At this point I am just not happy with my lines, I am no where near where I'd like to be and I have probably only kept two homebreds this year that I will be using out of six litters. I hardly went to any shows, although it was a bad year for us financially since I was mostly the only one working.
My red line is decent, I have one super nice buck, that I can see adding a lot to my herd. The Doe's on the other hand, ehh. If I can muster the courage and money I think I will shove out quite a bit of cash in 2013 to bring in some fresh new red does to pair up with my two bucks. I'd also like to work on my broken reds a bit more.
My castors I'm failing miserably with them, I have kept O castors out of any of the litters i have had. Why because I'm picky, I just do not like the ones I was seeing. I think most of the reason was the Does I was breeding to, so yet again I will keep the one castor buck I have and bring in two more new Castor Does.
I think in order to develop my herd better I really need to concentrate on only two colors, yea yea boring I know but until I'm happy with what I have, I cannot move on to something else.
So after the last two 2012 does that are due, I'm cleaning house. Out with the old, in with the new. It's not that I don't have nice mini rex, I think my lines are just not mingling right. So I'll sell most of them to see if they can benefit others.
It's hard yes because I do have a bond with each, but if I'm ever to get somewhere I need to let Go.
2013 will be a big year for our rabbitry. I really need to just sit and rethink everything. I decided to start a small fund just for shows so that I can budget better and actually go to more.
So frustrations aside I have a lot to do next year!
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