Hoppin’ Hollow Rabbitry

Hoppin’ Hollow Rabbitry We’re working on a line of New Zealand reds that carry white. ARBA registered Rabbitry breeding to ARBA SOP.

This pregnancy announcement is more frustrating than the last. Motherwolf’s Hot N Heavy (“Hottie”) was left on with Rock...
09/01/2026

This pregnancy announcement is more frustrating than the last. Motherwolf’s Hot N Heavy (“Hottie”) was left on with Rockin ER’s Chip for a very intentional pairing. We didn’t see any falloffs, but we also didn’t see any falloffs between him and Starfire who has been confirmed pregnant by him. We wanted to pair Chip and Hottie to try and get a replacement buck or doe with the width and fullness of loins they share but also with improved topline. The two of them struggle so differently in the topline that we thought there was a chance that they could be a really successful (or horrible) pairing.

Now to the frustrating part. Hottie lives in the colony Land of Enhopment’s Fiver got loose in. Fiver got Hottie within two days of when she was bred to Chip. There will be no way for us to determine paternity with certainty, so this litter will only have a pedigree on their dam’s side. We waffled back and forth on which buck to put Hottie with, but in the end the important thing was knowing which buck she was bred to. This is the first time we will ever have a litter with uncertain paternity, and it doesn’t feel great.

We’re going down the list of bred does in the order that it appears in our app, so Motherwolf’s Princess Peach goes firs...
08/31/2026

We’re going down the list of bred does in the order that it appears in our app, so Motherwolf’s Princess Peach goes first! This is the only broken doe currently on our property, and she’s expecting a litter from Land of Enhopment’s Fiver. This was an intentional pairing that also got some extra time together when Fiver got a night “out on the town” with his girls. We’re hoping that Fiver can help us move that peak back while Peach brings in the broken patterns. Fiver is from a booted doe whose dam threw a mixture of nice broken patterns and booted patterns depending on who she was paired with, and we’re hoping Fiver got some decent pattern modifiers to pass on. 🤞

Land of Enhopment’s Fiver is the culprit of the overwhelming number of litters we are expecting in our big colony. He re...
08/30/2026

Land of Enhopment’s Fiver is the culprit of the overwhelming number of litters we are expecting in our big colony. He really takes after his sire, Land of Enhopment’s Clifford (our original buck) in the enthusiasm department 🤣 This guy is expected to be proven soon…many times over.

Anyway, he was looking pretty long and low in the shoulder for a while (like his sire), but he seems to be growing into himself. He is already an improvement on his sire, and we would really like to keep Clifford’s genetics in the line we’re building if possible.

Brink’s Starfire was confirmed (almost certainly) pregnant through palpation today. We are so excited to see what her an...
08/29/2026

Brink’s Starfire was confirmed (almost certainly) pregnant through palpation today. We are so excited to see what her and Rockin ER Rabbitry Chip produce together!!! Starfire came to us proven, but this litter will be Chip’s first.

We haven’t taken any posed photos of Starfire, so we stole the photo from her sale post. I hope Motherwolf Rabbitry 2.0 doesn’t mind.

Ok, good news first. We are out of the triple digit temperatures for a little bit. Bad news…we have not six but SEVEN pr...
08/29/2026

Ok, good news first. We are out of the triple digit temperatures for a little bit. Bad news…we have not six but SEVEN pregnant does in the big colony. All six mature does in our big colony were confirmed pregnant by palpation today, and so was one young New Zealand doe. We will be working on building the brood cage system we’ve been designing as soon as I’m home from this upcoming trip. 😮‍💨 Individual pregnancy announcements to come, I guess.

TRANSPORT ROUTEThere’s still (limited) space onboard for this trip. Timing will be firmed up tonight. Let us know if you...
08/28/2026

TRANSPORT ROUTE
There’s still (limited) space onboard for this trip. Timing will be firmed up tonight. Let us know if you need a last minute spot! Current stops below.
**Editing to add: the times have been confirmed. Message us for details.**

August 30:
Bernalillo, NM (am)
Castle Rock, CO (pm)

August 31:
Star Valley, WY (pm)
(This is where we will be until September 7th)

September 7:
Blackfoot, ID (am)

September 8:
Las Cruces, NM (pm)

Who even needs an office when you can take the space for rabbits instead? Let’s not consider that I should be using my o...
08/27/2026

Who even needs an office when you can take the space for rabbits instead? Let’s not consider that I should be using my office to start going through samples for my master’s research. I’m giving myself until end of September to start doing that since I’m still collecting samples, and Lucy and Ethel should be out of here by then.

🎉 YOU GUYS, BRINK’S STARFIRE MAY BE PREGNANT! 🎉This is the third time we’ve held our breaths to see if Starfire will kin...
08/26/2026

🎉 YOU GUYS, BRINK’S STARFIRE MAY BE PREGNANT! 🎉

This is the third time we’ve held our breaths to see if Starfire will kindle since she came to New Mexico from Motherwolf 2.0 early this summer, and this time she is 9 days in from breeding and has been gradually eating more and more. By now she is eating about 2x what I remember her eating a week ago.

We can’t be completely certain yet, but this is the first time we’ve been this hopeful, what with potential heat sterility in the bucks she was bred to before. This time, we left Rockin ER’s Chip inside the house in an x-pen with her through the heat of the day, and while we never saw a falloff she did seem very receptive for the first few days.

🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

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08/26/2026

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Lucy was giving me the side eye this morning when I went in to grab her for our morning abscess irrigation session. Poor...
08/25/2026

Lucy was giving me the side eye this morning when I went in to grab her for our morning abscess irrigation session. Poor dear, she’s so good about this stuff even though she clearly hates it.

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