4-H Fair

Wednesday morning was the rabbit show down at the fair grounds. We had to be there by 8 am. Greg and Sarah both showed their rabbits. Nathan didn't take his, it has a cold in it's eye and they probably wouldn't have let it in. They check the rabbits over really good before you can bring them in. Nathan's rabbit had also lost a lot of weight over the winter. I think it is probably done with being shown. It didn't place very high last year. Here are some pictures of the day.

This is Hershey...she is Sarah's rabbit. She is a mini lop. She placed 3rd. The judge didn't like her coloring!

This is cheerio, she is Greg's and she is a Dutch rabbit. She placed 6th. The judge said that her body was too long! All of her markers were good though, which is the hard thing with showing Dutch rabbits. The judges want to see a straight line dividing the two colors on the back and there is to be a white line dividing the color that is on their head (which she had). Anyway, she placed 2nd last year when she was a junior, so I don't know how you keep them from growing too long!

Sarah with Hershey

Nathan, standing beside his rabbit's empty cage...awwwwww! He doesn't seem too upset thought does he?!

Greg with Cheerio Nathan with his friend, Colin. They were taking Colin's goats for a walk while we waited for Greg and Sarah to show their rabbits.

Sarah in the arena getting ready to show Hershey. Hershey is in the box, you just can't see her.

Greg waiting to show Cheerio.

Sarah taking Hershey back to her cage...she was very pleased with 3rd place as you can see by her face!

Nathan and I went and checked out some of the animals while we waited on Greg and Sarah to go into the arena. Doesn't this little piggy look comfy?

This was the Grand Champion...I liked the blue bling that they wrapped around her neck!

These chickens were cool. They had blue on their face and blue on their legs. They also would answer us when we would bawk at them! Nathan was cracking up laughing at them.

This is a baby Mini Rex. They are really soft, their fur feels just like velvet. Nathan is trying to talk us into letting him buy one at the end of the fair. He knows that his rabbit must "go" before that happens, so we will see. (I'm sure you all can imagine what "go" means.)

This would be my choice of rabbit, a Holland Lop. I think they are just the cutest little bunnies ever!!