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You should not have to tug so hard to pluck an angora. Her coat is not ripe - it should be falling out easily . I would suggest you give her a brush through with a slicker brush or use a shop vac on reverse to blow her coat prior to plucking. This would help loosen the fibre. Use ivomec for fur mites.

I know this is an old video but on the off chance youre still able to respond; you have another video in which you're collecting milkweed floss and separating the seeds. Would drafting together rabbit fiber with milkweed floss work in the same way? What about blending silk or floss with sheep's wool?

You should have shown ENTIRE process. NOT just seed removal!!!😢 But how to transform it & spin it into yarn. It sounds so very interesting. I wiuld love to see the whole process please. ❤

Does the fur need to be literally plucked or can it be removed by brushing? ETA: Just saw someone else already asked the same question and you answered! Such interesting and beautiful bunnies!

First , get the dog out of the room. I really don't feel you have a 💕 of these creatures other than ,$$$. Fur, breeding, meat,skins. I have never waited soo long w my Angora. Real danger for fur balls in tummy. I can see this is business for you, you don't have the feel to make a real connection to her. Hold surrounding skin down gently as you pluck. We do brush/comb our Angora weekly. Play + connect emotionally. Yes, house 🐇🐰. Spin the wool, U don't give a hoot about them, having litters die, u didn't know pregnant. Lady, breed dogs, don't harm rabbits.

Have you tried a brush that you can specifically brush them with to remove fur? I think that’s a thing

But I saw a video and it hurt the rabbit ?

Thanks 🙏 i will do it like this,when they are not matured yet.We have fields and fields of this plant everywhere so nowone is gona miss the plant.

What the fcuk, any1 who thinks its fine to house rabbits in small cages with wire mesh bottoms is good needs to increase their meds or lay off them. Thats cruel the way they live.

*You're rabbits are so adorable* BUT one problem those cages & hutches those are way too small for them, I suggest giving them a space, checkout *Lennon the bunny* house make over

Those seeds aren't mature so they won't germinate. Please don't pick immature milkweed pods

very cool ! i am currently doing the same with a different strain of milkweed (showy milkweed--Asclepias speciosa), although mine are not as young. do you find that the younger pods spin better ? and are you blending them with wool or able to spin them straight ? mine can be spun straight, although i don't yet know how the yarn will hold up.

Nobody worries about sheep wool getting matted, but it gets carded/brushed, and the fuzz gets turned into felt. So could you brush out or card the matted fur before or after removing it? Could you felt it, and would there be a use for that felt?

What about pelts?

Thank you so much for these tips. How do you spin the milkweed fibers? Do you have to mix in a longer fiber at all? How do you prepare it for spinning too please?

Heartbreaking

I love your bunnies

Stop plucking rabbits my god..

Can you felt this ??

I'm getting so many asmr tinges from this video. And I never knew that this was done with angora rabbits

There are easier ways

I also raise bunnies and have RA. I totally feel your pain. Have you found anything that helps yet ?

Hi! I recommend being a little more gentle, rabbit are very fragile.

I’m 17 and I have rheumatoid arthritis too and I like to draw so I definitely know how that is lol! Are you raising the meat rabbits for yourself or to sell to others for meat, or do you just call them meat rabbits because that’s typically what they are used for?

Thank you for the video. When you say once a season do you mean the 4 seasons or do rabbits have different seasons? Winter, summer or like every 6weeks?

Found your video because the research about the meat rabbits was kinda disturbing my teen... and, you have meat rabbits too! Seriously, I'm considering keeping meat rabbits and angora rabbits so I can make fabulous yarn. Thanks for the video.

