That post is from April of last year and the person is located in Kansas.
I will see if I can track them down and find out if they still have them and if they are willing to ship, because many rabbit breeders are not willing. Some rabbit owners are unwilling to let you drive to them and pick them up if they know you live a long way away.
They are such beautiful rabbits. There is an association for this breed and I am waiting for their reply for them tell me there are breeders closer to me. The ones I have found thus far are reluctant to sell any of their rabbits, because of their sheer rarity. If something happened, say a heat wave and their rabbits became sterile or if they died, they would have a hard time trying to find replacement stock. This is why many are hesitant to sell.
A five year plan has been established for my rabbitry and these breeds.
I have twenty cages for each breed. For those doing the math, that is one hundred cages. This way, I can keep two bucks, two does and have enough cages to raise up their offspring. It also helps me keep nice round numbers.
Then, my rabbitry will be expanded to one hundred cages per breed. This way, I can keep a good deal of genetic diversity and not have to worry if other breeders get out of the business or if something happens to the rest of the population.
Each set of one hundred rabbits will have their own custom, cutely designed barn for their breed.
The rabbits will be registered and breed to create gold pedigree, grand champion breeding stock. Keeping numbers low at first, they will be managed and shown until such stock can be achieved and then I will increase my holdings.
At that point the offspring will be offered for sale or kept for their meat, fur, companionship, showing and manure.
Their registered numbers will surpass the critical, threatened and watch criteria and with any luck, I can promote these breeds successfully to the point where they can be removed from the Livestock Conservancy's Conservation Priority Lists in terms of population numbers.
I hope to be able to provide a custom organic, GMO feed for the rabbits, grown, prepared and stored on site. It would make for healthier, happier rabbits and greatly reduce feed costs.
Five hundred rabbits will produce at least twenty five thousand pounds of manure a year. That is over 12.5 tons of manure each year.
In short, these rabbits can fertilize an acre or two each year. I like to rotate my plantings, to keep the land fertile. Along with some other animal manures and some cover crops, I can build up and maintain the soil quality and increase its value.