Christmas and the New Year

This year, my family and I spent Christmas at the Running Y Ranch in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Retirement in southeastern Oregon would be very nice, but perhaps, a little too cold. The kids enjoyed baking Christmas cookies; I enjoyed the exercise room; and my wife enjoyed relaxing by the fireplace. We almost had that picturesque white Christmas, but the snow flurries didn’t last.

Back at home, the nest boxes are filled once again, another sign that a new year is afoot. Hopefully, our rabbitry, NewZealandReds.com, will begin to take shape: the website is now operational; business cards designed and sent to the printer; and the rabbits, chickens, and sheep are producing.

First up in 2015 will be the Kern County Rabbit Breeders Association show at the Kern County Fair Grounds on January 24. My daughter and I plan on taking two young red does and two young red bucks. The Springville 4-H rabbit project kids will also be encouraged to attend this fun show and search out that special breeder for their Porterville Fair rabbit. In February, we will breed to get ready for the meat pen show at the Porterville Fair in May. Our second show of the year will at the Central Valley Rabbit Breeders Association’s March show in Hanford. New for NewZealandReds.com this year will be our first journey to the West Coast Classic in Las Vegas and the ARBA National Show in Portland this November.

If anyone is interested in New Zealand Red rabbits, chickens, Katahdin Sheep, or Mammoth Donkeys, let me know. Happy New Year!