Only concern is the husbandry; is there a reason for this breed to be kept in small enclosures w/out a water bottle more space to move and hay to eat 24/7? I only ask since my friend has 3 and I’ve been informed hutches and cages are way too small to keep them since they need room to move binky and all that rabbit stuff. If it’s due to the fur would it work to make a rabbit room laid with towels/ blankets or tile you just vaccum or sweep the poop out that they don’t need to re-ingest. A gross fact I was also informed of 🥲 I could have lived without that one. Just curious in the husbandry aspect. The plucking for sure if was an issue then boxing, nipping or god forbid screams would have occurred. I love to pluck my friends rabbits as their fur is SO soft a bit allergic to the floof though

Peggy Lee is so sweet. I can tell she really loves and trusts you. If you are able to breed her, I'd buy a baby. I'm looking at Angora breeders hoping to find some that are healthy and sweet tempered whose fluff comes out without an obnoxious, scary clipper. I like brushing bunnies, but not cutting their hair. Regarding the breeding problems, it might be the guy that is the problem. My bunny Lissy rejected everyone until she met Lubby. He knew how to groom her and woo her, so she made him her mate. Maybe you can help the dude out by putting them besides each other, stroking their ears and making them cheek to cheek. That encourages them to groom each other and it will make her like him.

Please try and be a lot more gentle with your bunny I know you are trying to help her but on her back it looks like there is a bald spot which is bad and reminder bunny are like 20x smaller then us and it looks like you're just yanking out the fur instead of doing that you should either brush her or GENTLY pull it like if you were basically not even touching the rabbit and since bunny's are a lot more smaller then us that also means they are a lot more sensitive then us so just kinda pull on your hair and see how that feels then think about how your bunny feels, and yes I know if it hurts she can just run but judging by how you taking out her fur it seems like she would be used to it plus bunny's don't have a voice so they can't just tell you to stop and also I don't think you should hold your bunny how you do bunny's belly's are extremely sensitive so holding your bunny by the stomach could probably possibly hurt so instead you should lift them up just a little behind the arms and then secure their back feet with your other hand and as I said if pulling out their hair hurts it definitely hurts picking them up by their fur, also the dog is another issue bunnies could have heart attacks just by hearing a dog instead of letting your dog bark and whine in front of the bunny put the dog in another room, please use these tips

Sweet to the bunny, nasty to the dog.

Very distracting. Put the dog away some where else. Too bad she doesn't talk about the different fiber, what is prime pluck as opposed to what is not. Does she sell it or spin it? Plucking to just combing out the hair? Lot of unanswered questions. Please put the dog away!

Hi, I have some of the fur I combed from my rabbit that just passed away, I want to make something out of it to keep for me, I was thinking about a fur ball, but a I have no idea how to make it from loose fur, and how can I wash it?

I'm getting two fixed males soon I'm so excited. Just to start off. Thank you so much for this video

My dog get crated fast when he makes a sound I don't wanna. Hear lol. He goes happily and likes crate time but generally when I say hush thata it unless they really wanna go lay down n b locked up till the next walk that day lol

Thanks for filming this with your wiggly baby. It's encouraging.

I dont need a whole lot of wool, just an easy type so: french, satin or german?

Nice to meet you Lauren. Sounds like a big family.

Plucking doesn't hurt them? I'm thinking of my hair getting pulled.

All rabbits are cute but did I hear you say "these rabbits are meat" You must be living in the dark ages... no need to even go down this road. Leave the poor animals alone and no need for pathetic names to make you feel better for the disgusting business you run All comments to this will go right in my spam.

I can't watch this without my dogs reacting to yours

hey Lauren. I loved the video. I'm about to get 2 angora baby bunnies to pet. I'll be coming back to see more about angora rabits here so that I can raise the babies well. ❤️❤️❤️

For everyone in the comments, just fyi: the minimum ethical standard for rabbit enclosures it 2 ft x 4 ft, and they should be able to stand in the cage. Others say thats the absolute bare minimum, and that the *real* minimum should be 4ft x 4ft. We can all have our own opinions, I believe shes trying her best and doing right by her rabbits- and I cant accurately see the size of her cages- so i don’t think i can, nor anyone else who isn’t trained, judge and etc. As long as they get time out of the cage in a clean area, im sure they are perfectly fine. So lets all just look at the pretty bunnies!

Can't hear you even on full volume

Would you get the same results if you used a brush on him?

Very good video! Thank you! Definitely like the plucking vs shearing

Seriously get the rabbits bigger enclosures. You could cut out the sides of one cage and join it to another and that would give them more space. They deserve it.

I’m high af right now and when you turned the wool into yarn, it blew my damn mind

Hi I love from Orem utah!!!!

i miss your comment to your dog "this is a rabbit and not your snack... 😂"