The last of the spring shows for the Quarry Ridge crew involved a small showing at the South Mountain RC just outside of Gettysburg, PA and a larger gathering of bunny people at the Penn State livestock arena in State College, PA. I traveled up from North Carolina to see how my little wee's would do for their first shows, and considering that they were only ten weeks old, I happen to think they did pretty well! Blackfyre turns out to be a doe (who really knows sexes at that age!) and she won BOS under Judge Everett Hopper at State College. Aegon also did really well, placing first in his Junior Buck class under several judges. Though I was really hoping to sell one of the four youngsters to help clear out the barn for my mother (having a kit explosion during the hot summer months = more frozen water bottles), we both decided that at 10 weeks, we couldn't properly assess their quality quite yet. All four--Aegon, Black Dread, Rhaenys, and Blackfyre will show again in the Fall (and hopefully in the correct classes this time! The sex change fairy needs to stay in her lane).
Overall, Jameson and his sister Madiera did really well, passing back BOB and BOS throughout the weekend. We had just enough exhibitors to get them a few more legs, which is always a good thing! Jameson is a pretty underrated buck at this point for us--prior to these shows, he was always up against old man Ray and never finished on top. Next Fall it will definitely be his time to shine. We also said goodbye to Funck's Wessex. After really taking stock of how many bucks Ma has in her barn, and how many are inter-related anyway, she decided that as much as she loves the little guy, Wessex could be sent to a new home. The second place Jr. Buck at the 2019 Silver Fox Nationals now resides with Sam Cheshier in her growing barn. We both hope to see his babies on the tables next year!
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