Welcome

Welcome to the Tarax Stud blog page :) we decided to do this as an easier way for the followers of our FB page and our web site page to be kept up to date with daily news within the rabbitry :) The web page is limited to the amount of photos we can put up and FB means you have to look through albums to find relevant info and pictures each time....plus we like playing lol. Our web site https://sites.google.com/site/taraxstud/ has our history and other short and relevant info about the stud but the blog will let people know whats happening on a daily basis...(if I get the chance to sit down each day lol) Our Face Book page https://www.facebook.com/TaraxStud  still is relevant though so still do visit :)
March 10th -
So here is our 1st week on 'The Blog' we were due a few litters this week, on the mini lop side of things there have been some ups and downs. Three of our choc lines were mated up and all missed

 

This is Sandy a real laid back doe

 

This is Symphony very small choc doe

 

and this is Bess a bit special as she is Parsley's one and only daughter



 

 

So it looks as though some more matings will be in the pipe line this month (fingers crossed for you Tom :)  ) on the plus side there have been some nice litters born in the last few days, one to a Cinnamon the other to a Choc tort unfortunately with the cold winds and change in weather we lost one litter but our other litter (touch wood has got through last 2 nights).

 

This is India

 

and this is her feeding :)  (heat lamp from J. Bramley)

 



The only other litters were 2 of our Hulstlanders which both missed and one of our Siberian does which did take, she was a doe we got from Trevor Rawlings in Eire and we have been looking forward to this mating for a long time; with 6 babies in the nest all with their eyes open we are hoping for at least 1 of our own home bred for London lol. We did have a previous mating with another doe which we acquired from Laurel Benson and she did produce two very nice kits...one in particular stood out

 

This was Sampson

 

Unfortunately we lost him within 12 hours of noticing he was ill :( we quarantined him and his brother even though his brother Alfie showed no signs of problems. Alfie is still ok but the pressure is now on him lol...his a nice looking buck ears are slightly long and his coat does not have as much flecking...yet but we will see how he gets on.

 

This is Alfie

 

Other news in the shed is much the same, the torts are sprouting up all over the place lol, India a lovely little doe from a lovely friend of ours (Stephanie Chambers) had already produced a lovely litter of choc torts (one of which went to a new home last weekend) the 2 that are left are typical of the colour that is seen on the show table today...lovely rich colour and good shadings looking forward to running these 2 on....even if they are both does lol.

 

India's first kits :)

 





The other piece of news in the shed are our projects :) Kim loves a challenge....(under-statement lol) a few years back she and a very good friend were instrumental in making the choc tort a recognised colour in the mini lops. When we started up again after a 6 year gap, she of course wanted to get her teeth in to a new project so decided to look at working on chocolate harlequins....which is hard enough till she decided that one of our rare breeds need looking at and to look at bringing an extinct breed back.....which was why we ended up with some extra rabbits back in the shed lol. My favourite so far in the F1's is a lovely doe called Charlie (yes named after you Charlie) who has a lovely coat and shape and will help us brilliantly with our breeding programme.

 

Charlie who has mated up :)

 



Our next project which was mentioned in passing by the way....(though they knew it was going to get her thinking about it lol....you know who you are) involves a new colour and some hard work i should think. To help with this we need to acquire a doe...no easy job but luckily our friend Laurel stepped in again and we ended up with   

 

'Princess'



 

A pretty apt name for her, she moans all the time (you only have to look at her and she starts), nothings good enough for her, she constantly throws everything around in her hutch (bedding, toys and food bowls) and when we took her to our best buck in the shed, he wasn't good enough for her!  though she relented in the end...turns out she is a bit of a tart on the quite really.....and i do mean a tart....poor boy took him hours to get his strength back lol :)

 

Anyway that's it for our 1st blog there's other things happening all the time, new people to the shed (nice to meet Alan & his wife) as well as old (lovely to see you Becky again...and as soon as there is a lilac we will let you know, if you have the room of course ;) .....Paul hopefully that little buck has settled with his new companion....Tom fingers crossed for that choc doe soon, Alex let us know how Biff is getting on). We will advertise stock for sale on here as well as the FB page so do visit when you can....please also comment on the blogs as you are all family on here and family always keep in touch :)