The Flemish Giants
The Picture at the top and bottom of the page is of our first Flemish, Beatrice from the Nortons. She is a pet now and lives with us as a house rabbit.
Below are some pictures of our current rabbits. The giant breeds take much longer to mature than the smaller breeds. So the pictures that are of 7 or 9 month old rabbits are really like teenage pictures. The will continue to grow and develop until they are 18 months (at which point I'll have to get up new photos).
The Does:
 Pearl at 7 months. (2 GC legs)  Fire Bunny - 7 months Monsterfarm's Rocket (7 legs) X Monsterfarm's Firefly (12 legs) |  Linalee at 7 Months URBA Nov. 21 Best opposite of Breed (no leg)  Guinevere at 5 months is comes to us from the Clouses of Indiana. Yea! Black Flemish! She is such a sweetie.  Eleanor is an elegant light Gray doe from the Mairs in British Colombia. I think she's my favorite with her beauty and a sweet, calm disposition. At the photo she was about a week from kindling a dozen babies and so was not very interested in posing prettily for pictures. She was bred to a Doc Hall's White buck. Eleanor was the 1st place intermediate doe at ARBA National Convention (class of 4) Best of Breed at the URBA Nov. 21 show (1 out of 22) |
The Bucks
 Mr. Monti - 7 months  Arthur, at 5 months old came to us from the Clouses of Indiana. We are so pleased to finally find some black Flemish.  Nigel is a lovely and sweet young light gray buck from Tara Lee of Buck and Heels rabbitry. He's just turned 6 months here. |  Ludwig, the Rascal, was too excited about getting down and running around to pose for his picture - it's not in his German breeding to pose flat anyway. He comes to us from the Mairs in British Columbia. There is way too much personality for one bunny here. He is 6 months at photo. He was the first place fawn Jr. Buck at ARBA convention (class of 4). URBA Nov. 21 BOV two shows - 2 legs.  I won Henry at the NFFGRB auction at convention. Thank you Jack Langley for donating him and bringing him from Russell's. Henry is such a love and gives great bunny kisses.
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The Flemish Giants are the largest breed recognized by the ARBA. Adults begin at 13 lbs for Bucks and 14 lbs for Does (yes the girls are bigger than the guys). It is not too unusual to see animals at 20 lbs - though they do take more than a year (closer to two) to fully develop. The Flemish come in 7 colors: Fawn, Sandy, Light Gray, Steel, Blue, Black, and White. Currently we have Black, Fawn, Gray, Steel, and White. We are are so pleased with our new rabbits from convention and thank the Mairs, Langleys,Clouses, Tara Lee, and Doc hall for selling us such nice stock.
All sorts of infomation about the Flemish, including their history is available on the official Flemish website: http://www.nffgrb.com/
The best part about Flemish Giants is their personalities. While youngsters are active and curious, Flemish are naturally calm rabbits. They are social and thrive on attention and affection and happily get along with household cats dogs and of course their people. (note: we never leave rabbits alone with even the most trusted dog).
While they are a docile rabbit, they do need to be handled often from a young age for them to be secure and confident in being held. They are after all a giant rabbit with giant teeth and feet if left to be wild.
Purchasers of the Flemish Giant need to provide custom sized housing and be aware of the feed requirements of the breed. They must be shielded from the sun and kept cool in the summer and be provided shelter away from the wind and elements in the winter. These rabbits will live to be 8 or more years and provide excellent companionship if given good care.
You see, they really are quite domestic
