Hello from Colorado!

[ingers02138]

Hi! I have a small herd of long-haired rabbits: Jersey Wooly, French Angora, one that's half JW and half FA, and soon to add one that is angora coated Rex x Angora. I'm a handspinner working on raising rabbits for other fiber artists or people who just love extra fuzzy rabbits as pets. My breeding goal is healthy SMALLER angoras that otherwise look like French Angoras. Especially interested in red & chocolate colored rabbits, but my dream is to have a little rainbow of coat colors to spin with. I'm here especially for the sub-section on color genetics and hoping there's someone else interested in what's up with those rufus modifiers.

Fun fact: I originally wrote "chocolate coated rabbits" which might have made sense in context. But I don't mean rabbits dipped in chocolate, hahaha.

 

[TibsyRose]

Welcome!!! Your rabbits are gorgeous 😍

 

[ladysown]

Chocolate and red angoras are certainly pretty! Welcome!

 

[Nibbles]

Welcome to the forum.

 

[maisaksson]

Welcome fellow spinner! Do you blend the rabbit fur with other fiber? I've used alpaca, rambouillet, southdown . . . whatever I have around.

 

[ingers02138]

Oh my, you're so lucky to have those around! I know it's a weird mix but I also grew cotton this year (garden level, not commercial) and I was thinking about a tiny, special project where cotton is the warp and pure angora is the weft.

 

[maisaksson]

Ooh! that sounds interesting. Let us know how it turns out.

 

[maisaksson]

Oh my, you're so lucky to have those around!

I used to be in the local fiber guild and those folks raised them and we would share and trade. I'm not a member anymore but I still have some of the fiber I received. I don't raise sheep myself. Lots of rabbits though; American Blues and Whites