Our Lost Acres Homestead

Our Lost Acres Homestead Small Off-grid Homestead in Tawas City, Michigan! Show Rabbits, Chickens, Eggs, Honey....maybe more!

We went to the Saginaw Valley RCBA 90th Birthday Double Show in Corunna on Saturday! It was a great show, well run! We f...
06/17/2025

We went to the Saginaw Valley RCBA 90th Birthday Double Show in Corunna on Saturday! It was a great show, well run! We finally got Jasper registered and Granded, he just barely made weight and this was his second try lol!

Show A & B Florida Whites:
-Snuggles (Me) - 2nd Sr Buck
- Sugar (Me) - 6th Sr Doe

Show A Harlequins:
-Jasper (Belle) - 2nd Sr Buck
-Pop Rocks (Garrett) - 3rd Sr Buck
-All Might (Garrett) - 1st Sr Buck/BOSV/BOSB (his 1st leg!)
-Kirishima (Me) - 4th Sr Buck
-Square 1 (Gary) - 1st Sr Doe/BOV/BOB (her 1st leg!)
-Coop (Garrett) - 1st Jr Buck

Show B Harlequins:
-Jasper - 2nd Sr Buck
-Pop Rocks - 4th Sr Buck
-All Might - 3rd Sr Buck
-Kirishima - 5th Sr Buck
-Square 1 - 1st Sr Doe/BOV/BOB (her 2nd leg!)
-Coop - 1st Jr Buck

Congratulations to Maddie Pratt on her BOSB in Show B Harlequins with Blackpool! And Congrats to John Rose on his BOB/BOSB wins for both Florida White shows as well as BIS for Show B. Thank you to the club and all the volunteers and judges for having such a great show!! See you next year!

Harlequins (the breed)! There are 6 litters here, all 4 colors in Magpie, and both bucks and does! They are 👀 to hop!
06/01/2025

Harlequins (the breed)! There are 6 litters here, all 4 colors in Magpie, and both bucks and does! They are 👀 to hop!

So many pictures were done this week! (Over 40 rabbits had their pictures taken!!)We have decided to get out of Polish. ...
06/01/2025

So many pictures were done this week! (Over 40 rabbits had their pictures taken!!)

We have decided to get out of Polish. Nothing against the breed, we love are Polish and will miss some of the older ones. They are still an amazing breed! However, I am posting our Sr Proven Bucks with the current litters. Our Proven Does will get listed with their litters as they get old enough.

Some of these already hopped before I had a chance to post them (it will be on individual pictures) but check out the ones that are still 👀👀!

All these fluffy tails are looking to hop a long!
05/18/2025

All these fluffy tails are looking to hop a long!

We went to the Heart of Michigan Double Show in Fowlerville this Saturday! It was a long drive but turned out to be such...
05/11/2025

We went to the Heart of Michigan Double Show in Fowlerville this Saturday! It was a long drive but turned out to be such a nice day! So much better than last year (it was raining and COLD last year!) We were the only ones there that showed Harlequins but we brought enough to get a leg for Best of Breed at least (if the doe had won BOB, then BOSB would have got a leg too lol) so it was still a good day!

Show A Harlequins:
Jasper (Belle) - 1st Senior Buck/BOB
Pop Rocks (Garrett) - 2nd Senior Buck
Kirishima (Me) - 3rd Senior Buck
Butterfree (Gary) - 4th Senior Buck
Coop (Garrett) - 1st Junior Buck
Square 1 - 1st Junior Doe/BOSB

Show B Harlequins:
Jasper - 1st Senior Buck/BOB
Pop Rocks - 2nd Senior Buck
Kirishima - 4th Senior Buck
Butterfree - 3rd Senior Buck
Coop - 1st Junior Buck
Square 1 - 1st Junior Doe/BOSB

Show A Florida Whites:
Snuggles (Me) - 2nd Junior Buck

Show B Florida Whites:
Snuggles - 1st Junior Buck

It was a great show and really well run! I definitely want to thank the club, the judges, all the volunteers, and everyone that made the show happen! We will be back next year!

We had 3 litters born this week: 2 Harlequin and 1 Polish! -1st Picture: Neutron (xChevy, Polish) kindled her litter ear...
04/19/2025

We had 3 litters born this week: 2 Harlequin and 1 Polish!

-1st Picture: Neutron (xChevy, Polish) kindled her litter early morning on Day 30 on the 17th. Had them outside the nestbox though and we lost 3 right away. By the 24 hour mark, we had lost a 4th. Which only left her with 2 out of her 6 kits. We fostered one kit to each of the Harlequin moms and Neutron will be rebred for her final try.
-2nd Picture: Mad Hatter (xButterfree, Harlequin) kindled her litter in the box in the morning while we were feeding everyone breakfast on Day 31 on the 18th. She had 13 kits total but 2 were DOA. With her foster Polish, she is raising a litter of 12!
-3rd Picture: Jawbreaker (xAll Might, Harlequin) was the last to kindle her litter on Day 31 on the 18th right before dinner. She had them next to the box but they got moved into and the box moved where she had them. She had 11 kits! With her foster, she is also raising a litter of 12!

Busy weekend this weekend! We had the show on Saturday in Evart and then we came home to the 1st of 4 does due the 5th h...
04/07/2025

Busy weekend this weekend! We had the show on Saturday in Evart and then we came home to the 1st of 4 does due the 5th had kindled while we were gone right on schedule!

