Maukin
Well-Known Member
Hi there all!!
Let me introduce myself <stands>...
"Hello, my name is Hollie and I am addicted to Flemish Giants..."
I had my first experience with them on a farm where the farmer had all sorts of amazing creatures. In an old wooden hutch, he had the sweetest, cuddliest looking bunny outside of a Gund Catalog. I of course had to open the hutch and take this creature into my arms, where he immediately snuggled in. My godfather, who was a friend of the farmer said: "I'll take the bunny too."
"He's one of those Biggun Rabbits, he is." drawled the farmer. "He's gonna be around 20 pounds when he's done growin'." He pointed to the father of this youngster and I saw the most enormous rabbit I've ever seen.
I took him home. He followed my children around and played tag with them. He layed beside me when I worked on the competer. He would jump on my chair and demand my attention. I named him Maukin and I loved him to pieces. We even took him to craft fairs and showed him off. People were dumbfounded by the fact that he was bigger than most cats and not even six months old. I had plans to breed him, with many people wanting babies. My son and I were going to show him at the county fair.
Then one afternoon, something went wrong, as sometimes they do. Maukin was in the dog pen for excersise. I noticed that he had dug underneath the fencing. I went to complete a project that I was working on that would take just a couple more minutes. And in that time, my big friendly dog went over to him to play and I think he scared my bunny to death. There were no marks on him and my dog was sitting beside him with the most sheepish, sorry look on his face. I cried like a baby for an hour and still choke up.
But life goes on. In my case, it has gone on in the form of a bratty grey buck by the name of Lichen and I just purchased his baby brother whom I have named Bracken. Lichen is a beautiful boy while Bracken is the color of a wild rabbit and a bit of an ugly duckling. But I have seen an older brother who was the same as a weanling and he is magnificent. The color is called "sandy". Looks more like mud to me.
I'm going to start a small breeding farm of Flemmies, two litters a year. I have a degree in Agriculture and have spent years immersed in the not-so-hot side of it, so I'm not afraid of things going wrong. But I would love others to discover this breed of wonderful animals and so am looking for to converting some to the Rabbit Path
I have no girls for my boys yet. Anyone in PA that has a fawn colored doe or a grey doe that are for sale? Papers are not necessary, pet quality is fine.
Looking forward to gaining some knowledge and advice from those of you in the field.
Talk to you all later!!!
Let me introduce myself <stands>...
"Hello, my name is Hollie and I am addicted to Flemish Giants..."
I had my first experience with them on a farm where the farmer had all sorts of amazing creatures. In an old wooden hutch, he had the sweetest, cuddliest looking bunny outside of a Gund Catalog. I of course had to open the hutch and take this creature into my arms, where he immediately snuggled in. My godfather, who was a friend of the farmer said: "I'll take the bunny too."
"He's one of those Biggun Rabbits, he is." drawled the farmer. "He's gonna be around 20 pounds when he's done growin'." He pointed to the father of this youngster and I saw the most enormous rabbit I've ever seen.
I took him home. He followed my children around and played tag with them. He layed beside me when I worked on the competer. He would jump on my chair and demand my attention. I named him Maukin and I loved him to pieces. We even took him to craft fairs and showed him off. People were dumbfounded by the fact that he was bigger than most cats and not even six months old. I had plans to breed him, with many people wanting babies. My son and I were going to show him at the county fair.
Then one afternoon, something went wrong, as sometimes they do. Maukin was in the dog pen for excersise. I noticed that he had dug underneath the fencing. I went to complete a project that I was working on that would take just a couple more minutes. And in that time, my big friendly dog went over to him to play and I think he scared my bunny to death. There were no marks on him and my dog was sitting beside him with the most sheepish, sorry look on his face. I cried like a baby for an hour and still choke up.
But life goes on. In my case, it has gone on in the form of a bratty grey buck by the name of Lichen and I just purchased his baby brother whom I have named Bracken. Lichen is a beautiful boy while Bracken is the color of a wild rabbit and a bit of an ugly duckling. But I have seen an older brother who was the same as a weanling and he is magnificent. The color is called "sandy". Looks more like mud to me.
I'm going to start a small breeding farm of Flemmies, two litters a year. I have a degree in Agriculture and have spent years immersed in the not-so-hot side of it, so I'm not afraid of things going wrong. But I would love others to discover this breed of wonderful animals and so am looking for to converting some to the Rabbit Path
I have no girls for my boys yet. Anyone in PA that has a fawn colored doe or a grey doe that are for sale? Papers are not necessary, pet quality is fine.
Looking forward to gaining some knowledge and advice from those of you in the field.
Talk to you all later!!!
