pedigree's

[RedneckRabbitry]

I'm totally new to the rabbit shows and i have bought 5 chin Flemish Giants at a 4H auction and none of them got pedigree's.. Is it possible to start a pedigree line when i start to breed them? Any help Please...

and a Buck and Doe Holland Lop.

by the looks of them they meet the SOF that i found on the ARBA web site

 

[caroline]

That's exactly what you do. You begin with what you have [assuming there is no way you can get back to the breeder and ask if they will give you, or sell you, the pedigrees].
You name & tattoo them. You keep a record of which rabbit is bred to which other rabbit. You record their birth dates. You do the same for the kits in the litter and the kits in THEIR litters and then you have 3 generations on that last litter
You keep information about birthdays, color, weights and that's all entered into you records and listed on the pedigree form, either manually, or by computer if you use one of the handy programs like Evans or Kintraks which keeps it all for you and then can print our your forms.

 

[RedneckRabbitry]

I dont know anything about the parents or age.. So when i breed start the records?

 

[caroline]

Yes

 

[ottersatin]

And,
get yourself a copy of "The Standard of Perfection".
It will be a great help in your breeding a Show program.
As always, JMPO.
Ottersatin, C.V.R. ldtimer:

 

[Secuono]

But to do that, you need to have generations. You can't just use the original two and the baby has a pedigree, that's pretty short and not much of a pedigree. Only way to get more is to keep those offspring and breed them. Then you have parents and grand parents. Kinda odd and unpractical to keep all the former parents, no?

 

[ottersatin]

It will take a few years to develop a complete pedigree.
You've got to start somewhere so if you did not purchase
an already pedigreed rabbit you will have to do the work
which many/ALL others have done to develop a pedigree.
After three generations you are there! It is not hard
to do, it just takes perseverance. The work you put into
it will prove well worth the effort. It is a genuine
learning experience. We all learn as we go, one step
at a time always leads to the end of the trip.
Ottersatin. ldtimer:

 

[akane]

Downside is you will probably have to sell all of your first generations as you keep the next generation. It will do you no good to keep the original buck or doe with no pedigree because even if you breed them to a rabbit 3 generations away you will once again not have a pedigree on at least one side. Unless you have a lot of space you have to get rid of each generation as you move to the next one until all the rabbits you own have 3 generation or better pedigrees.

 

[RedneckRabbitry]

Downside is you will probably have to sell all of your first generations as you keep the next generation. It will do you no good to keep the original buck or doe with no pedigree because even if you breed them to a rabbit 3 generations away you will once again not have a pedigree on at least one side. Unless you have a lot of space you have to get rid of each generation as you move to the next one until all the rabbits you own have 3 generation or better pedigrees.

there Flemish Giants and i have no real attachment to them

 

[Bramble Hedge]

Eat them