-1st picture: Gin (xRoy, Polish) kindled while we were gone at Evart on Saturday on her due date. She had 5 kits: 1 solid and 4 broken!
-2nd picture: Reese's Cup (xKirishima, Harlequin) kindled before breakfast on Day 31 on Sunday morning. She had 11 kits and it looks like over half of this litter is lilac!
-3rd picture: Before C (xRock Candy, Harlequin) kindled before dinner on Sunday (Day 31 for her also) after I had just cleaned her den and given her fresh straw. She actually had her kits next to her nestbox for the first time ever! She had 12 kits with 1 DOA, leaving her with 11 to raise.
-4th picture: Corgi (xAll Might, Harlequin) kindled about the same time as Before C on her Day 31 as well and again, right after I cleaned her den. Though she had her kits IN her nestbox for the first time ever lol! She had 7 kits and they look mostly blue or lilac, can't tell yet.

Yesterday was also a breeding day. Charizard was finally bred for her first breeding after being a HUGE pain at the show on Saturday. But upcoming pairings are as follows:
-Charizard x All Might, Harlequin
-Helium x Rock Candy, Harlequin
-Boo x March Hare, Harlequin
-Momo x Jasper, Harlequin
-Tonks x Roy, Polish
-Moon x Chevy, Polish
They are due May 7th!

We have 3 litters due in a little under 2 weeks on April 17th, 2 Harlequin and 1 Polish. Both Harlequin moms have already started nesting, all 3 have palpated positive!

We had a great time at the Osceola R&CBA show in Evart yesterday! It was an.....eventful start to the day for us that le...
04/06/2025

We had a great time at the Osceola R&CBA show in Evart yesterday! It was an.....eventful start to the day for us that led to us getting to the show later than planned but it still ended up being a great show! We got 5 rabbits registered (was supposed to be 6 but the 6th was 5 ounces to heavy 🤦‍♀️): Our Lost Acres Homestead's Gurgi, Our Lost Acres Homestead's Kirishima, Our Lost Acres Homestead's Butterfree, Our Lost Acres Homestead's Cauldron, and Our Lost Acres Homestead's Charizard. If you have any of these rabbits on pedigrees of rabbits you have gotten from me and want to add their registration number when I get it, just send me a message. There were 20 Harlequins with 7 Exhibitors in Show A and 18 Harlequins with 6 Exhibitors in Show B, some nice numbers!

Results from Open Show A:
Butterfree (Gary): 4th Sr Buck
Jasper (Belle): 1st Sr Buck/BOB (Best of Breed)
Pop Rocks (Garrett): 2nd Sr Buck
Kirishima (Me): 3rd Sr Buck
Charizard (Belle): 1st Sr Doe
Gurgi (Me): 2nd Sr Doe
Unnamed Jr Buck (Garrett): 2nd Jr Buck
Bot (Gary): 3rd Jr Doe

Results from Open Show B:
Butterfree: 5th Sr Buck
Jasper: 2nd Sr Buck
Pop Rocks: 4th Sr Buck
Kirishima: 3rd Sr Buck
Charizard: 4th Sr Doe
Gurgi: 3rd Sr Doe
Unnamed Jr Buck: 2nd Jr Buck
Bot: 2nd Jr Doe

Congratulations to Patricia Saunders on her BOSB in Show A (😉🤣) and then to Patricia Saunders and Maddie on their BOB/BOSB wins in Show B! Thank you the club for putting on such a great show! See you next year!

New kits on the Homestead! Starfruit (XButch, Harlequin) is a first time mom and did great! She kindled her litter on Da...
03/31/2025

New kits on the Homestead!

Starfruit (XButch, Harlequin) is a first time mom and did great! She kindled her litter on Day 31 (3/26) in the morning and built a beautiful nest in the box! She pulled lots of fur and had 8 kits, all living! They are all black kits. And what's even more great about this litter is that we no longer have the buck, we bred him to 2 does before he left us for another Homestead! The other litter, unfortunately, didn't make it.

Cauldron (XBlueberry, Harlequin) kindled on Day 33 (3/29) in the morning again. She had them in the box, with lots of fur, and did everything right! Unfortunately, only this lone little chonk made it. So it was fostered to Starfruit, who has the only surviving kits this round.

These kits were just weaned this week!! Jawbreaker did great this try and only lost 1 kit before weaning and that was ou...
03/28/2025

These kits were just weaned this week!! Jawbreaker did great this try and only lost 1 kit before weaning and that was out of her control! Both of these Litters ended up even splits of Bucks and Does and they were from the same sire! His only other litter was a litter of 7 and it was 4 bucks and 3 does so he must like things even! Did you know the buck decides the gender of the kits?

This group of litters is finally 8 weeks old!! There are some that are staying here (NFS), some that are already Reeeese...
03/27/2025

This group of litters is finally 8 weeks old!! There are some that are staying here (NFS), some that are already Reeeeseerrvvveed, and some that are still looking to hop!

The rest of the litters arrived yesterday and we got pictures and counted everyone else's! Each of the 5 mom's has some ...
03/10/2025

The rest of the litters arrived yesterday and we got pictures and counted everyone else's! Each of the 5 mom's has some kits!

Helium (XThorn, Harlequin) kindled hers very early on Day 31. She had....either 6 or 7 (I counted a lot of kits lol) and had 1 DOA so is now down to 5 or 6. This is Helium's 2nd attempt at being a mom. She did overgroom half of the litters ear tips so it's likely that all the kits will be brood or meat.

Boo (XOpossum, Harlequin) was the last to kindle yesterday and she had them in the afternoon. Surprisingly, she had them next to the box because last litter she had them in the box so I'm not sure what changed lol! She had 11, 1 DOA, leaving her with 10! She didn't pull a whole lot of fur so we added some once we moved kits into the box.

Tonks (XToby) did lose one of her 7 kits when we checked on her. It had crawled out of the box and got lost so she is down to 6.
Momo (XMarch Hare) got counted and she had 8! They are doing great!
Moon (XRoy) is doing great with her kits too!

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