Our first home grown Grand Champion!

[wendymac]

I'm so excited! ****erry took BOS at the show yesterday, giving her the third leg for her Grand Champion. Woot! A bit disappointed when I went to register her at the show and the registrar said, "Oh, I can't register her until she's a senior." Everyone I talked to said they could be registered at 6 months, provided they met the senior requirements (which she did). Oh well, I'll just do it next weekend.

I did register Max and Cher. We're going to register Frostie and Abby next weekend, too (she didn't have her membership card with her yesterday). Well, that's provided the registrar will do it. LOL

Kitty's Abby took BOB both shows, but they were 1 exhibitor short for a leg. :-( Karmin won BOB the second show, but didn't place well the first one. Her ears are too long and she's not filled out in the HQs.

 

[kmaben]

Awesome! Congrats on the winning!

 

[wendymac]

Thanks! Very excited that she got her 3rd leg. Now I'll show her for a few more months and then she'll be bred. Still need 1 more leg for Max...hope she can pull it off this weekend!

 

[Blaze_Amita]

Congrats!!!! I can't wait for mine!!!

 

[wendymac]

Thanks so much. Good luck with yours!

 

[majorv]

I'm not familiar with the classes for French Lops...do they have an Intermediate class? If it's just junior/senior then I don't understand why the registrar wouldn't register Boo if she's 6 months. Congrats on the 3rd leg though! You know that to apply for the grand champion certificate one leg must be received as a senior.

 

[woahlookitsme]

Lol yes mom french are a 6class breed which means they have an intermediate group

Congratulations wendy!

 

[wendymac]

Thanks!! And yes, they're a 6 class. And the 6/8 leg counts as the SR leg. So once I get her registered, I can apply for the GC certificate. Well, and once I get the actual legs in the mail, of course. LOL

 

[eclairemom]

Fantastic news

 

[woahlookitsme]

We have a homegrown buck who could have been granded and who has sired MANY BIS and RIS winners but he is missing half his pedigree So sad

I love registering my buns and getting the official papers in the mail Its so exciting

 

[majorv]

Yes, it really IS soooo sad. You can't even register his children because you're missing his Mom's pedigree.

I have a Polish buck with like 7 legs and I can't register him because the breeder (who is an ARBA judge!) didn't completely fill out his pedigree :Xwhen he sold him to the person I bought him from. Two e-mails to the guy went unanswered. Only good thing is it was the 3rd generation, so at least I can register his children.

 

[woahlookitsme]

Maybe we can find him at convention and get him to complete it! LOL

 

[wendymac]

That would really stink! And it's worse because it was an ARBA judge that failed to even answer. It's not hard to e-mail a pedigree to someone.

 

[ldoerr]

CONGRATS on the leg!!!!! I know how frustrating it can be if you do not have a pedigree for a rabbit. I bought the rabbit that won grand champion at my FFA show my freshman year. The person who I bought him from did not give me the pedigree and I do not even know if he had one. That rabbit went on to sire some GREAT babies. One of the babies from the first litter I kept. His name was Big Boy. He went on to win 3 legs. Since his father did not have a pedigree I could not regester him so I could not get the GC certificate. It REALLY stunk. Big Boys son went on to do better than him. By the time that rabbit was 7 months old he had 2 legs (that is only because I only went to 1 show while I had him). He died right before the biggest show of the year.

Sorry to go off on a tangent. Once again CONGRATS on the leg!!!!!!!

 

[majorv]

None of the Cals we used for FFA had pedigrees. We got the parents from a breeder who has excellent stock, but many of her meat rabbits go to FFA and 4-H kids. Many times she buys the parents back after the kids are through with them. Since hers make excellent meat pen rabbits but not good show stock she doesn't mess with pedigrees. That was okay, though. When FFA was out of the picture we moved on to another breed to show.

 

[pamnock]

A bit disappointed when I went to register her at the show and the registrar said, "Oh, I can't register her until she's a senior." Everyone I talked to said they could be registered at 6 months, provided they met the senior requirements (which she did).

You are correct - the ARBA rule is minium 6 months and meets senior requirements (weight).

 

[wendymac]

Thanks, Pam! I'll know this time if they say, "no can do" that they can.

Vicki, what do you mean they make good meat pen stock but not show stock? The baby meat pens are judged by the same criteria as older Cals, with the exception of their weight. Unless I'm missing something in the SoP.

We have a show on Sunday, in Washington. I just hope Max can pull off one more leg, then she can stay at home having babies. *crossing fingers*

 

[woahlookitsme]

The way it was explained to us by the bunny lady who does AWESOME in 4H fairs and FFA shows but not so well in the show world is that her lines Hit prime condition at meat pen age (~70d) and up until 8mos of age. Once they go past that then they do horrible on the show tables with comments such as "too long in the shoulders".

An example of this was I had 5 rabbits that were for my FFA show. Three as a pen and two alternates. I received Reserve Grand for my meat pen and they were sold. I continued showing my two alternates (SO3 and SO4 lol i loved those boys) and would win 1st and 2nd place in EVERY show we went to. I cant remember if I put them in youth or open. So they continued to show like that through the junior and 6/8 age and this would be out of like 15-20cals. The first show they hit senior age they became bottom of the class winners lol. It was amazing how right she was and of course the comments became "too long in the shoulders". But at least one of the babies went on to make more meat pen babies when she bought him from me.

 

[wendymac]

That's very interesting! Agent Gibbs and Abby were winning (although very small classes) when they hit 3 months. And they look the same still, although Abby is about to max out on weight for the 6/8 so will have to bump up to senior classes shortly (and she just hit 6 months). Her meat pen with their siblings took 3rd, and that was using the babies we didn't want to keep. LOL We're hoping we can breed Abby at the end of the month, so we'll have meat pen babies to show in January at the Farm Show. Provided they don't sell them, of course (have to check into that).

We haven't had a lot of babies to compare from when they were juniors and then older. And her Trisha doe is long in the shoulders, and has been since we got her (we're hoping Jack puts his shoulders on the kits she has now).

 

[Nancy McClelland]

:woohoo