Taking the bad with the good

Well this past weekend had it's good points and bad points. Blue and Melodie ended up going slightly over their due date and ended up having them while I was away from the house, when I got home Blue had delivered 2 on the wire DOA, and Melodie only had half of a baby in her nestbox :/ Later that night Blue delivered another (which looked to be a little blue otter) which was also DOA, I was out there when she delivered it, I felt so bad for her because she was trying to be such a good mommy and kept going to where her babies had been after I removed them and snuffling through the fur in the nest making whimpery sounds. Anyways this was the last attempt so both of these girls are retired now. Melodie is going to be listed for sale as a pet later today. Blue's my girl so she's staying.

But the good news, I went to my first meeting with the Central Tennessee Rabbit Breeders Association and it was great to meet everyone, I had spoken to Lynn and Donna before the meeting so I finally got to put some faces with the names. I also ended up lucking into a few Black Otters. Vera from the club doesn't deal with them but her daughter had begged for them and then totally lost interest so she said I could take them if I wanted. The Jr doe I brought home looks like she could be a good show quality prospect, so I may take her to the Louisville, KY show and see how she does. I'd take her to Dalton but my cages are going to be full as it is on the way home. The buck is a tiny little fella with a nice body and good head, his ears are a little toward the V'd side but I still think he'll be a nice addition to my brood stock. I have to give a very big thank you to Vera Smith for these otters!!

I also got back in contact with Twila Coffey which I'm really thrilled about. She has such wonderful blacks, blues, and black and blue otters. I'm hoping to get some good show Jrs from her later this year. I also am checking Dennie's site (Spring Creek Gems) everyday to see if she'll have any broken chestnuts for sale. She posted a picture of one on the ND Forum awhile back and I was in love! lol

So all in all this past weekend was really good (with the exception of the babies being DOA) the next few weekends I can not wait for. This coming weekend I'm going to see my best friend for her daughters 1 year birthday. We always have too much fun no matter what's going on. We joke that we have to live in different states or we'd get into trouble all the time and drive our hubbies crazy lol. The following weekend my Broken Orange doe is coming home, and the weekend after that DALTON!!! I'm so excited about that. I'm really praying it will be warm, this semi-constant snow is about to drive me crazy. I enjoy snow but enough is enough, let me see some green! Speaking of green I bred my otter does today and their due date should fall on St. Patty's day. I'll get my website updated tonight or tomorrow with all the new changes and pictures of the new crew.

Thanks for reading, take care all!