Helli Hawk Homestead and Rabbitry

05/30/2026

05/30/2026

Blossom is going home! Her twin brother is still 👀

05/12/2026

English Angoras, two boys and one girl! Ready now. Located in Choctaw

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05/11/2026

Buck (first three pics) and doe (last three pics) looking again. Ready late May.

Located in Choctaw.

05/02/2026

Bunny play time ❤️

05/02/2026

Well said!

I've gotten a lot of messages leading to this post, I want to explain what's involved in Vienna programs because some folks seem to think we are short-order bunny cooks in the build-a-bunny workshop. We get people asking for a bunny that is "x & y color with blue eyes." Buckle Up!

If you make a harlequin × non-harlequin pairing, you will likely not get a clean harlequin pattern right away. At best, you get partial expression, carriers, or mismarked offspring depending on what the non-harlequin carries. To re-establish consistent harlequin expression, you typically have to breed those offspring back into proven harlequin lines over multiple generations while selecting for correct pattern and type.

Now you have to add Vienna into the program. That's where your white markings and blue eyes come from. Crossing Vienna in also requires several generations before it consistently appears in the line. This produces rabbits that may show white markings (VM), be hidden carriers (VC), or occasionally have blue eyes if the right combination lands. Most will not be blue-eyed harlequin. Even when both parents carry the gene, it’s still a matter of chance with each litter. You may get blue eyes, or you may not, even from the same pairing.

Now factor in genetic health, type, and viability. Selecting simultaneously for multiple traits (color, coat, structure, temperament) significantly narrows your options. Achieving blue-eyed kits requires multi-generational pairing and selective retention. It is a program that takes years, not a single breeding decision. Keep in mind- Dwarf breeds continue refining in head, bone, and overall finish well beyond initial maturity, often not fully reaching their final adult type until ~1.5 years. So when we say "generations," we mean a long time.

Now before your jaw drops at the price points in someone's breeding program, read this again. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk. 💖

05/01/2026

Reserved by Krystie Wright

This little girl has come available again. She will be ready end of May.

I have gotten so many messages about hollands lately, so now is your chance to snag one! We are done breeding hollands until the fall.

Located in Choctaw.

05/01/2026

Cleo went home today! But first, story time with the girls 😂

05/01/2026

Jameson and Mustang mated today, as did our other teddywidders, Yahtzee and Miles. Hoping for some babies, but each doe only allows one fall off. I never expected wooly breeds to be so difficult to breed, but here we are….

04/29/2026

Three English angora boys still 👀4️⃣🏡

Ready mid May

Located in Choctaw