Upton 4-H at Fireworks Festival!

Saturday, June 27, 2009

The sun was finally shining, and we had a great day!

"Hooray for 4-H!"

Members offered Face Painting and a craft activity, along with info about the club.



Many people stopped by to play with the rabbits!

THANKS to Gina & Gabby and Ann & Isabella + Gabriella for planning/organizing our club's participation at this annual community event!

Trophy Winners!

Several of our club members attended a show sponsored by the Central MA Rabbit Breeders Network and the Happy Hoppers 4-H Rabbit Club, held at the Spencer Fairgrounds on Sunday, May 31st.

Ally won 2 trophies for her cavies and Maline won a trophy for her lionhead bunny! Congratulations, girls!

Easter Egg Hunt

9 Members of the Cuddly Critters Rabbit & Cavy Club represented Upton 4-H Club at this year's annual Easter Egg Hunt, sponsored by the Upton Men's Club and Upton Police Dept. held at the Upton Community Playground Parking lot and VFW Fields. The weather was beautiful and many families enjoyed visiting with our animals while waiting for the egg hunt to begin. Ally attended w/Chris & Dave and their 5 rabbits; Tori & I brought her velveteen lop ("Ace") and my American Chinchilla ("Merlin"). Taylor was in charge of Merlin for the day and handled him very well! Bella & Beth brought Rainbow and 2 Flemish Giants; Gabriella & Ann brought mini-rex "Licorice" and LionHead "Fuzzy Bear". Chris, Maia and Trish brought 'Charlotte' (an English Spot) and 'Emma' (a LionHead). Gabby & Gina were there with 'Mr.BunBun', Gabby's mini-rex, and Kate & Lucy brought their 7 brand-new baby Rhode Island Red chicks!!
Here are a few pics from this morning's festivities. Thank you to all who participated!

Cuddly Critters ...

At the October meeting of the Cuddly Critters Rabbit & Cavy Club, Tori talked about Cavy Care, and we had a few new cavies at the meeting .... along with their owners who want to join the club!

Thanks, Arianna & Jennifer, for bringing 'Cookie Dough' and 'Chestnut' to our meeting last night!

Katie was there were her cavy, 'Max', who was happy to meet some new friends!

There were also lots of bunnies, and everyone learned about trimming bunny & cavy toenails!

Here, Nicole (holding her Mini Rex 'Snickers') and Devon (holding her Jersey Wooly 'Abby'), look at the ARBA Standard of Perfection to learn more about their breeds.

Introducing ....

our 2 newest club members: Lucy
& Thomas ... and their 2 newest pets, Wilbur and Hamlet, a pair of potbellied pigs!
Welcome to the Upton 4-H Club!!


Some of our other members have new animals as well, including Gabby's goats ... please send a picture for us to share!!

Rabbits & Cavies ... and Chickens! Oh my!

Jake, with Bo, at the Showmanship table

Bella & Tori posing with Nutmeg

Tori: Champion in Cavy Showmanship with Nutmeg: Champion Cavy!

Bella at the Showmanship table with Brianna's Champion Mini Rex:

Ally with her Champion Lionhead

Emily at the Showmanship table with her Champion Pet Rabbit, Sparkle!

Gabby with Mr. BunBun: Champion in Rabbit Showmanship!

Gabriella & Isabella with 2 of their Chickens (from this year's Poultry Challenge)
... and later with just 2 of the many ribbons they ended up winning!