Show Results of VIRBA - February Show

The VIRBA show in Victoria has now passed and I have finally warmed up! It is always a cold weekend, however we had beautiful blue, cold, crisp skies.
There were three Mini lop shows, two open and one specialty. I was a bit disappointed that the judges didn't weigh more of the rabbits. Mini lops are really hard to keep within the weight range of max. 6.08lbs. Most of the over-sized animals were allowed to go through. However, there was very nice size classes and good competition in all the shows which made it fun to watch.

Show A: Mini Lops: Mitchell's Jasmine my broken lilac sr. doe won BOV. I had good comments on many of my other animals.
Silver Martens: Mitchell's Tori a beautiful blue sr doe won BOV,BOB. Mitchell's Twitch my blue sr buck won BOSV,BOS
Californians: I entered three very young juniors for comments.

Show B:Mini Lops: Mitchell's Button my broken black jr doe placed BOSV, Mitchell's Jasmine placed top of her class - broken sr. doe.
Silver Martens: Mitchell's Tori again took BOV, BOB but this show Mitchell's Twin my other blue sr. buck took BOSV, BOS
Californians: My three very young juniors held their own with the junior buck placing 1st in his class and one of the does placing 4th against animals much older.

Mini lop Specialty: My animals didn't take any top winnings in this show however 6 of my 7 animals placed either 2nd, 3rd or 4th in their classes.

The main downfall with my Mini lop placings is that most of my animals were down in condition due to either just coming in or out of a molt. Not sure why everybody decided to molt this early, the Silver Martens and Cals had excellent coats.

I look forward to the April show in Duncan. Many of my seniors will be bred or raising litters but I have a few juniors that will be ready to show.

February at Moonstruck Meadow

Wow, what a winter! I am so happy to see the snow melting, the grass begin to sprout up and the bulbs push up through the winter grey. We didn't have a typical West Coast winter but more a winter like the interior of BC with -19C temps and 4 ft of snow. I don't think I have ever shoveled so much snow. I had to make trails to each of the barns and hutches. Each day I had to climb the fences to get into the enclosures so I could dig away the snow to open up the gates and barn doors. Yuck! I really felt my aches and pains of ageing this year. I finally have the watering systems up and going again so I don't have to haul water twice a day to 80+ rabbits.

I did a serious cut back in numbers and I am still thinning the herd to reduce the work load. I have been also going through the stock to prepare for the first show of the season. The Silver Martens have the most wonderful coats as does the Californians. Most of the Mini lops are strangely going through a change of coat and don't have the same condition as the other two breeds. I am getting everybody back into top condition by increasing the feed by 50% and supplementing with a show mix.

I had a few litters arrive during the winter cold and most of them survived and are now getting close to weaning. Cedar Hill's Sage has a nice litter of six out of Mitchell's Twin. Milkhouse Summer finally came through with a litter of seven but only two survived the cold. Mitchell's Liberty has four kits out of ProJ's Diesel. EE's Carrie has a nice litter of six out of Mitchell's Rocco. I will have pics soon on my website of these juniors. I hope to have several does bred this month in all breeds. I will post the upcoming litters as soon.

I will post again real soon with the results of the VIRBA show next weekend. I sure hope it isn't too cold!