MooMoo (she came with the name) was advertised as broken black, but she has dark chocolate brown in her black spots, so I doubt she'd be show quality. She does have a breeder tattoo in one ear.
I spent several hours today repairing a couple of cages. One just needed a little repair work and the other needed a lot of work. The kids helped, with #5 actually climbing into the big cage to pass the wire back and forth as I weaved a patch over a big damaged area. Why were we repairing these cages? Because on his way home from work, Tony picked up a couple new bunnies. I had seen an ad for a couple of free bunnies and I offered to take them. Two little Holland Lop does joined our family today. MooMoo (she came with the name) was advertised as broken black, but she has dark chocolate brown in her black spots, so I doubt she'd be show quality. She does have a breeder tattoo in one ear. Calliope was advertised as an orange sable, but she looks like a black tort to me. I don't know standards on colors, but up close she almost looks gray in the face. She's a young one yet, at just 5 months old while MooMoo is 14 months old. Calliope is gorgeous, and seems to be a little friendlier initially than MooMoo. No tattoos for Calliope. I'm torn on what to do with these pretty new ladies. I could cross them back to one of the bucks I have now, though all of my bucks are bigger. Or I could spring for buying a new Holland Lop buck to make a trio. But I keep saying I don't need more bucks. I do have one friend who has a Holland Lop buck. I wonder if she'd trade pick of the litter for stud services. Then I could sell off some babies to pay off buying a new buck. Holland lops sell for $30-$50 each here, while my mutt bunnies are selling for $15-$20. It might be worth the $50 to buy my own buck up front. Alas, I have time to think about it because the new girls still need to get through their quarantine time before they can even be considered for breeding.
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