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Discovering the World's Rabbits - the "B" rabbits

4/18/2021

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Discovering the World's Rabbits - the
It's another week of discovery!   Let's see what we can learn about all the "B" rabbits of the world. 

Off the top of my head I think of
  • Beveren: This is a rare heritage breed.  Originally just in blue they now also come in white, black, brown and lilac. They were developed in Belgium and have a characteristic "V" shape to their ear carriage.  The white has blue eyes.   The breed club. 
  • Britannia Petite: My son once wanted to get these gorgeous little runners but an experienced breeder highly recommended not getting them.  They are a flighty, fast-moving breed that are quick to nip.   The breed club. 
  • Belgian Hare: Another running breed, these are a bigger rabbit, a muscular breed resembling a hare.  They come in rufous and tan.  The breed Club.
  • Blanc de Hotot: A rare breed that is a larger rabbit.  White with eye liner bunnies.  The dwarf version is better known.  They were developed in France.  The hotot club. 

Rabbits From Egypt

In Egypt you'll find the Baladi black, Baladi white, and Baladi Red.  They are a medium sized meat rabbit that copes well with the climate of Egypt.   The black and red weigh about 6 lbs, the white about 4.5.   They have about 6 kits per litter.  Baladi rabbit's have short fur and erect style ears.

A closely related rabbit from Egypt is the Bauscat.  A larger meat rabbit.   They are a white rabbit with a mandolin body style. 
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Rabbits from Europe

Did you know the UK has their own form of the Belgian Hare?  Similar body style but more variation in colour from what I understand. 

Beige rabbit is recognized in Britain, a rare breed of medium size.  It's coat is light-sand in colour right down to the skin, with some slate-blue ticking and shading across the body.  The fur texture is dense and silky. 

The Big Silver Marten is a large breed rabbit (8-12 lbs) that is known in Croatia. 


​You'll discover a couple of different blue rabbits.  One the Blue of Ham and the other the Blue of Sint-Niklaas.  The Blue of Ham is from Belgium and is a very rare breed following WW1.  It's coat is long, dense, silky and lustrous that is slate blue.   The Blue of Sint-Niklaas is a blue rabbit similar to the Flemish Giant. It too is of Flemish origin.   It is almost extinct. 

Very little is known of the slate blue 
Bourbonnais Grey,  This rabbit comes in at 11 lbs.  A rabbit from France. 

Brazil gives us the Brazilian Rabbit is a medium-sized hardy breed used for meat.  Little is known beyond that. 

The British Giant is another that is much like the Flemish Giant although smaller.  It was bred for it's diversity in coat colour which comes in white, sable, opal, grey, blue and black.  It grows to about 15 lbs. 

The Brun Marron de Lorraine is a chestnut coloured rabbit from France.   This approximately 5 lb rabbit is small, slender rabbit with an overall round shape to the body with an angular head.  it is a rare breed of rabbit. 

The Blanc Rabbits

Blanc rabbits

Other than the Blanc de Hotot that we know in North America there are a number of other Blanc rabbits in the world. 

​Another very rare breed is the Blanc de Bouscat which comes from France.  It comes in at 11-15 lbs.  A completely white rabbit that has guard hairs extending out from the coat giving it a frosty look throughout. 

Blanc de Popielno comes our way from Poland. A 9-11 lb rabbit. 

Blanc de Termonde is from Belgium and has a mandolin body style.  9-12 lbs of pure white rabbit with red eyes. ​

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The A Rabbits.
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Beauty's last boy, new home

4/12/2021

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Today my last boy off Beauty and Moose found his way into a new home.   I met mom at the local Toyota dealership.

This Feb 9 boy is a calm steady fellow.   I expect he'll be a food-motivated boy like his daddy when he grows up.  A bunny who will come to visit when you are sitting on the floor with him and thoroughly enjoy ear rubs. 
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Smallest Girls into New Homes

4/11/2021

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These two girls have gotten themselves a new home!   

