Status update

So, here's what's new and exciting around the rabbitry:

• The litter from Hrothgar and Flour have produced 8 kits. All are still alive to date, and (if we haven't missexed them again) we have a total of 7 males, and 1 female. Of those, there were 2 top-choice males, 2 showable males, 1 showable female, and 3 male woolers. The faults for the woolers were limited to poor ear carriage.
  
• We've sold 1 male wooler as a pet, 1 male wooler for wool production, and 1 showable female to a 4H'er. That leaves all 4 of the top-choice and otherwise showable males, and 1 male wooler unsold. We're planning on taking the showable ones to our next show for judging and subsequent sale, though we're planning on keeping the best of the bunch (I'm guessing either F1H "Blue Dot" or F3H "Black X") for our breeding program.
• We mated Hrothgar to Freya, and also Bacon to Chili. They should be do around the same time--somewhere in the vacinity of 10/6/08. This will be exciting for us, because we'll get to really see the genetics of the parents for the first time. For instance, we will know whether or not Freya is an albino carrier if about 1/2 our litter is REW, or if they are all colored, then we'll know that she doesn't.