Skyrack Angoras

25/06/2026

Cimarron, a one year old Chocolate Angora, is a coat nibbler! This coat will have to be patched again.

25/06/2026

Baby rabbits are delightful! Here is Laredo with his brother Comanche enjoying themselves on the lawn. They are 10 weeks old.

01/04/2026

Jinx's babies, 3 weeks old. There are 8 little rabbits, 3 Blue and 5 Smoke. All very hungry!

25/02/2026

Spring is here! At least Jinx thinks so. My rabbits much prefer barley straw to hay for making their nests. The garden birds love waste Angora wool, chopped up small, for making theirs.

03/08/2024

My new book, the History of the Domestic Rabbit, is available from Fur and Feather.https://furandfeather.co.uk/product/the-history-of-the-domestic-rabbit-from-food-fur-to-friend-by-lesley-hordon/ Find out the story of the rabbit, from the Ice Ages of Iberia through Roman, Norman and Tudor times to the present day. Explore illuminated manuscripts, Renaissance paintings, and the role rabbits played in the two World Wars. See how rabbits helped Darwin in his theories of evolution and follow the development of the rabbit breeds of today. The first house rabbit, Corney Buttercup, was recorded around the time of the Battle of Waterloo.

22/07/2024

Here is Storm my rescue Smoke Angora. He came to me age 1 when his owner could no longer look after him, and felt he needed the company of other rabbits. He was in beautiful condition when he arrived. He is now 5, and goes with me to craft festivals. He knows when the door of his travel hutch opens for a photograph that he will get a green treat!

04/11/2023

Coming soon, my new book on the story of the rabbit. From the Ice Ages of Iberia to the present day, the story of the rabbit is an intriguing one, hidden in illuminated manuscripts, paintings, court cases and the annals of archaeology. Genetic studies shed light on the rabbit's origins, and plagues of rabbits date from classical times, 2000 years before the invasion of Australia. Available from Fur and Feather.

The History of the Domestic Rabbit From Food & Fur

04/11/2023

Little rabbits do not stay little for very long! One little Blue off to a new home, but 4 little does are staying with me. Jinx is the largest and boldest, whilst Solitaire is much more shy. Elektra and Magda are still living happily together and climb all over me at feeding time! My does have James Bond girl names. It is a good job that more films are made! Tiffany, Mayday, Domino, Vesper and Oc*****sy are does of the past, but the name P***y Galore remains unused! Here are Elektra and Magda on the lawn.

24/05/2023

Back from the vet's visit, 5 little Blue Angoras relaxing on the lawn. I will not need to cut the grass! They were very good with being vaccinated, with an audience of 4 vet nurses. They hadn't seen Angoras before. The vet got the sexes right - he agreed that they are 5 little does! They are now 8 weeks old and it is time for their mother to go back to her own hutch. Always sad, but she will enjoy the rest.

20/04/2023

Five beautiful little Blue Angoras leave the nest for the first time. Kale, grass and nuggets waiting under the watchful eyes of Colorado, their mother.