Nivarda stud

wow what a day and what a rabbit show we took a trip down to the doncaster show today left at 7am and  took me 2 1/2 hours to drive too, but it was worth it, jc our adult havana took best in show in the national havana club adult stock show, and josh our havana took best in show in the northern havana club adult stock show, and our baby havana doe nikita won a large rossette bigger than her for best havana u/5, it was her first outing,

Then josh our havana went on to take best fur in the main show and kenya our ermine rex took best rex and reserve best in show in the main show also.... we met some loverly people at the show today, it was nice to meet alan stone a havana rex breeder, and richard who came down to pick up a couple of ermine rex's from me, loverly to meet you if you read this and good luck with your new rex family...  also vincent carmichal, he travel down with richard and brought me down a loverly rew mini lop buck, thanks so much vinny hes a real sweetie, also great meeting you too, he couldnt resist taking home my daughters siberian buck, may there be many siberians running around your shed soon  got home about 5.30pm so not too bad timing, the bunnies were glad to settle down to there tea,.. i me put me feet up.. 

what a loverly weekend, spent the weekend at cambridge rabbit show, its was great fun, with a great atmosphere, there was a big barbecue, we even met one of our fellow down under aussi rabbit exhibitours (christine toyer from Malvina Lake stud) who also shows rex and mini lops amongst other breeds, i really enjoyed  hearing about how things work over there.. loverly to meet you and your hubby... hopefully well see you again... we did really well winning best rex with kenya and best lop with darwin, then she went on to win the knock out fun show on the sunday.. so could not be more proud of them...  especially as she done so well only the week before at the east herts show with winning best rex in the 1* and best rex and reserve best in show in the 2* .. shes turned out to be a real little star...

well its been a fantastic couple of days, yesterday was my birthday, we showed at chelmsford, we took best lop with darwin and best rex and best in show with our ermine rex kenya, i was so pleased,

my sealpoint doe who we have been trying to get mated for a while now has missed so many times and saturday we found she had made a loverly nest and had 5 babies, mum and babies are doing great,

and after the sad loss of our havana doe narla we thought our havana breeding program was not going to be, but today i have found that it looks like i may have a buck and doe coming along from mr havana man himself mr charlie punchard, im on cloud nine, many thanks charlie

well we had a sad and horrible shock on wednesday evening our beloved import doe narla passed away,

it was a terrible shock, she was fine in the morning and had 4 4 week old kits with her, and when we checked on them later in the day she had gone, we now have 4 poor orphaned kits, they are currently indoors with us and doing ok, they are eating and drinking well so am keeping all fingers crossed for them,

we have 3 beutiful litters of mini lops just popping there heads out of the nests, i just love it when they first start ventureing out for the first time,

What a day!

Well its been one of those days today, went out first thing this morning to check on the buns to find that one of my outside cages had the door and lock smashed in, it was mr fox, i knew they were around but have never had any probs with then before, luckerly the cage was empty as he had gone to his new home only the day before thank god....   Amber he was lucky he went to you when he did or i shudder to think what i would have found,

my sooty fawn doe sadie gave birth to 6 kits today, father is mick the sealpoint, but she doesnt seem herself, im worried shes too quiet for my likeing, am keeping a close eye on her, i hope shes ok.. 

but on a good note my havana doe is currently looking after her first litter of babies and being a great first time mum.. they are currently about 7 days old now, cant wait till they come out the nest