Hoppy Days

Tri Rex Program

It all started when…

Tri is both a beautiful and challenging color to breed. With so few breeders nationally we wanted to take the quality we’ve built in the main herd and start the long journey of breeding them, hoping to improve the variety nationally.

Our Goal

We strive to have the superior color quality of self-based Tri, which made it difficult to get started as most Tri Rex are agouti-based. We also breed self in our main program, so doing self-based Tri was a natural path for us.

SALES

Our Tri are not available for any purpose. We intend to keep the premium quality of the herds’ genetics exclusive for breeders who are committed to bettering the variety nationally. At this time, unless otherwise posted on the Facebook page, the only Tri we will make publicly available will be donated to the Rex Auction at Nationals and Convention.

HOW’S it going?

We decided to start the Tri during the RHD/Covid shutdown since we knew it would be a while before shows started back up. That would allow lots of downtime to work on side projects. However, due to their scarcity, we were forced to start the program with a Tri Mini Rex buck as moving rabbits across quarantine RHD zones was forbidden. This definitely made things difficult in the first few years as we battled not only size, but bone and muscle. The program stayed small for a long time, only producing a few litters a year. After a while, we divided the program between ourselves and our co-breeder in order to individually work on them. After becoming exclusively in control of the program and having all the animals in our own barn vs being split across two, we were finally able to make significant strides over a 2-year period. As of 2026, the program has taken a huge leap and will finally be able to expand to a full-blown program in the barn. The animals are substantially improved in fur, bone, and muscle - of course, still a work in progress compared to the main herd but consistently up to breed standard.

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