New Owner seems well experienced with animals and just needed basic info on caring for these two girls. 

Born to Ascot and Gregory on Feb 26. 
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Darkest Boy Found a Home

4/11/2021

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This dark boy from Ascot and Gregory born on Feb 26 found his new home today.   A very eager young lady came up with her folks to get him. 
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The "A" rabbits of the world

4/10/2021

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So some friends of mine are doing a blogging challenge and I thought it might be fun to talk about bunnies.  I want to learn about some breeds of rabbits I am not familiar with, and thought you might like to come along for the ride.   Today I'll be talking about The "A" rabbits of the world. 
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Region Specific Rabbits

I learned about some rabbits that are area specific such as the Armenian Marder (from Armenia) and the Aurora Negro (from Guatemala).  Neither of these rabbits are well-known and are used for meat production. 

The Aurora Negro is large rabbit weighing 8-10 lbs. They come in blue-gray, gray, black, and white with black spots.   Whereas the Armenian Marder weighs 8.8-9.9 lbs with an average litter size of 8. 

Germany is host to the Alaska rabbit. It is a medium-sized rabbit breed, weighing around 7-9 lbs.   This rabbit has glossy black fur.  It only comes in black. 

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Rabbits I've known about and have seen! 

I've long known about the various renditions of Angora.  You'll find French, English, Satin and Giant.  Rabbits bred mostly for their wool and calmer temperaments, they can also make good meat rabbits. 

The bunny above is NOT an angora but did have the hugely wooly coat that Angoras have.  :)  He is somewhat reminiscent of an American Fuzzy Lop though....

Others that I've known about
  • American Sable - Nice rabbits when you see them.
  • Argente Brun - I love the colour changes these bunnies go through.  Beautiful animals. 
  • American Fuzzy Lop - gag, all that wool, not for me thanks!  But I can see why people love them.
  • American Chinchilla - would love to own these as I love the chinchilla colour.  :) 
  • Altex - I've only seen pictures of these meat rabbits.
  • Astrex - I've had a couple pop up when I had mini rex.  Curly coats, such an interesting coat.
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There are a number of Argente breeds which I think are mostly just coat colour variations.   See Wikipedia for more.
  • Argente Noir
  • Argente Clair
  • Argente St. Hubert
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Bunnies have gone to new homes

4/10/2021

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This fellow moved to his new home today.   He left with girl below.  Born to Ascot and Gregory on Feb 26. 
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This Jan 25 girl is off Cherry and Gregory.  She's joining a breeding herd about an hour from where I live.   She left with boy above. 
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Elly x Moose, April 9, 2021

4/9/2021

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Six dark kits born into an extremely well built nest.  Elly outdid herself in her building abilities!    Moose is Dad.  Some of these kits might be otters.  Expecting all to be chocolate. 

Watch Me Grow

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Gracie x Stream - April 9, 2021

4/9/2021

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Gracie showed up with three kits in the box.  She built a good nest for a first time doe.   Had her littles in the tidiest corner of the nestbox.  

Watch Me Grow

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Gregory's Boy moves to Hamilton

4/4/2021

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This handsome well-mannered lad off Cherry and Gregory, Born Jan 25, 2021 has moved off to his new home today. 

​A spectacular young rabbit, I think he'll do well in his new pet home.     He's a cross between a New Zealand doe and a New Zealand/English Lop cross buck. 

They sent a pic of his new place to hangout. 
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Guess who left to Join a Brother?

4/4/2021

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My favourite boy of this litter, he headed off to his new home yesterday to join Chocolate Otter. 

He's a Feb 9 boy off Moose and Beauty.  This boy made me laugh quite regularly.  A curious lad who likes to explore, he had enough personality early on that he'd get annoyed with me and do silly bunny head shake.  Such a fun lad.  I hope his new person will thoroughly enjoy him as I have. 
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