Jersey Wooly Rabbits

[SarahsStitches]

Hi! I've been thinking about starting spinning, and at first I wanted to try and get a Angora Rabbit, but I was wondering if Jersey Wooly rabbits give good fur (is that what I would say...good fur???), since they're part Angora. Any advice would be helpful! :rabbitThanks, Sarah

[whispercalm]

hi Sara!

Well, I can give you alot of info on Jersey Wooly's. I raised and showed them professionaly for many years , was on the Nat'l board of directors, and had a top show line.

 

Jersey Wooly wool is softer than angora and more slippery. You can get good length, but they are small rabbits and you would need ALOT of them to produce enough wool to do much with. They weren't bred so much to produce wool for spinning, etc as angora's are. The were developed to be a small "fancy" breed of show rabbit.

Let me know if I can answer any other questions or if you have additional ones.

[SarahsStitches]

Thank you! I Definitally will! Sarah