Growing Juniors

I am in love with my current juniors! I have two little bucks, Hershey (chocolate chin), Howie (black), Cinderella (chin), Rory (opal) and Cleo (chestnut). I love how they're all different colors, haha! I also have a couple 4-week old babies that will most likely be staying here a while and pictures of them are included below. In another post, I'll talk about my recent seniors, such as Dwight (now a daddy!), Pickle, and Shiloh! 

​Let's start with the boys! 

I GOT SO LUCKY to have a chocolate chin that is as nice as Hershey! He is amazing! He has short thick bone, a huge head, and a great body. His biggest faults are a tight crown and lack of width in his chest. But since the biggest things (head and body), are so nice, I can work with everything else! I'm in love with his color. One of the things I've been reminding myself lately to do with "colored" rabbits is to ask myself: would I keep this baby if it were a tort? In this case, I totally would. He's a nice buck regardless of his color. This breeding was a father x daughter pairing. Hershey just turned 4 months. 
Sire: Holly's Prince Charming (chin)
​Dam: Holly's Fern (chin)

Howie is an outcross, and he's nicer than I was expecting! He is massive! He has such a wide chest, thick bone, nice head and ears. His biggest fault is a weak HQ. Typically I would not keep any rabbits with this fault, but because he has a very strong loin, which almost all my other rabbits lack (including these juniors) the HQ doesn't bug me. I have some big broody does that can fix the HQ! Howie just turned 4 months. 

​Now onto the does...

Cinderella is nice, not the best doe but I'll be keeping her for a while to grow out. She has a great short body, nice head and nice curvature. I'm mostly keeping her for that short body, which a lot of my does lack. She does have longer front bone but it's not terrible. Also, a line breeding and this doe is a full sister to Hershey so has the potential of carrying chocolate! Cinderella just turned 4 months. 
Sire: Holly's Prince Charming (chin)
​Dam: Holly's Fern (chin)

Rory is gorgeous, a massive doe in a tiny package. I knew I was keeping a baby from Angie's litter no matter what (as long as they weren't fuzzy), because she passed away when her babies were only 3 days old. I didn't want to lose her line and I didn't have any does out of her. Thankfully, Rory is not a fuzzy but I thought she was until she was 5ish weeks old because she was just so fluffy! I named her Chai as a baby but changed her name to Rory once I knew she was staying. She still is a "fluffier" rabbit, but so is her daddy. Rory has a very tight crown, and won't be a show bunny, but she incredible width, awesome short thick bone, and a nice body. She reminds me SO MUCH of her dad, but her dad has a perfect crown and Rory has the better size. I can't wait to line breed those two in a few months! Rory is an outcross. Rory will be 5 months on the 4th of April. 
​Sire: Holly's Tucker (opal)
​Dam: LCL's Angus (black)

Cleo just turned 6 months TODAY! I can't believe how fast time has gone, these past few months have flown by! I'm not actually loving her type currently, but she's in an awkward just-turned-senior phase so I'll give her another couple weeks before deciding whether to sell her or not. She has amazing width and a nice short body so maybe I'll breed her a couple times before selling her. Her biggest faults are a tight crown, and she could have thicker bone. 

Tinkerbell is 4 weeks old, and looking AMAZING! These two does actually look so much better than I was expecting! She has a great head/ear/crown, and awesome bone. 
​Sire: Holly's Dwight (orange)
​Dam: Holly's Buttercup (broken orange)

Sienna, also almost 5 weeks old, is looking great! She has a tighter crown than her sister, but is still young so only time will tell. She has a big head and short body. 
Sire: Holly's Dwight (orange)
​Dam: Holly's Buttercup (broken orange)