To discover more
about this fantastic breed and its history, please read a brief description below photos of our buns.
L.J's dam is Esme and his sire is Lestat whom has now sadly passed on. He has
a nice dense coat with good roll, he holds his ears and poses well.
LJ
to date is our highest achieving home bred fur rabbit.
He will now remain at home until his adult coat finishes.
LJ has 1 CC, 2 stars , 1 Best Fur (Diploma), 1 Grand Challenge U5
& Reserve Best in Show
D
Plummer: Superb type, excels ears and head, good coat with movement, just needs cleaner feet.
Barrow Bunnies Emmett
Here is a young buck we are running on bred from Esme and Carlisle.
He has inherited his fathers
type and mothers coat, just the blend we were hoping for.
Emmett whilst often over looked locally (largely due
to lack of understanding of breed) finally got the recognition he deserved, recieving the hulstlander CC from a very
strong class of eight in the Rare Variety Club Show at the London Champs '11.
Emmett has 3 CC's, 8 stars (U5)
P Hopkins: Another example of
the breed. Excels all round.
Barrow Bunnies Blade
BB's Blade is a young buck we are running on from Victoria and Stefan. It's a bit of an odd mix of
parentage but they compliment each others strengths and weaknesses perfectly. Blade appears to have good type for his age
and is just getting his intermediate coat through.
Barrow Bunnies Alice
Alice is a young doe from Esme and Carlisle. Now a little older she
is the splitting image of her mother! She has lovely type for a doe and has the best coat in our herd, so we can't wait
to mate her. Planned matings include half brother LJ and Stefan.
Although she has never acquired a cc cerificate in the few times she was shown, she gained a few second
places in very large good quality classes.
Carlisle
Bred by The Lambes
Carlisle is a friendly chap and a right gutster! Even now he still snorts whilst
eating, normally a trait reserved for baby Hulstlanders.
He has excellent type, 3 1/2 inch ears, correct weight (full
points) and nice texture of coat. Just waiting on his head and chops to fill out as an adult now.
Carlisle has sired a few litters now of which we have retained a few youngsters.
Carlisle has 1 CC, 3 stars (U5) & 1 Best Fur U5
Adult
2 CC's & 7 stars (at 6 months old)
Stefan
Bred by Trina Cooke
Stefan boasts exceptional parentage, his sire is a Hawkfield buck whom has won numerous
Best in Shows and even in his senior years continued his success.
Stefan
has cracking type, a nice short chunky pair of front legs, pleasing skull and a good density of coat.
He loves nothing more than tossing his heavy toys around his hutch, which sends booms across
the quiet garden and tends to give us a bit of a fright!
As a youngster
in the adult classes, he got 3rd in the Fur Challenge and the CC at West Midland Champs '10 and also did very well at Lincs Champs '10 getting best hulstlander in the open
show and Rare Variety club coat unfinished!
Stefan was also awarded Best Rare Variety in Show at the Burgess Premier
Small Animal Show (Harrogate) 2012. He also came 4th in the ladies Fur from 54. We really couldn't hope for more, he is
such a showman!
Stefan has 1CC and 4 stars as an
U5, 9CC's and 26 stars as an adult.
G Adams: Good type and colour, nice dense undercoat, just to finish.
D Fisher : Good type, nice coat just
a little to clear.
P Brasier : Wins on coat and profile.
N Austin : Nice colour and coat quality. Nice
type. Best Fur. Well done.
Esme is mother to Sookie. She is
a very showable rabbit with superb coat and good type. She is a reliable mother (and foster mother) usually having small litters
of 2 or 3 of good quality.
We have just started to show her son Lestat
Junior who at his 3rd show got Best Fur and Reserve Best in Show as an U5.
History of the Hulstlander
To the best of our knowledge working with German translations
The Hulstlanders name originated from a strip of land abundant with wild rabbits, the Staphorst forest
in the Hulst region, an area between Ommen, Zwolle and Meppel. The breed was first developed by Mr Jac de Graaf in the early 80's by crossing the German red eyed Netherland
dwarf 'Hermelin' and the Vienna, the purpose was to study the vienna gene.
The cross turned out so attractive with such wonderful qualities that he decided to set about getting the 'hulstlander'
standardised, doing so in September 1984. The breed was later standardised in the UK September 2002.
Hulstlanders are white with dazzling blue eyes and luxury coat,
thus classified as a fur breed. They do not yet have their own national breed club and are still shown as a rare variety.
The breed standard awards points according to a weight scale, 5lbs
5oz – 5lbs 15oz is the ideal range, scoring 10 points.
Another area that requires strict attention is ears, they must be within 8 – 10cm (3-4ins), ideal 9cm (3 1/2ins).
One of the things that attracted us to the breed was its short and cobby body, with well developed
front and hindquarters. The front legs are short and sturdy. The body should be well covered and muscles firm. The head is
strongly formed. short and broad.
The Hulstlander
personality is adorable, they are very sweet natured, love a cuddle, docile, but are also inquisitive spending a great deal
of time up on their hind legs looking about. They would be a sensible choice for a pet.
Breed Standard
Ring Size D
| 1 | Type
& Confirmation | 20 |
| 2 | Weight | 10 |
| 3 | Coat | 20 |
| 4 | Head | 15 |
| 5 | Ears | 15 |
| 6 | Colour | 15 |
| 7 | Presentation & Condition | 5 |
| Total | | 100 |
| 1.Type & Confirmation (Shape)
The body is short, with well developed front and
hindquarters. The front legs are short and sturdy. The body should be well covered and muscles firm. |
| 2.Weight - Scale of Points
Outside the wieght limits no points to be given | kg | | 2.0 | | 2.25 | | 2.4
- 2.7 | | 2.75 | | lb.oz | | 4.7 | | 4.7 | | 5.5 -
5.15 | | 6.1 | | Points | | 8 | | 9 | | 10 | | 9 |
|
| 3.Coat
The coat is medium length, thick, with a very dense undercoat. The coat surface should be even without excessively protruding
guard hairs. The coat should be smooth and glossy, free from moult or matting |
| 4.Head
The head is strongly formed. short and broad. The eyes are clear, bright and lively |
| 5.Ears
The ears are held wide apart with well rounded tips. Ear length is 8 - 10cm(3-4ins), ideal 9cm(31/2ins) |
| 6.
Colour
The coat is pure white, free from any trace of ivory or yellow from head to toe. The eyes are pale blue.
The nails are colourless |
| 7. Presentation & Condition
Conforming
to the general standard |
| |
| FAULTS: Slight variation from the correct type.
Fur slightly too long, too thin, coarse, harsh, wooly. Slight yellowish tinge. Faults common to all breeds |
| DISQUALIFICATIONS:
Considerable variation from the correct type. Fur noticeably too long, too thin, coarse or wooly. Wrong coloured, deformities
and mutilations, deformation of the teeth, pendant ears, ears tipped over. feet bowed or bent, crooked tail, any discernible
illness or disease, blindness or partial blindness, incorrect eye colour, any parasitic infection, much soiling, matted coat,
sore pads (where skin is broken or scabbed), any evidence of irregular preparation for exhibition including trimming or dying. |
