MA's Rabbitry

My beautiful Ruby-eyed white Britannia Petite doe, Cinderella, graced me with 5 healthy kits last night!
In honor of my Mother's 80th birthday, I plan to name one after her. Now I just hope they're not all bucks!

Welcome to Louisiana!
Giant Chinchilla Natiionals 2024!

This is a repost of a post that we had posted around a year ago but a local 4-H club asked me if I could post it again and share the information to them. So here it is, the 💩 post.

***

How well do you know 🐇 💩?

As I was cleaning the rabbitry today and dumping the manure in the potato 🥔 patch I thought that rabbit manure would be a good topic to talk about.

1- Fresh rabbit manure is approximately 2% Nitrogen, 1% Phosphorus, and 1% Potassium.

2- Here is how it stacks up in comparison to manure from other livestock.
Rabbit 🐇 = N- 2.4 P- 1.4 K- .80
Chicken 🐔 =N- 1.1 P-.80 K- .50
Sheep 🐑 =N- .70 P- .30 K-.60
Horse 🐎 =N- .70 P-.30 K- .60
Cattle 🐄 =N- .70 P-.30 K-.40

3. Those other manures are considered "hot" 🔥 manure and need to be composted before use, but rabbit manure is considered "cold" 🥶 and can go directly into use.

4. Rabbit manure is an organic matter then when worked into the soil will improve poor soil structure, drainage, as well as moisture retention 💧.

5. Worms 🪱 love rabbit manure, and the more worms in your garden and around your plants the better off your soil conditions will be.

6. It doesn't have the same aroma 🤢 as other fresh manures which if you live in town will make your neighbors happier. Plus as it's in round pellet 🟤 form it's easier to handle than other loose manures.

7. It contains beneficial trace elements such as Calcium, Magnesium, Boron, Zinc, Sulfur, and many others that all plants 🪴 need.

8. The extra Nitrogen in rabbit manure makes it a great kickstart 🦵 to get a new compost pile going.

9. It makes a great tea 🍵 to use to water plants with as well. Dump some manure in the bottom of a pail 🪣 add water 💧 and let it steep for a couple days. Pour the water off and use that to water 🚿 your plants.

10. Rabbits 🐇 are darn cute and easy to care for even in a small city 🏙 yard so you can have a year round source of fresh natural fertilizer.

There is a good turnout of the newly accepted Blue Holicer at the Alamo Area Rabbit Club's annual Black Friday event. I'm pleased as punch that my High Tower Farm's doe took best opposite of breed, and Graceful Rabbits' Royal place 3rd senior buck (of 6).
I am thankful to have such nice rabbits to begin my journey with Blue Holicers!
Show A had a total of 11 rabbits (6 sr bucks, 4 sr does, 1 jr doe)

Show B and C had 10. (1 less sr doe than before)

Congratulations to Black Sheep Rabbits on their BOB & BOS in Shows A and C and BOB in Show B!

Wendy graced the rabbitry with 7 Blue Holicer kits overnight!
She didn't read the instructions very well and didn't use the nestbox, but I gathered them up and warmed up the slightly chilled ones. Hopefully they will recover, odds are pretty good I think.

Woot!

A cool bit of history. Boy oh boy, what a way for the Giant Chinchilla rabbit make history, being a bit of a showstopper, or rather a Best in showstopper!

100 Years of ARBA History Enjoy this great overview of the journey the ARBA has taken from its inception, to present day.

Homeward bound!

So excited to watch in person the presentation for Blue Holicers at the 100th ARBA convention!
They passed!!!!!