Rabbit & Cavy News

Join us this year on March 11 at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds (503 N Jackson Ave, Jefferson, WI) for our rabbit club’s 50th anniversary show!

Yes - the Badger Rabbit Breeders Association is celebrating it’s 50th consecutive all-breed rabbit show here in southern Wisconsin.  Special Best of Breed awards, a huge raffle and some other surprises are planned for this big event!

On Saturday March 10th, be sure to attend the specialty shows for the following breeds; Netherland Dwarfs, American Fuzzy Lops, Dutch, Holland Lops, Mini Rex, Angoras, Checkered Giants, Rex, Havanas, Mini lops, New Zealands, Satins, and Silver Martens. 

Cooping is available for Friday and Saturday nights at 50 cents per hole, but you must email to Tom to reserve your coops:  tachrist @ wisc.edu   (remove the spaces in the email address)

The Sunday all-breed show starts promptly at 9:00 am and the open starting breeds are: Checkered Giant, Britannia Petite, American Sable, Creme d’Argent, Jersey Wooly, Dutch and Belgian Hare.   The youth starting breeds are: Palomino, Flemish Giants, Mini Satins, French Angoras, and Havanas.

All breed classes are still only $2.50/ea and fur classes are $1.50/ea. 

Now this being a very popular show, we tend to really get crowded so don’t bring your chairs and grooming tables because there is no where for you to use them! The showroom opens at 6:30 am on Saturday and Sunday.

If you are coming from out of town and need ‘people cooping’, here are phone numbers for some of the local motels and inns:  

Days Inn (Johnson Creek) 920-699-8000
Rodeway Inn (Jefferson) 920-674-4404
Comfort Suites (Johnson Creek) 920-699-2800
Best Western Courtyard Inn (Ft. Atkinson) 920-563-6444

If you need additional places to try, email me at racefan24@verizon.net  for more info!

DON’T FORGET!!!  Saturday night is daylight savings time - set your clock AHEAD one hour!  Oh good, we’ll all be tired……..

If you are looking for a rabbit club to join and help out with, we will certainly welcome you!  We could use more people to help set up and tear down our show each year, work at the show, help organize community or educational seminars for adults and youth alike, and we can always use new ideas! 

Contact me for more info racefan24@verizon.net  We meet sporadically throughout the year, usually on Saturday evenings at the Culvers near Newville. 

If you have questions about the show, just email me and if I can’t answer your questions, I’ll surely put you in touch with someone who can!

Cathy   : )