Merry Christmas at the Magee's



The "kids" opening all the presents!



Abby's first Christmas!



Look at my new candycane shaped rawhide!



Abby loves having company over, and also liked her gifts!



My family waiting on the smoked ham dinner, YUM!



Abby and Mom helped me out in the kitchen

Red Bluff Show 2011

Dannie Zane took Pictures for us at the Red Bluff Show. 

She captured the Best in Show winners for the Saturday's show awards. 

Here is a quick one she snapped of Lena with her Jr. Doe, Juliet.

In Show D, Sunday,  Russell (Californian) and Lena (Himalayan) won Youth Best in Show and Reserve in Show.  How often do siblings win both on the same day, at the same show?

The Satin Club... My Friends and Family.

So glad you were all there to help run this successful show!

Californian Wins Best In Show!

Russell won Best in Show Youth at CRCS on Sunday in Red Bluff, California.

This is his first BIS with his Californians.  CD1 is 8 months old and she was 3rd place single fryer for him at the Stanislaus County Fair last summer.  Russell is glad he decided to keep this one!

Saturday's Rabbit Club Show in Red Bluff he won Reserve in Show with the same doe.



Best in Show at Lodi

Best in Show -with Judge Kevin Stanford

 Thank you Susie Dapper for this beautiful White Mini Satin Buck #S3 "Sammy"

He received an Honorable Mention in Fresno two weeks ago and then BIS yesterday in Lodi!

2011 ARBA National Convention - BOB Open - Laural Sohns (left) and BOS Open - Morgan and Paula Schutz (right). Judge Melissa Magee is pictured in the center.

                                                                                      

This November I had the privilege of judging Tans at the ARBA Convention. 

It is always an honor to be asked to judge at this prestigious event. 

 

The Tan is a lively little rabbit with beautiful markings and striking color!

SHOW TIME FUN

Some of Lena's Rabbit Show Family

 Carol Green and Betty Chu are very good to Lena and are teaching her the finer points of wool breeds, Spinning and Knitting!

Betty let Lena feed a Granola Bar to one of her English Angora bucks. Yum Yum!

Gold Country

Taking a break from the fruit...

Panning for gold on the Yuba River at Bridgeport, CA.

At Sutter's Mill, the site of the first gold discovery in California, 1849. 



Looking at a replica of the original Sutter's Mill

HIMALAYANS!

Carrying on my current theme of looking back in time, I found these pictures of Himalayans our family raised over the last 10 years...

Magee's Shamrock (2004)
Multi BIS winner
Pictured in the ARBA SOP



Lena and Allen with RIS "TINK"
Blue Sr doe, 2010





Magee's SNAP, BOB & BOG
Kentucky ARBA Conv. 2008



Lena with her BIS Winner "Sugar"
2010

Best Black Sr Doe ARBA Conv. 2005



Magee's PD1 - BIS 2003

Himalayans have been in my Barn since 1989.

My sister started showing Himalayans when she was 6.  Now my daughter Lena shows Himalayans.

Himalayans are awesome for kids!  They are gentle, relaxed and docile, perfect for showmanship.  Their body type is very unique, they are cylindrical shaped like a paper towel tube.  The points of the Himalayan can be in 4 colors; Black, Blue, Chocolate and Lilac.

RED!



Magee's Red HOT- Mini Satin



Red is my Favorite color on Animals! 

It's such an attractive color.

With the Satin Fur mutation the
red color is made even more

brilliant due to the light reflecting

off the clear hair shell.



Magee's SPF
BOV NASS 2007




Magee's C1







Magee's Big Rig



Here are some examples of the beautiful Reds I have raised over the last 25 years.

Big Rig (Red 6/8 Buck) won BOV at the Indianapolis Convention in 2005, the same year I received my judges licence.

Magee's Paddington Bear BOV Red
 2001 ARBA Conv.

Tex Thomas picked this Red Jr Buck BOSV
 NASS in Colorado 2004





In the Beginning

I was looking at some old pictures and found this one. 

It's from 2005, our first harvest! 

Cayucos Beach

The family made a run down to Templeton yesterday to pick up 2 tons for rabbit feed.  Afterwards we all headed to the Cayucos State Beach.  The weather was perfect and everyone had a wonderful afternoon!

Lena is warming herself in the hot sand

The Pit and Wall the kids made. 

It got bigger as the day progressed!

Oh, the many colors...



Mini Satins are a relatively new breed to the American Rabbit Breeders Assoc.  In 2005, J Leo Collins presented and passed (for the third and final showing) the Mini Satin breed with the White variety. Then in 2009 Siamese, Opal, Red and Chinchilla varieties were passed by other successful breeders.  These are the only varieties that have passed to date and can be shown in regular competition.  I am working on the development of the Copper Variety and others are in the development and presentation process of several other colors.

Mini Satins (Left to right) Opal, Red, White, Copper, Otter and Chocolate





Nectarines!

Artic Pride is our last variety of white Nectarine. 

Nectarines are simply Peaches without the fuzz. 

I like being able to eat them fresh off the tree, no peeling necessary!

The last variety...

Edward is busy picking our Snow Giant Peaches.  This is our last variety of peach for the season.  We still have another week of Artic Pride Nectarines, but the peaches are done until next year. 

More From Alaska

We found a quilt shop in Fairbanks called Material Girls.  Beautiful Quilts made by Alaskans.

The Big Grizzly REALLY made me look small!

The Kids up there were awesome!  I am talking to them about judging a class of rabbits. 

They listened very intently then each took a turn at judging.

Alaska

Ed and I traveled to Fairbanks Alaska in August 2011.  The Alaska Pipeline was on our list of "Must Sees"

We visited the Chena Hot Springs about an hour outside of Fairbanks.  This is the Ice Bar in the Ice House complete with Solid Ice Martini glasses.

The Chena Hot Springs are said to have healing properties from the minerals in the water.  The water is 140 degrees and is cooled to 104 for soaking weary bodies.

The young bull moose that stopped for a quick photo opp!

Traveled to North Pole Alaska to visit with the big guy.

Peaches are Ready

Peaches are picked into totes, 2 layers with a pad in between.  The white fruit is very delicate. 

After picking the fruit is sorted by size and placed into boxes for shipping.

                            Our first variety of White Lady Peaches hanging on the tree pre-harvest.