Candy's Trip to the United Kindom, Part 1

 

 

Candy is a long time English Angora breeder, she is the author of the Angora color genetics book and the creator of blue eye white English Angora.  

 

Each year, Judy from UK would come to the ARBA convention to meet up with Candy; Judy is one of the top breeders in UK and she is very active in the British Rabbit Council.

 

Candy is sharing her experience of the trip and her visit to the rabbit shows there.

 

 

 

Instead of our British friend, Judy,
visiting Convention last fall, Candy
went to see her. This is Judy's little
village of Combe, in Devon (county), in
SW England. Beautiful!

We went to a local rabbit show in Frome
(town) in Somerset (county). Judy is
holding one of her Sussex, a breed which
she developed. She is holding the gold
variety, and the cream variety is in the
background. Gold is similar to
chocolate tort, and cream is similar to
lilac tort, but they have different
modifying genes, giving them a light
frosting of cream ticking and a
different look.

In England, rabbits wear leg bands for
identification instead of tattoos. The
judge is checking the leg band number of
a Sussex. Notice there are no holding
boxes on the table. There's a white
sheet on all the judging tables.
Carriers or owners place rabbits
directly on the sheet and hold them in
place. The black rabbit at the back is
an Alaska, a breed that used to be
recognized in the U.S. many years ago.
Notice how the paperwork is being done.