Run Down Ranch Rabbitry Angoras

Out Of Business

2008-03-27T17:36:00.005-04:00

Run Down Ranch Rabbitry no longer breeds, sells, or shows rabbits or poultry. Check back in the future as we may do so again after awhile. At this time there are no plans of entering the show world again....but who knows what the future may bring! Good Luck and Thank You to everyone who supported us through these past few years!

Emily Wins Big!

2007-07-11T11:25:00.000-04:00

At the GLRCS June 30th double night show our 13 year old daughter Emily took both Youth B4C wins with her English Angoras! In the first show she won with her black Jr. buck "Eragon" and in the 2nd show she won with her chestnut agouti Jr. doe "Arya". These English Angoras are homebred littermates. We definately plan on bringing these rabbits to ARBA Convention in Grand Rapids, MI and we will also be repeating this breeding!

Congratulations Emily! You have worked hard with your EA's and you deserve the win!

All-Breed BIS! My Lovely Black EA Doe

2007-05-20T10:09:00.000-04:00

This beautiful black English Angora doe Won us our first all-breed show "Best In Show" this Saturday in Ionia. We couldn't be more thrilled or excited! She is the first colored English I have worked with in some time. At just 6 months old I'm happy with her density and her nice short and cobby body. When she blows her coat I plan to breed her to either our chocolate agouti buck or our chinchilla buck .

4-H Chickens

2007-05-02T15:52:00.000-04:00

The girls have been working real hard on their chickens for 4-H. If you are interested in seeing us and our chickens and rabbits this year at fair we show at the Ionia Free Fair. We also have offspring from the chickens you see here available for purchase. 1st- Blue Cochin Bantam Hen 2nd- Mille Fleur Bantam Hen 3rd- Red Pyle Old English Game Rooster Bottom Silver Spangled Hamburg Rooster. We also have White Silky Bantams and Langshans available.

Carpenter's Twiggy

2007-04-09T12:45:00.000-04:00

"Twiggy" is a Chocolate Agouti French Angora Sr. Doe from my own breeding. She recently took a BIS at the Michigan Angora Club Spring Specialty under Carla Wilson and a BOG--"Best Of Group" (Like a B4C) at a show in Lapeer MI under Ron Mauck. She is now a Grand Champion! What can I say that the picture doesn't?

I will be plucking this doe down within the next couple of days to get her bred and then ready for ARBA Convention in Oct!

What The Kids Are Working On....

2007-04-09T12:04:00.002-04:00

Marina has been working with this stunning Broken Blue French Angora Doe. She has recently been bred to "Carpenter's Ender", a HUGE Chestnut Agouti buck. We are hoping to bring broken pattern FA into our herd again.

This gorgeous Jr. Chocolate Agouti doe is Emily's project. At 4 months old she is a nice compact doe with tons of wool! We expect her to be unstoppable on the show table! Emily will also be showing a Black Jr. buck from similar lines.

This is "Carpenter's Flat Stanley"--a not-so-flat Broken Steel French Lop Sr. Kiley has been working very diligently with him. Stanley has been wowing the judges on the show tables here in MI with BOB wins and a BIS win at the MI State Lop Club Spring Specialty 3/4/07. He recently got his 3rd leg! Kiley has also been working with "Carpenter's Stacey" a Jr. solid Steel doe. Stacey has been following her future mate's lead by taking BOS at the shows. Stacey is a very special little doe to us in that she was raised by our all-time favorite English Angora doe " Persephone" who passed away this Winter. Stacy will always remind us of Percy! Stacey will be old enough to breed to Stanley later this Summer-- We just can't wait!

We Are Top Listed!

2007-03-08T10:04:00.000-05:00

Another Best In Show!

2006-11-20T13:56:00.000-05:00

I'm proud and excited to announce that we have taken another "Best In Show" win on November 19, 2006 at Rochester In, Indiana State Angora Rabbit Specialty Club show. Bob Shaftoe did an outstanding job judging! There were 67 Angoras in attendance. Run Down Ranch took BIS, BOB English Angora, BOB & BOS Satin Angora and BOS French Angora.
In the all-breed show the same day we took BOB English Angora, BOB & BOS Satin Angora and BOS French Angora and we got "honorable mention" for "Best 4 Class". Cathy Patrick judged Angoras for that show.
We had a very exciting day and fun visiting with the Angora breeders from the Indiana club.

Full siblings to "Dumbledore" will be for sale this late winter/early spring. These are 4th generation "Run Down Ranch" rabbits!

Satin Angoras!

2006-11-20T13:39:00.001-05:00

My middle daughter, Kiley, and I are working on Satin Angoras together. This is Kiley's chocolate tort 7 month old doe. She has, to her credit, 2 BOB wins as a Sr. and 4 BOB wins as a Jr. We have excellent type but need more sheen. We are currently working hard to improve the sheen and to produce some nice whites. So far we have torts, fawns, and reds; we have some blacks in the nestbox.

We will have Satin Angora babies for sale this Spring!

Gorgeous French Angora Does

2006-11-17T14:06:00.001-05:00

This is Brat, my chinchilla French doe. Yes, She is a "Brat"! She has done very well on the showtables- granded this Summer. Brat is now retired from showing to be a brood doe and fiber producer. She gave us 2 very nice litters. Colors included chocolate chin, REW, chocolate agouti, chocolate, silver tipped steel and sable. As Jrs. her offspring have done well for themselves at the shows. I kept all of her babies except one. I'll let you know how they do as Srs. soon! She is currently bred to my chestnut agouti buck.

