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Hi, all. I want to spin some of my southdown wool combined with my English Angora fiber. I've read that about twenty percent angora is good. Is that the standard recommendation? And would that be twenty percent by weight or volume, or does it not make any difference? I'm excited to finally be...

There was a roof collapse at a rabbit show venue in Europe this weekend: http://www.thelocal.se/25110/20100220/ How very sad!

Kona, my blue tort English Angora, spent today removing all of her hay from where I tuck it into her second door and carrying it around her cage. Whenever I took out the strewn hay and replaced it with fresh, she'd repeat the process. I attempted to breed her on February 3rd, but she never...

Hello, all. I have three English Angoras - a proven doe, a proven buck, and a younger (though breeding age) doe. Yesterday, when a quick check showed that the does should be receptive, I tried breeding both does. The buck was eager and persistent, but the younger doe never lifted, even after a...

A poster on HT stated that there are no enzymes that break down a wool block in Angoras, whereas my breeder told me to use papaya extract tablets occasionally as a preventative and slightly diluted pineapple juice in case of a block. (Per her program, I feed my English Angoras pellets in the...