Confusing rabbit terminology.

[hoodat]

I was talking at the bus stop with another rabbit breeder and I noticed this woman nearby with this bewidered look on her face. I thought about the conversation and had to smile when I wondered what she was thinking. The conversation went (with her probable thoughts in parentheses)
"I have a proven buck rabbit" (Why did you have to prove it? Couldn't you tell it was a rabbit by looking at it?)
"He has two legs" (Oh the poor thing. I wonder what happened to it?)
"He was a broken" (Well I guess so with only two legs)
"I didn't want a broken so I had it fixed. (You can fix rabbits?)
" My doe just kindled" (What kind of place is he running? Rabbits with two legs? Rabbits that burst into flames?)
"She had five kits" (Rabbits that give birth to cats?)
The doe was a self" (Rabbits can do that?)
"I took all the furniture out of her cage and sterilized it" (His rabbits have furniture?)
About then the bus pulled up and we got aboard. I noticed she waited to see where we sat and then went to the other end; prabably wondering if a nutcase like me was violent.

 

[ninnymary]

Well Hoodat,and if you were wearing that tin foil hat, no wonder!

Mary

 

[Mickey328]

That's too funny! I'll bet you were spot on in what she was thinking

 

[lesa]

You really should stop wearing the tin foil hat in public!! I am so glad you were able to get back into rabbits. As usual, an inspiration to us all...

 

[hoodat]

Rabbits can really get to you. I felt like a piece of me was missing the whole time I had to go without them. Between them and my veggie garden they keep me out of mischief (most of the time).

 

[baymule]

You're no bunny until some bunny loves you.

 

[lesa]

That is perfect, Hoodat! Moderation in all things, including moderation... Enjoy a little mischief!

 

[StonyGarden]

That is too funny!! (now if I only knew what those terms mean)

 

[hoodat]

That is too funny!! (now if I only knew what those terms mean)

Quick rundown A proven buck is one who has sired a brood so you know he isn't sterile.
Legs are awards given at rabbit shows. The more legs it has the better the quality of the rabbit (for showing)
A broken is a rabbit that is more than one color.
A self is a rabbit with just one color.
Kindling means giving birth and the young are called kits.
Furniture is anything in a cage (shelter boxes, tunnels for them to play in , shelves for them to lie on etc.)

To rabbit raisers these are all common terms but they probably sound like gobbledegook to anyone else.

 

[StonyGarden]

To rabbit raisers these are all common terms but they probably sound like gobbledegook to anyone else.

Yup they did sound like gobbledgook!

Thanks for explaining it to me.