On November 7, 8, and 9th, a marathon testing for registration was held in Silverton, Oregon. We had a total of 14 rabbits tested over three days. Eight of those passed. To pass, a rabbit must have a score higher than 80 points and a minimum of 325 grams of wool produced over 91 days.
Shown here is Margie’s rabbit, Windsor Farm’s Yurs Fur Ever.
We had a lot of fun. While we sheared and the rabbits were judged, we chatted and exchanged information and shearing tips. Some brought knitted items for show and tell. Margie had some beautiful hand-dyed socks made from the IAGARB sock yarn.
Shown here is Bungalow Farm’s Mogul. He was the top producing rabbit over the three day event with 1684 grams of wool (421 grams for the 91 day shearing period).
Also notable was Windsor Farm’s Voodoo owned by Erin. She is the first Black
German to pass registration! She is purebred doe descended from the 2006 black imports brought back from Germany.
And to top it off, IAGARB’s registration database has reached over 100 animals tested! Testing began in North America in 2002. Quite a feat in a few short years. Wool quality and production has steadily increased during those years primarily due to better management, feed, and importing quality animals into our gene pool. In 2008, the first German to produce over 2,000 grams annually was recorded in the IAGARB database. We look forward to many more in the future!
