Meet The Hot Cross Buns
We would like to introduce you to the Hot Cross Buns. Each and every one of them holds a special place in our hearts and in our breeding programs. We love color and lots of it, which is why you will see a wide variety of colors in our herd. Even more important than the color of their coats is the temperament they each exhibit. We love our Buns and want the very best for them. That means we need to know each of them from tip to tail, inside and out. We welcome your questions about our herd and their care.
The Hot Cross Bucks are the building block of our rabbitry. Without great sires, we can't breed great kits. Since we breed for sound temperament, our boys have to be sweet, curious, and loving. It would be impossible to choose a favorite out of these handsome boys.
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Little Boy Blue is a gorgeous solid blue buck who loves treats and head rubs. He is absolutely yummy with his fat head and chubby cheeks! Little Boy can be a bit shy around people and the does (which can be a turn-off for some of them) but we are hoping age and experience will help him become a more eager breeder. We really want to bring more of his correct Holland Lop type into our lines.
UPDATE: Little Boy Blue has been neutered. His information will remain on this page as long as we are anticipating and raising babies he sired before his procedure. He will be remaining with us as a beloved pet Bun and we hope to bond him with one of our retired does after he is neutered. We love this little guy too much to part with him. Once his anticipated babies are raised and placed, you can follow Little Boy Blue on the HCB's Pet Buns page. |
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Joey has taken his sire's place in the rabbitry. This son of Wee Walter and Dulcie (and brother of our doe Primrose) is sweet and playful. He lacks Wee Walter's impish streak, but did inherit his wonderful litter box habits. Dulcie got carried away when cleaning him up at birth and nibbled a couple of his toes off, so his feet are a bit wonky. We have a soft spot for this little buck and enjoy his quirky temperament.
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Pumpkin Roll is a gorgeous broken orange buck out of Goldilocks and Luigi. We planned to keep this Bun very early on and originally thought he was a doe. Imagine our surprise when we saw boy-bits when he was nearly 5 months old. That was quite a shock! Pumpkin Roll has inherited the loving, gentle disposition of both of his parents. |
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Hamish is our newest keeper. He is out of Goldilocks and Gulliver and is an absolutely scrumptious little bundle of love. He is friendly, sweet, and gently playful. His temperament is the perfect combination of his mama's mellow outlook on life, and his sire's "life of the party attitude." We love this little harlequin buck! |
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Finnegan has come back to us! He was born here at HCB, where he was called Rerun and we gifted him to Diane at Hook's Hollands, where he was known as Yoshi. When she announced the end of her breeding program, Diane asked if we would like him back and we jumped at the opportunity to have this little sweetie rejoin our herd. Finn is the son of Primrose and Luigi, and half brother of Pumpkin Roll. He likes to follow his nose, just like his lovable sire, and we often only see the top of his head as he sniffs and explores every inch of a new space. He loves to binky, bounce and play, and we love to watch his energetic zoomies.
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DOB: August 29, 2020
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The Hot Cross Does are the ladies who do all the real work in the rabbitry. They have to deal with pregnancy hormones, build a nest, give birth, nurse multiple babies at once, deal with babies climbing all over them and eating all the food in their bowls, go through weaning...we get tired just thinking about it! We enjoy our special Hot Cross Does and provide them with lots of TLC.
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Primrose is a gorgeous, compact chinchilla born to recently retired Wee Walter and Dulcie. She has a wonderfully inquisitive temperament, with a love for cuddles (short ones!) as she hops off to explore new things in her environment. She has a gloriously thick coat, which will mean extra-care during her molts, but we can't resist sinking our fingers into it. With her wonky ears and happy demeanor, she had us wrapped around her wee paws very early in her life.
UPDATE... Primrose passed away from GI Stasis on November 16th, leaving behind two four-week-old kits. We are absolutely devastated by her loss and are having a difficult time processing her death. Her babies are keeping us focused, but our hearts are hurting. Primrose was one in a million. Her personality was always warm, welcoming, and trusting. She loved pets, cuddles, and treats, but her favorite thing to do was to nestle her head under my chin while we quietly snuggled on the couch and just melted into each other. She was definitely a "heart" Bun and our hearts are missing her sweet presence. We will keep her place on this page while her babies grow up and will remove it once they have been retained or placed. |
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Molly is the sister of Tabitha, appears to be a broken frosty, but is possibly Vienna Marked.*** Usually broken patterned rabbits have solid-colored ears, but Molly has a streak of white on her right ear that leads me to suspect that she may carry the Vienna gene (the gene that presents blue eyes in rabbits). She is more reserved and slower to warm up to people than her sister, but is curious enough to stick her nose out to see what's going on. When she has playtime in the exercise pen, she most frequently hunkers down, muffin-style, and enjoys watching the goings-on around her. She is definitely an observant bunny!
***Vienna carriers are not supposed to be bred to a broken patterned rabbit because it makes it difficult to tell which rabbits are true Vienna Marked rabbits as opposed to non-vienna carriers who are simply broken patterned. Molly and Tabitha prove this point. Their sire, Hamlet, was a beautiful broken blue-eyed buck, so it was easy to tell that he carried the Vienna gene. |
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Cupcake is our little doe from Cake Pop and Little Boy Blue. She has a wonderfully cuddly disposition and loves to snuggle. She will happily play and bounce, too, but she always comes back to our laps demanding more cuddle time. We fell in love with this little girl. She carries sable and dilute, so her babies could be a fun mixture of colors.
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Genevieve (Jenny for short) is a beautiful cream doe gifted to us by our friends at Hook's Hollands. Isn't she lovely? She looks like a false dwarf girl, which will make kindling easier on her and removes the risk of her having any peanuts. Jenny is very sweet and spunky. We're so excited to have her join the Hot Cross Buns family!
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Will-o the Wisp is a personal favorite of ours. She is sassy and playful, while still being very sweet and snuggly (when she wants to be). She literally walks (hops) all over us in her determination to get what she wants or to go where she pleases. She's a very good little Bun for all of her independent ways. She is the daughter of Joey and our now-retired doe, Millie. |
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Boopsy is a rather shy little girl who is still trying to find her place in this world. A sensitive soul with a very loving heart, we hope she will embrace motherhood with a sense of joy and purpose. Boopsy received her name from her propensity to "boop" everything with her nose to see if it does anything. She is the daughter of Trixie and our now-retired buck, Joshua. She is a chocolate carrier and we are hoping to see some lovely chocolate babies from her at some point down the road.
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Smudge is a delightful little doe who is very quirky in her likes and dislikes. She never fails to make us laugh out loud with her comically quizzical facial expressions. She is very camera shy (mainly because of the flash) but she is absolutely beautiful. Smudge's name comes from a little character my 3rd grade teacher used to draw on her students' especially good schoolwork papers. Her Smudge was actually a little dog, but Smudge the bunny looked so similar to him, that I couldn't help remembering those little drawings and all the happy memories of her class.
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