FERCHAUD'S  CROSSFIRE        REG #  H861H         GC# A3597                             11 legs   Halsey's Gordon    X     Ferchaud's Bess   2nd place Sr buck, Louisville Convention

FERCHAUD'S MYSTERY Ferchaud's Eclipse X Ferchaud's Wildbird Mystery has an interesting story, he was mistaken for another rabbit in the barn that I was keeping just to keep an old time bloodline alive. For months I just moved him from cage to cage.  3 weeks before convention, I decided I didn't want to bother keeping those extra rabbits, so I took him out to evaluate, and was I surprised to see what he had blossomed into! The twist come when I looked at his ear number and  realized that the rabbit I had been moving around was not the one I thought it had been, I had forgotten all about this one, so at 8 months of age he came out of the barn and went to his very first show ever, the Louisville Convention, where he placed 3rd in Sr bucks right behind Crossfire!

FERCHAUD'S ECLIPSE                     REG # S555E                                 Cunningham's Bravo  X  Ferchaud's Eureka *Sire of Open RH BOB                2006 ARBA Convention*

HALSEY'S GORDON       REG # H863H        GC# A3596           EV Gord  X  Halsey 256EH    BOSB 2006 ARBA Convention

FERCHAUD'S JOAQUIN                Ferchaud's Hot Rod  X  Ferchaud's Wild Bird (Highway X Sparrow)  (Littermate to Crossfire) Joaquin is a few spot DQ  buck that will sire his first litters this fall. His type is flawless, and with careful selection of a doe he is sure to make his mark on the next generation.

Joaquin's first babies from G5. Side spots look good so far.

Ferchaud's Andy Jr Magee's Andy X Ferchaud's Johnnie 1st place Jr Buck Louisville Convention

Ferchaud's Vegas Halsey's Gordon X Ferchaud's Haroo Reserve Best in Show, Cow Palace 4/09

Ferchaud's Sport/Split 9.07 lbs Ferchaud's Quinn X KL's Miami Split is a littermate to Zoe, and contributes his dad's bone and size to the breed

Once the website is more up to date, you'll see references throughout to  Nemo X Lite and Highway X Sparrow babies.These 2 crosses  produced what I consider to be  the template animals for my line of Rhinelanders. Please read Mike Avesing's article for further explanation of template animals and how linebreeding influences and strengthens a line of rabbits. I exploded my breeding program first around the Nemo X Lite babies, then 3 years later the Highway X Sparrow cross. By  linebreeding  and inbreeding these and producing so many excellent animals that the loss of the foundation  animals did not impact on my breeding program.