Is she a French Angora?

[GBov]

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Was left in our 4H bunny barn without so much as a by your leave :roll:

So is she a French Angora and, if so, how and what does one do to keep them healthy and happy.

The plan was to sell her for the group but my beautiful daughter has fallen head over heals in love with her. So if she stays as sweet and nice as she was today I shall have to fork over the dosh for another "PLEASE CAN I HAVE IT??? I will take VERY GOOD CARE of it!" rabbit.

*sigh* I wish they were as happy with the day to day work as they are to get the rabbits. :lol:

But having spent the evening reading about the breed, WOW, what a wonderful dual purpose rabbit!

 

[SarahMelisse]

Looks like she very well could be! She has short looking wool so it's a little hard to tell, but the "clean" face and feet are a good indicator. I have some French angora how-to videos (grooming, blah blah blah) and angora-specific care sheets on my website if you want to take a look. Of course, keep in mind that this is information on how I do things and others may do it differently... as with anything really.

(We raise our French Angoras for wool to handspin AND meat. Dual-purpose indeed!)

 

[Kyle@theWintertime]

Isn't she the same one from the other thread? And yep, she looks to be a French Angora to me.

 

[skysthelimit]

Looks like she very well could be! She has short looking wool so it's a little hard to tell, but the "clean" face and feet are a good indicator. I have some French angora how-to videos (grooming, blah blah blah) and angora-specific care sheets on my website if you want to take a look. Of course, keep in mind that this is information on how I do things and others may do it differently... as with anything really.

(We raise our French Angoras for wool to handspin AND meat. Dual-purpose indeed!)

Do you have any info sheets I could borrow and adapt to my rabbitry? I am too selfish to think about selling any of those beauties now, but I know the time will come, and I can't keep them all.

 

[SarahMelisse]

Looks like she very well could be! She has short looking wool so it's a little hard to tell, but the "clean" face and feet are a good indicator. I have some French angora how-to videos (grooming, blah blah blah) and angora-specific care sheets on my website if you want to take a look. Of course, keep in mind that this is information on how I do things and others may do it differently... as with anything really.

(We raise our French Angoras for wool to handspin AND meat. Dual-purpose indeed!)

Do you have any info sheets I could borrow and adapt to my rabbitry? I am too selfish to think about selling any of those beauties now, but I know the time will come, and I can't keep them all.

Just head over to my website, click on Frühlingskabine Rabbitry, and borrow whatever you please. I'm always more than happy to share! Just look over what you use carefully and adapt it because there are a couple spots that say "Frühlingskabine Rabbitry" and some things are French angora specific.

 

[skysthelimit]

Looks like she very well could be! She has short looking wool so it's a little hard to tell, but the "clean" face and feet are a good indicator. I have some French angora how-to videos (grooming, blah blah blah) and angora-specific care sheets on my website if you want to take a look. Of course, keep in mind that this is information on how I do things and others may do it differently... as with anything really.

(We raise our French Angoras for wool to handspin AND meat. Dual-purpose indeed!)

Do you have any info sheets I could borrow and adapt to my rabbitry? I am too selfish to think about selling any of those beauties now, but I know the time will come, and I can't keep them all.

Just head over to my website, click on Frühlingskabine Rabbitry, and borrow whatever you please. I'm always more than happy to share! Just look over what you use carefully and adapt it because there are a couple spots that say "Frühlingskabine Rabbitry" and some things are French angora specific.

Thanks
I have a REW french doe now. I am very excited and can't wait to get some babies from her.

 

[GBov]

Isn't she the same one from the other thread? And yep, she looks to be a French Angora to me.

Yep! I thought I would get some more wool folks looking if I put her here too.

In the last two days she has gone from some medium mats to HUGE mats on her bum.

Sheding like a mad thing, she is :shock:

 

[Kyle@theWintertime]

Isn't she the same one from the other thread? And yep, she looks to be a French Angora to me.

Yep! I thought I would get some more wool folks looking if I put her here too.

In the last two days she has gone from some medium mats to HUGE mats on her bum.

Sheding like a mad thing, she is :shock:

Sounds like she's ready to harvest!

 

[GBov]

Isn't she the same one from the other thread? And yep, she looks to be a French Angora to me.

Yep! I thought I would get some more wool folks looking if I put her here too.

In the last two days she has gone from some medium mats to HUGE mats on her bum.

Sheding like a mad thing, she is :shock:

Sounds like she's ready to harvest!

Tomorrow we get a comb and a sharp pair of sissors and we shall get the mats off and see how much fur we get.

Am I right we just comb her every day? Or what?

 

[Kyle@theWintertime]

Try brushing and plucking with your fingers before you bust out scissors. It is remarkably easy to cut the rabbit as well as the wool! I don't brush mine often...once a week if they look rough, otherwise once or twice a month. But when they are ready to harvest, they explode with wool all over!

 

[SarahMelisse]

Try brushing and plucking with your fingers before you bust out scissors. It is remarkably easy to cut the rabbit as well as the wool! I don't brush mine often...once a week if they look rough, otherwise once or twice a month. But when they are ready to harvest, they explode with wool all over!

:yeahthat:

 

[GBov]

Try brushing and plucking with your fingers before you bust out scissors. It is remarkably easy to cut the rabbit as well as the wool! I don't brush mine often...once a week if they look rough, otherwise once or twice a month. But when they are ready to harvest, they explode with wool all over!

The mat I am most worried about is the one that has eaten her tail but at least I can feel the tail bone running along the top of the poo caked wad of fur.

That one is the one I plan to CAREFULLY cut out, I got the rest of the big ones off yesterday by cutting them in half adn then teasing the rest off.

Her new name is now Matilda

 

[SarahMelisse]

Her new name is now Matilda

:lol:

 

[AnnClaire]

I use a shop vac to blow my EAs coats ... you might try that with Matilda once a week and see if that doesn't help keep her mat free. Then just a bit of touch up with the slicker brush. Brushing too often can thin the coat somewhat.