Tulip Tree Rabbitry

It has been a devastating time on the farm as we lost almost half of our herd due to weather conditions (and are dealing with significant property damage). Please bear with us as we navigate this loss & decide on the direction of our rabbit program. If you have already contacted us about a 4H rabbit, we will do our best to accommodate you. All other requests will be pushed back until June. Thanks for your understanding. Photo of happier days 🌤️

Chores are way more fun when you get to pick names for your first litter of rabbits! Welcome to the farm Reese’s Pieces, Twizzler, and Lollipop 😂

It's an exciting weekend for Tulip Tree Rabbitry! We're moving our herd into our new "raken" (idea from Joel Salatin's Polyface Farms) 🐰🐓🥚 We'll be busy sorting rabbits and filling 45(!) holes and then will be able to share what we have available for 4H bunnies 🍀 Special thanks to Plane & Simple Custom Woodworking for the build and cages, Gray's Cages for the last minute supplies, and Miles & Laura Bradford for a whooooole lotta sawdust 😆

Do we go to shows for the food or the competition? 🤔😂🤷 Our first time trying authentic Mexican street corn and OH MY LANTA, it will not be our last!!!

Elkhart County Rabbit Club 4H Show 🐰🍀🏆
July 24, 2024

🦁 Lionhead
Best of Breed - Wyatt with Tulip Tree’s Nia
Best Opposite - Wyatt with Tulip Tree’s Wonka

🎭 Harlequin
Best of Breed - Wyatt with Tulip Tree’s Dorothy

Extra special wins today as these are all my own homegrown rabbits. It also marks my 3rd year in a row of winning Best of Breed in Lionhead and 2nd year of having two different breeds qualify for Best in Show! 🎉

4H grows here 🍀

Teamwork makes the dream work! Helping each other get our rabbits ready for our big 4H show tomorrow 🪮🐰🍀

Elkhart County 4H Rabbit Club Youth ARBA Single Show 🐰🍀🏆

🦁 Lionhead at Bryan Shirk’s Table:
Best of Breed - Wyatt with Tulip Tree’s Vulpix
Best Opposite - Wyatt with Tulip Tree’s Wonka

🎭 Harlequin at Daniel Averitt’s Table:
Best of Breed - Chase with Tulip Tree’s Hermione
Best Opposite - Gabbee Kantz

It was a good day with lots of class placings for our other rabbits as well. It was also fun to help my brother in his very first rabbit show! His Harlequin even received a special mention during the Best 4 Class judging 😱🤩🥳 Huge congratulations to Kayleena Igney for her Best 4 Class Holland Lop and Nellie Martin for winning Best in Show with her New Zealand!!!

NIRCC Shipshewana Spring Show 🌱🌷🐇

Show A 🏆
🦁 Lionhead (OPEN) at Lee Nevill’s Table
Best of Breed - Wyatt with Tulip Tree’s Kate the Great

Show B 🏆
🦁 Lionhead (OPEN) at Erik Bengtson’s Table
Best of Breed - Wyatt with Tulip Tree’s Kate the Great
Best Opposite - Wyatt with Tulip Tree’s Reynie

Sometimes we sell at rabbit shows, other times we buy! My brother just got two really cute Dwarf Hotot’s for his 4H project 🐰🍀

Kate the Great is getting prepped and ready for the show tables this weekend! ✨