We made it to both shows hosted at the North Carolina State Convention this past Saturday, and let me tell you, it was a blast! The NCRBA had more than 500 rabbits entered just in the open division! This set a new record for entries.
Since the whole family loves rare breeds, we were thrilled to see several breeders there with some of the nation's most endangered breeds - Lilacs, Belgian Hares, Standard Chinchillas, Satin Angoras, Creme d'Argents (mine, LOL), and a Silver Fox. Woohoo!
A youth breeder named Noah Hayes did especially well. Noah isn't even in his teens, but his very lovely Belgian Hare was runner-up for Best in Show Saturday! It warms my stinkin' little heart to see a KID go out there with an endangered breed and knock the socks off all those Netherland Dwarfs and Dutch. Congratulations Noah!
How did our rabbits do, you ask? They were so amazing that no one dared bring...well, not exactly. We showed eight Creme d'Argents and two English Angora babies, but they were the only ones of their breeds entered. (However, one of the judges did ask to see a 16-week-old Creme d'Argent doe that we hadn't entered in that particular show. He thought she was better than the buck who won Best of Breed!) I really appreciate both judges taking the time to carefully evaluate our rabbits, even though so few were entered.
And oh yeah, yours truly won the breed ID and youth Royalty contests for the age group of "Borderline Youth Breeders Who Really Need to Grow Up and Face the Adults". Yer lookin' at the "official" Bunny Queen of North Carolina now... I have to hand it to those hard-working adult breeders for putting on the youth activities though. If I heard right, more kids participated in the youth activities this year than ever before! And they had fun too!
All in all, the North Carolina Rabbit Breeders Association put on a great 2007 Convention. The show went smoothly and there was a great turnout. Congratulations!
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