Skyrack Angoras

Three lovely baby rabbits for Sapphire, in the middle of the corona virus pandemic. Registering them at the vet raised a few eyebrows. At...

One year later, Sapphire is nesting again. And guess where she has chosen to build an ideal home? Exactly the same place as last year!

Laramie's 2 daughters, Shenandoah and Colorado, have grown up, but unusually are still living happily together. Despite the wind and rain...

Sapphire is a new mother, with a spacious hutch and sheltered sleeping compartment. So where does she build her nest? In the living compa...

One of the greatest pleasures of keeping rabbits is to see a litter out for the first time on the Spring grass. Laramie is enjoying the s...

Looking for a book at my mother's house, I came across the Girl Guide Handbook from 1968. I immediately turned to page 124. Here was the ...

The stray rabbit is back - and eating my pak choi! This little rabbit first appeared in my garden in November, and it took me three days ...

When researching for my book 'Breed for Victory!' on rabbits in the Second World War, I found many references to disastrous attempts to p...

A little Blue Angora of mine went to live in Sowerby Bridge in May 2016. His new owner showed him, obtaining a Championship. He then beca...

Some does are very relaxed with their new litters, but Laramie is telling me that this is near enough! Her litter was born during the hea...

What a difference 4 weeks makes!

This was the scene in my garden when my first litter was born. On March 18th it was so cold that the water bowls as well as the water bot...

One of the great pleasures of keeping Angoras is to see the babies settled happily into new homes, and keeping in contact with their new ...

Keeping rabbits is one way of ensuring a lush garden and a productive vegetable patch. My garden is shady, which is good for the rabbits,...

Nowadays people are encouraged to keep rabbits in pairs. Some pet breeders insist on selling two rabbits together. Unless the new owner i...

Guinevere has been nesting since 1.3.17. Lilac and Chocolate kits due on the 12th March. Her line are early nesters, so this is usual for...

I often hear that it is not possible to spin pure Angora wool. This is certainly not true, although I wouldn't recommend it as a wool for...

After two years of writing, my book telling the story of the rabbit in the Second World War has finally been published. In wartime the ra...

A new viral haemorrhagic disease has come over from France and is affecting both wild and domestic rabbits of all ages and breeds. It is ...

Eight little Angoras enjoying grass time with their mother Blue Dakota. Three Blue does, 4 Lilac does and just 1 Lilac buck. One little B...