Grow Out? Yes/No

[Shaded Night Rabbitry]

Siamese Sable Junior Buck
born June 20th, 2010.

Dam: Lots-A-Hop's Seduction, sable point
Sire: Tanglewood's Kenai, rew (aa BB cc D- Ee)

Molting, I know. But is he worth growing out to 10 months?

 

[Sabine]

If I lived nearer I'd talk you out of him:biggrin2: He's just what I need for my rabbitry.

 

[TCRabbitry]

I saw where you said that you never keep any rabbits of your own breeding.

What I am wondering is why?

If I were breeding ND's, I would keep this one to replace his sire, so that you could get your line going.

If you really aren't keeping any of your own stock to replace the stock that you bought to start your herd, then maybe you need to take a good look at the stock that you bought to start your herd with.

Ideally, you should be replacing the animals that you buy with animals that you bred, to further your herd and get your line going. It is your name that you want to promote, not the name of the breeders that produced the stock that you have, and are not replacing....

I started with Mini Lops in Jan of this year. I had a very nice starter herd, and have since replaced everyone from another breeder with one of my own breeding that was an improvement on their parents. I am hoping to have the second generation going as well, if not better, by this time next year. It takes a lot of hard work and dedication, but you can improve faster by culling properly, and keeping only the best.

 

[Maple Front Rabbitry]

He looks very nice to me, I'd keep him and see how he turns out

 

[Shaded Night Rabbitry]

One of my problems is when they hit the awkward 3-5 month age, I just don't keep them. I did the SAME thing with a sable point junior buck. Hid him under in the same spot that this buck is. I decided to sell out of sable points (the program was going no where, no matter how compatible the rabbits were SUPPOSE to be)... And I threw him into a trio without looking at him between the 3 month and 6 month age.

I pulled him out getting ready for the Stockton show where he was being sold, and I was just KICKING myself. (Little did I know, she doesn't want him cause he nips. So we're trying to exchange him for a doe from her lines that she really wanted back, but I got instead.)

That buck down there, FA, is the closest to beating dad that we've produced since we've started. I think the only reason he wouldn't is the fact that he's a seal point, and is rather dark and not really clean.

And you'd be proud of me! I sold off this buck's dad, in exchange for this buck.

I think it's a step up? I hope. Maybe not. idk.

In any case, a LOT of 'my' lines have moved to a friend up in Whidbey Island. A lot of junior does and such. She's suppose to come back and linebreed them back to dad in exchange for a baby from each litter.
I hope she keeps that.

 

[polly]

Can you get a front view of his head? Random question I know but I will be able to give you a better idea if I see the front view.

I think it's partly the way they are sat it's to high and not showing off the right lines for my liking It's throwing me off a bit

Personally the buck at the bottom of the page looks from side view as if it has a much better head and will have better proportion. When he is full grown but that's just my personal opinion and preference. Where as your buck at the top looks to have a much better chest on him. I like the colour on him too

 

[Shaded Night Rabbitry]

Bottom of the page, meaning the rew, and top meaning the sable?
The bottom one was a full grown (2 year old?) buck that I had for a while. Couldn't get him to show weight, and he couldn't beat my sable point buck, so I traded him for a trio from a friend.

Tooks pictures of the sable.

In my experience with the line, the heads come in around 6~8 months. The buck I sent down had just started to get a promising head, and WHABAM a month later, was FANTASTIC. Which is what gives me hope for his maturing nicer than it is now.

And as a side, this is a half brother (same mother), and a full brother to the buck down in CA that I'm trying to bring back up.

He's got chubby cheeks in person. I don't think the photo shows them off too well. xD


And sorry about the grooming table, it's seriously slanted that bad right now, cause I had to pull it in under cover. Big rain storm for the next week. D=

 

[lelanatty]

For the sable, the only thing he needs is his head. I would try showing hm and see what the judges have to say.

 

[polly]

If you find it's 6-8 months for the head to come in then definately keep him on. Even if you end up getting past that and not really liking it at least you know for next time lol. The new pics show his ears really well and they are lovely nice and thick and straight. I don't know if there is enough bone width across the front of the head. on my lines anyway I usually find it's there straight off. But if he grows into that head he will be lovely.

I like his half brother on the front of head shot it looks shorter than your sable which gives that nice round shape. Lovely short bodies though on both of those rabbits.

Shame about the rew you do get it I work with 2 lines of chinchilla nethies one is very fine boned and hard to get to a decent show weight and the other is hard to keep down to show weight. Luckily the 2 mix well!!