- A pair of mini rex - Both are broken tri-color. The buck has a nice full pattern over his back. The doe only has a line of color over her back. Both have brown eyes. These are truly tiny rabbits. Today they weighed in at just 2-pounds 8 ounces (buck) and 2-pounds 2 ounces (doe).
- A trio of mini lops - Torte buck, black doe, broken black doe. The does came in a cage together and the buck was separate. I have no idea how old they are, but they are clearly still babies. As of today the buck weighs 3 pounds 13 ounces, the black doe weighs 2 pounds 5 ounces, and the broken black doe weighs 2 pounds 9 ounces.
- New Zealand does - I bought three does labeled as New Zealand. One black and one white came together, and one white doe came in a separate cage. The single white doe weighed in at 5 pounds, 5 ounces today. The white doe that came with the black one weighed 4 pounds, 3 ounces. The black doe weighed in at 4 pounds 5 ounces. I'm hoping they're all young yet and will put on weight as I feed them over the winter.
- One New Zealand White buck - who isn't a NZW buck. At the auction they announced this guy as a New Zealand White buck, so I bid and won. When we picked him up after the auction, the label on his cage (which couldn't be seen during the auction) labeled him as a Flemish Giant buck. I do not want a Flemish Giant buck... This guy weighs in at 7 pounds, 7 ounces today - the second-heaviest of all the new rabbits. He has matting around his neck and around his back above his tail. I do not want to use him for breeding. Now I need to decide if I can sell him or if it's easier just to eat him. Poor guy. He's got a nice temperament, he's just not what I need in my new bloodlines.
- Mystery broken black rabbit - This one came with no information on breed, age, or gender. I took a chance on this one. Turns out she's a doe, weighing in at 7 pounds, 15 ounces, making her the heaviest of the new rabbits. She has one ear that lops down and one that helicopters around, sometimes down, sometimes sticking out at an angle. I suspect she's a French Lop cross, but have no idea. She came to the auction in a cardboard box, marked "Extra Stuff" - so that's what we're calling her, since she was an extra rabbit I bought on a whim (she was $5, I couldn't help myself).
I'm looking forward to winter sowing this winter and hope I find the time and resources to do so. I've added hundreds of new seed varieties to the collection this year after discovering two new seed companies in Ukraine. Wow! I'm so excited to try new kinds of tomatoes and peppers (and cucumbers and pumpkins, and melons, oh my!).