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I've always really liked lynx. Not creams, lynx. True lynx. The lilac agouti kind. When Wendy & Kendra (Kendra's Little Lop Shop) in Ohio sold out of most their Hollands, I bought their true lynx in Summer 2006. Next thing I knew I needed to do was to step up the type. These were new lines for me (Little Rebels) and I didn't have much to really bred her with. Keith (Holland Haven Rabbitry) helped me out with a really nice chocolate tort buck. I got a few litters, but I kept getting selfs and I wanted agoutis so I could use the offspring in with my tris. Then comes along Tommie's Playboy, and opal buck. Bad thing, he belonged to Kristi. Once she had a opal baby buck from him, I knew he was MINE! ha-ha. Thankfully, she did sell him to me :) Nice thing about Tommie lines is so far they've worked with anything I've crossed them with - and worked extremely well.
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ARR's Sungura
Broken Opal
Junior Doe
Sungura means simply "rabbit" in Kiswahili, a language spoken in Africa. She is about 12 weeks old in these photos, and yes in uglies still but not looking too bad. She has a nice topline and full hindquarters, good bone, and cute head with ears just a touch long.
Genotype: A_ B_ C_ dd E_ Enen
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ARR's Tsuro
Chestnut
Junior Doe
Tsuro also means "rabbit", just in a different African language called Shona. Her body is rock solid and smooth, with a nice full hindquarter, decent bone and head. Her crown positioning is awesome, and the head should grow into the ears and widen back up - this is her uglies as well.
Genotype: A_ B_ C_ Dd E_ enen
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ARR's Karen
Opal Junior Doe
Right now she is in her uglies as you can see, but she's starting to mature...slowly. It's hard to comment on type at this point but she's got the makings of a massive doe. Her shoulders are a bit long though - then again who knows in a few weeks. She's a cutie.
Genotype: A_ Bb C_ dd E_ enen
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ARR's Auger
Opal Senior Doe
I have new pictures now! I love her short bone albeit it is on the thinner side, nice side profile head, wide, solid, and massive body. He shoulders, hindquarters, and head/ear/crown are my favorite things about her. Okay, so that is about everything that counts on a Holland ha-ha. Oh, and she carries chocolate too ;) I fault her on a tight crown and head width.
Genotype: A_ Bb C_ dd E_ enen
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Blue Sky's Iris
Chestnut
Senior Doe
Iris came to me through Proud Ears Rabbitry in NY. I was in need of a nice brood doe, and saw her picture and thought she would fit the bill. The Tommie and ELS lines allow for some line breeding but her dam being from lines I don't have brings in some outcross too - which obviously worked well in making Iris. So hopefully she will mesh nicely keeping the older Tommie line type I really like while bringing in some new genes.
Genotype: Aa B_ C_ Dd E_ enen
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ARR's Yang
Lynx Junior Buck
His ears look long in the photos but they don't seem that bad in real life. Of course, he's just a little one starting into uglies. Baby fluff too; the ring definition is poor and he's lacking the lilac influence in surface color right now. I have high hopes for this little cutie :)
Genotype: A_ bb C_ dd E_ enen
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Kristi's Cowboy
Opal Senior Buck
Registered
My Tommie line buck :) Isn't he a doll? I just love him. His lines are slow but sure. This buck is the backbone not only of my agouti project but I also integrate him with every other color project I have. He's a spoiled little thing but I don't care, he's my boy!
Genotype: Aa B_ CC dd Ee enen
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ARR's Hydrogen
Opal Senior Buck
Wow. From a gangly looking junior to a massive well filled out senior. And he looks just like his daddy, Cowboy; it is so funny watching them next to each other - even the manerisms are the same! Some days I can barely tell the two appart, although once I pull them out and play with them there are differences of course :)
Genotype: A_ Bb CC dd Ee enen
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