HMFF RABBITS

question from a friend who bought a petstore [non-angora] rabbit: our rabbit has been growling at my little girl and actually bit her finger the other day. Whats going on?

Two possibilities:

#1 small children can be rough on small animals, especially if left unsupervised.

#2 if the rabbit is a female, she may be coming of age. It is breeding season for rabbits and females can be territorial about their space. While I have never been bitten by a female angora, they will growl and even fight with another rabbit that is placed in their cage. That is why you ALWAYS take the female to the males cage for breeding.

Please note that if you are just wanting a pet rabbit (especially for children): contrary to popular misconception, males make the best pets.

FOR SALE

We have BUNNIES! Females are $40 Males are $30 unless otherwise marked.

Litter #1 - Dam: white Sire: Broken Black (ready now!)

females

broken black, pointed white, blue solid and broken blue below.

males

black solid and sooty cream

Litter #2 Dam: black solid Sire: Broken Black (weaning end of April)

Females: broken black x 2, chocolate solid x 2, pointed white

Males: broken chocolate, chocolate solid

Litter#3 Dam: Sable Sire: Chocolate Point (weaning end of April)

Females: black

Males: black, REW

Litter #4 Dam: Pointed White Sire: Chocolate Point (weaning early May)

broken blue, black, chocolate, cream, sooty (too small to sex yet)

Litter #5 Dam : Black Tort Sire: Solid Black (weaning end of April)

Females: black x 3, tort x 2

Males: black x 3, tort x 2

Litter #6 Dam: Chocolate Solid Sire: Chocolate Tort (weaning early May)

Chocolates x 5 and Tort x 4 (too small to sex yet)

Additional does due to kindle in April. For more information on any of the above rabbits or to place an order, contact me at hmffarm@fidnet.com . A 50% deposit is required to hold rabbits. Paypal accepted.

I will be teaching an Angora Rabbit Primer workshop at the Heart of America Show in Sedalia, MO June 1st. This is the same day as the Angora Rabbit Show (non-sanctioned)... so bring your bunny and join the fun! My workshop will introduce the main angora breeds, discuss housing and nutritional needs, grooming for show, harvesting and grading wool, clipping toenails and basic health issues.

Knitting a Cadbury Bunny

http://www.knitlist.com/2003/CadburyBunny.htm Check out this webpage for the directions for a cute seasonal gift. It knits up quick on double points and has I-cord ears. I made mine out of one strand of fingering weight lavender yarn and one strand of commercial mohair yarn to make it fuzzy. One for each granddaughter! They fit over a cadbury egg or a small plastic egg and can be used as finger puppets.

Since the directions are unnecessarily complex (2 printed pages!) on the website, I include this simplified version below:

Cast on 16 stitches on 3 size 5 double points. Knit around for 24 rows.

Knit 4. K1. K2 tog. K1. Knit 4. K1. K2 tog. K1

Knit 4. Cast off 3. Knit 4 . Cast off 3.

You should have 4 stitches on one needle and 4 stitches on the opposite side on a second needle. These are the base of the ears.

*Knit 4 across . Slide work to opposite end of needle and knit 4 across. This is I-cord. Continue in this fashion for 10 rows. Finish off and weave in the end. **

Repeat from * to ** for the other ear.

Sew front and back seams of head together.

Add button nose and yarn whiskers. Tie ribbon bow around neck. Add eyes (fabric paint, googly eyes, embroidery eyes, or beads). Sew on a pompom tail. Slip bunny over a plastic egg. It will stand up by itself.