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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Monday, September 14, 2009

Smoky (Holland Lop Buck)

Smoky was born on August 14, 2013. His dam was Sheba and his sire was GearUp. Smoky is an uniquely colored Sable Point buck and he is right at about the 3 lb. range, which is at the low end of the breed standard size for Holland Lops.
Smoky in March 2015:


Photos of Smoky at about 10 months old:





A pic of Smoky as a junior at about 3-4 months old:


Smoky's pedigree includes the following notable, leg winning rabbits:

On the sire side:
  • Gear Up was his sire
  • FM Ringo was his grand sire
  • FM Mango was his grand dam
  • Ormond's Carter was his great-grand sire, and
  • FM Casper was another great-grand sire with legs.
On Smoky's dam side, Ormond's Eugene was a leg winner!
    







Saturday, September 5, 2009

Cleo (Holland Lop Doe)



















Cleo was born on 10/28/10 by Cricket. She's a nice Broken Tort doe.

Cleo's pedigree includes the following notable rabbits:

*On her Sire's side:
  • Hughes Blossum, Cleo's great-granddam, (a registered, Grand Champion, Broken Lynx doe with 3 legs),
  • Ormond's Carter, her great-grandsire, (a registered, Broken Black Tort buck with 5 legs).
*and on her Dam's side:
  • Dianna's M in M, Cleo's great-grandsire, (a registered, Broken Black Tort buck with 12 legs),
  • Leg's Cuddles, her great-granddam, ( a Black doe with 2 legs), and
  • L&R Marlon, her other maternal great-grandsire, (a registered, Broken Black Tort buck with 4 legs).


Cricket (Holland Lop Doe)





















Cricket is a pedigreed Tortoise doe (female). She was purchased from a Colorado breeder at the Montana Fair in the summer of 2009. Cricket is a active doe with very nice "Tort" coloring. She was born in March of 2008 and she is the mature doe in Shamrock's herd.

Cricket's pedigree includes the following notable rabbit information:

*On her Sire's side:
  • Dianna's M in M, Cricket's grandsire, (a registered, Broken Black Tort buck with 12 legs),
  • Leg's Cuddles, her granddam, (a Black doe with 2 legs), and
  • Justa Buddy, Cricket's paternal great-grandsire (a registered, Grand Champion, Broken Black Tort buck with 20 legs). 
*On her Dam's side:
  • L&R Marlon, her grandsire, ( a registered, Broken Black Tort buck with 4 legs), and
  • Leg's Calypso, her great-granddam, (a registered, Broken Tort doe with 5 legs).



Louise (Holland Lop Doe)





Maddy (Holland Lop Doe )

Watch for pics and info about Maddy.

Friday, September 4, 2009

Mango (Holland Lop Doe)

Mango, next to the nest box with her first successful litter of kits. Taken on or about 12/30/14 when Mango was almost 11 months old.

Polly (Holland Lop Doe)

Polly in March 2015 at about none months old:



Photo of Polly in December 2014 at just over six months old.



Pumpkin (Holland Lop Doe)

Photo of Pumpkin taken in December 2014 at just over 7 months old.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Monday, August 31, 2009

Shannon (Holland Lop Doe)


















Photo of Shannon on 3/20/2010 at just over 3 months old. She seems to be a spunky little doe and will be ready to breed in June 2010. Shannon was born from Cricket on December 17, 2009 with Monty as her sire (father). She has been an excellent brood doe.Shannon's notable ancestors include, on her Dam's (Cricket, owned by Shamrock Rabbits) side:
  • Dianna's M in M, Shannon's great-grandsire, (a registered, Broken Black Tort buck with 12 legs),
  • Leg's Cuddles, her great-granddam, (a Black doe with 2 legs), and
  • L&R Marlon, her other maternal great-grandsire, ( a registered, Broken Black Tort buck with 4 legs).

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

A Tribute to My "Shamrock" Heritage


A photo of my father Eugene who recent passed away. This photo was taken in the
1940s.

A photo of my grandfather Hugh who settled in Montana in the early 1900s.

A scene from County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

A photo of my great-grandfather James O'Hara who immigrated from northern Ireland in about 1855.