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This year's little rabbits
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...
skyrackangoras
Oct 24, 20171 min read


Angoras do not produce just wool!
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,...
skyrackangoras
Aug 28, 20171 min read


Living together in harmony-sometimes!
Nowadays people are encouraged to keep rabbits in pairs. Some pet breeders insist on selling two rabbits together. Unless the new owner...
skyrackangoras
Apr 30, 20171 min read


Nesting time
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...
skyrackangoras
Mar 10, 20171 min read


Spinning Angora Wool
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...
skyrackangoras
Dec 29, 20161 min read


Breed for Victory!
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...
skyrackangoras
Nov 2, 20161 min read


RVHD2
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...
skyrackangoras
Aug 17, 20161 min read


Dakota's litter
Eight little Angoras enjoying grass time with their mother Blue Dakota. Three Blue does, 4 Lilac does and just 1 Lilac buck. One little...
skyrackangoras
May 18, 20161 min read


Grass time at last
The first dry and sunny day this April and both litters get some sunshine. A Blue and a Lilac from Dakota's litter out at last.
skyrackangoras
Apr 17, 20161 min read


First out of the nest
The first to leave Dakota's nest, at 3 weeks old. A confident little Lilac -with half an ear! Dakota is an excellent mother and is...
Fearless!
Apr 17, 20161 min read


Leaving the nest
Friday's sunshine brought the five little rabbits out of the nest for the first time to enjoy some grass. Now 3 weeks and two days old,...
skyrackangoras
Apr 3, 20161 min read


A nestful of Angoras
These little rabbits have emerged from Cheyenne's nest, but the weather has been too bad to leave it. Now the rabbits are born, she is...
skyrackangoras
Apr 3, 20161 min read


Spring
Still sleeting outside, but the rabbits know it is spring. Through the winter the rabbits have been coming inside whilst their hutches...
skyrackangoras
Mar 2, 20161 min read


Wild, wet and woolly!
Rain, wind and more rain! Angoras are hardy if kept clean and dry, but their owners need to be hardy to keep them that way! My own...
skyrackangoras
Jan 9, 20161 min read


That rabbit is dynamite!
At Bristol Wool Fair two passing knights spotted Arthur the White Angora on the National Angora Club Stand. They were clearly fans of...
skyrackangoras
Nov 15, 20151 min read


Spinning short haired rabbit fur- a challenge!
A friend posted me a bag of rabbit fur from her much loved rabbit, hoping that I could spin it for her. It was not an Angora! I have it...
skyrackangoras
Aug 31, 20151 min read


Angoras and Thunderstorms!
I have recently invested in new garden pens with stronger lids, as 3 young foxes have moved into my neighbourhood. The pens are...
skyrackangoras
Aug 23, 20151 min read


Lilac Guinevere
I put my young rabbits out on the lawn, then groom them when they are tired!
skyrackangoras
Jun 13, 20151 min read


Lilac Angoras in June
The Lilac Angoras are going one by one to carefully selected new homes, from Perth to Plymouth. I am keeping one, Lilac Guinevere. I...
skyrackangoras
Jun 13, 20151 min read


Little One-Ear
My happy and healthy little Chocolate doe age 4 and a half weeks. Her mother cleaned her too vigorously at birth! She has a very good...
skyrackangoras
May 18, 20151 min read
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