much bigger than the peanut so I wouldn't be surprised if we lose it, but we'll just have to wait and see. Winter is a time of year that brings many changes. Where we live, this means shorter days, colder weather, and lovely crocksicles to thaw each morning. Over the years of shuffling through snow to reach the rabbits, I’ve discovered some handy tricks that make the winter a little easier to deal with. What can you use to keep your rabbits warm? Which works better, crocks or bottles? Should you ever bring your rabbits inside to warm them up? To help answer these questions, I’d like to present our top 10 tips for winter weather in the rabbitry! Finally! I had some time this evening to take some nice photos of our senior does, Romie and JuneBug, and our almost-senior, Carrie. I've taken plenty of "cute" photos, but it's taken me awhile to snap some posed pics of our ladies! Overall, I'm pretty happy with how these turned out - Christmas bokeh is one of my favorite photography effects. However, I do have two recommendations for anyone else who decides to attempt posed outdoor photos of rabbits in the winter... This is the story of my very first litter of Holland Lops. For various reasons, it's something that I've never shared on our website or on Facebook before. Even though it ended up being a devastating thing, I learned some important lessons from the experience, and I've decided to share in hopes that it might be of some encouragement other breeders. :) When I first began breeding rabbits, I started out with a trio: a junior doe, a senior buck, and a senior doe, Annalee. When the time came to breed her, I was so excited for my first litter! I researched. I planned. I watched in delight as Annalee prepared to become a mother. She built her nest. The babies kicked. I imagined what colors they might be, what I would name them. I did everything right. I am so excited to introduce you to our newest herd additions! We brought these beautiful girls home from Sky Line Rabbitry yesterday (thank you, Raven!) and I just love them. They are full sisters and compliment each other so well. I hope to eventually breed both does to Panda and Coby! If all goes well, the plan is to breed them both sometime this week, for babies due in December. I'll get posed pictures for our Does page soon, but for now, enjoy these! Holland Lops are hard to raise, but just what exactly does that mean? According to most breeders, the difficulty comes chiefly with reproduction. While there are other aspects of the breed that can present challenges, such as an ‘ugly stage,’ almost all complexities are related to breeding and reproduction in one way or another. Peanuts, fuzzies, faders, unshowable colors, bad mothers, false pregnancies, and does not conceiving are a few of the most common – and frustrating – issues that Holland breeders encounter.
Hello rabbit-friends! As you know, I've been running this website for almost 3 years now, and we've been on Facebook for about 2 years. I've recently decided to jump on the bandwagon and venture into two new spheres at once: blogging and Periscope!
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Welcome to the Hollificent Lops Blog!Hello! I'm so glad that you've stopped by! My name is Natalie, and I am the breeder behind Hollificent Lops. After running this website for a couple of years, I've decided to add a blog to allow us to connect even more with fellow breeders and rabbit lovers alike. Thank you for hopping by! Archives
June 2016
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