This picture of my chocolate agouti doe was taken just as she became a Sr. That same day I removed her coat and bred her to my chestnut buck. She now has 9 kits in her nest box. The colors appear to be chocolate agouti, chestnut, black, chocolate and chocolate chin. She has excellent type and did well on the showtable but got beat out most of the time by her black sister who is a bit nicer. I look forward to weaning her litter and conditioning her to go back onto the showtable as a Sr.

This black doe is the litter mate to the above doe. They are out of a chestnut doe and a lilac buck. Everytime she hit the showtable she has been 1st place Jr. doe. She is now a Sr. and has 8 kits in her nestbox. Her litter was 12 LARGE so I fostered some out to other does. As soon as her litter is weaned she will be shown as a Sr. and will be a hard one to beat!

Bunnies from all three of these does will be up for sale this late winter and early Spring. If you are interested in purchasing one email me at rjekmc@yahoo.com.

2006-10-13T14:24:00.000-04:00

This is "Emily's Slytherin" a Sr. English Angora doe. "Sly" is one of the nicest typed does we have bred. She has a tiny round little body, well filled shoulders, and very dense wool. She has 8 BOB wins and is now bred to a nice chocolate agouti buck- due 11/21/06. "Carpenter's Hufflepuff", littermate to "Sly", is bred to a chinchilla buck and due the same day as her sister. We are looking forward to getting some nice colored English for the Spring shows. REWs are gorgeous but they are extremely hard to keep clean!

Best 4 Class

2006-08-28T15:04:00.001-04:00

"Astrid" my REW English Angora doe took "Best 4 Class" at the July 8th Coldwater, MI all-breed show! What an accomplishment! We went up against a Californian for "Best In Show" and the Cal took it. At the next doulbe show on August 26th "Astrid had "honorable mention" for 4-Class both show A and show B. We are getting more and more excited as we move towards a "Best In Show" at an all-breed show.

My First BIS! Thank You Breloom!

2006-01-02T19:01:00.000-05:00

Carpenter's Breloom gave us our very first "Best In Show" at the Huntington, IN. New Year's Eve Angora Specialty this Saturday! We had 41 rabbits exhibited in the show with more than half of those rabbits being French Angoras. Brian Hartzell, our judge, was very impressed with Breloom and thought she had a good chance at getting "Best 4 Class" at the all-breed show later that evening. Kyle Cunningham judged the all-breed show and was equally impressed with Breloom. Unfortunately she did not go on to take "4 Class". But we got some great compliments and we had a very good time talking and laughing with our rabbit friends! Breloom was cut down and bred to our lilac buck on Monday. Hopefully she will give us some very nice babies! She is now a "Grand Champion"!

MSRBA Fall Show

2005-12-13T16:07:00.000-05:00

This is Emily with her REW English buck- "Emily's Patronus". At 4 1/2 months old he has made Sr. weight and has been shown as a Sr. "Patronus" has everything we have been striving for in our English breeding program and the judges seem to agree! He has been shown only three times and all three times has taken Best of Breed. He is smooth, with no bones sticking out from shoulders to rump, and he is perfectly cobby and compact. "Patronus" should do very well for Emily at fair this next summer. And for you Harry Potter fans out there- yes "Patronus" is named straight from the books!

The little guy to the left is "Soren" a litter mate of "Patronus" from above. He, like his brother, is also three for three for Best of Breed wins. Pictured with "Soren" is me, Jackie, after our win at the MSRBA Fall Show. "Soren" is every bit as nice as his brother but he is honestly the messiest Angora I have had! If I can keep up with grooming this monster I have great hopes for him!

To the right is me with "Carpenter's Breloom". She has taken two Best of Breed wins between Mason and the MSRBA Fall Show. "Breloom" has the best coat I have ever seen but I would like to see more rise on her along with a bit more length. When she molts out I will be breeding her with a buck I bought especially to pair with her. I think she will throw me some stunning offspring!

2005 ARBA Convention

2005-11-03T15:10:00.000-05:00

Our two REW French does did very well at Convention! Carpenter's Foretress, to the right, got "Best White Wool" and a 3rd place and Carpenter's Breloom, left, got 5th place out of 19 White Sr. does! Both of these gals come from "Fancy That" lines. For our first ever Convention we think we did very nicely! We are looking froward to ARBA Convention 2007 when it comes to Michigan~ our turf!

Raven

2005-10-10T11:59:00.001-04:00

This is Raven a Sr. black English Angora doe. Our daughter Emily showed her at fair this year and won "Grand Champion"! We purchase Raven from a fellow breeder. My daughters put 5 legs on this little doe before she was a Sr! She is now "Granded" and has a new home with a youth breeder. Hopefully Raven will produce many more "Grand Champions"!

Emily is now working on a REW English buck.

A Bit More About Us

2005-09-12T11:43:00.000-04:00

We are a small family owned and operated Angora rabbitry located in mid-western Michigan. We have about 50 rabbits. On any given Saturday you can find our family at an ARBA rabbit show within the state. We show our rabbits often to be sure they measure up to the ARBA 'Standards of Prefection'. This year we have taken many "Best of Breed" awards with our rabbits. Emily, our oldest daughter, took "Grand Champion" rabbit at Montcalm County Fair. We have entered two French Angora does into this year's ARBA Convention in Indy. This will be our first Convention so we are quite nervous! Good Luck to everyone who will be competing at ARBA Convention!