I am looking for Champagne de Argents or Champagne/Californian cross rabbits in the Central Texas area (Austin,Round Rock, Georgetown area) to start my backyard rabbitry.

-- ED Thomas (wilded@austin.rr.com), March 31, 2002

Answers

Might check out these Texas breeders:

Watership Farm, http://www.angelfire.com/tx3/rabbits/index.html

B*B Rabbitry, http://www.bbpals.8m.com/ Developing Champagne D'Argents for Texas climates and promote it as a meat breed rabbit

-- BC (desertdweller44@yahoo.com), March 31, 2002.

My daughter got some Champagnes a few years ago, only to find out they were not very tolerant of heat. We are in central SD. She kept frozen ice bottles in their hutches for them on hot days, but she lost most of her herd one very hot humid day. Just be aware of this! Isn't Texas pretty hot??

-- Lynn (ljbixler@dtgnet.com), April 03, 2002.