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| PLANK RABBITRY CHAMPAGNES |
| GC Plank's P385 (at 11 months) Doe Grand Champion Registered National All Champagne Show 2001 Denver, Colorado Best in Show |
| Two month old litter, just starting to change to their silver color. For those new to Champagnes, they are born pure black and change to their silver color as they age, usually completely changed by 4 months of age. |
| GC Plank's P440 ( at 8 months)-Doe Grand Champion Registered Best in Show Huntingtion Cty Exh. RP. Show D 2001 |
| GC Plank's P108-Doe Grand Champion Registered Best in Show National All Champagne Show-1999 Best in Show Saginaw Valley R&CBA- 1999 |
| A Little History & General Description on the Champagne D' Argent Taken from the Official Guide Book - Raising Better Rabbits & Cavies. The American Rabbit Breeders Association, Inc. copyright 2000 Background: The "Champagne," at one time called the "French Silver," is one of the oldest breeds of rabbits and is known to have been raised in France for well over a hundred years. It was regarded as a common breed of little significance although its pelt has always commended high prices, special markets being held periodically to which fur buyers came from other countries to purchase large quantities of what where known it the fur trade as "Millers." Champange does not refer to the color, as some people have imagined, but is the name of the province in which this breed has been raised in large numbers and in which it is said to have originated. Argent is the French word for silver, and Champane D' Argent or, as the French write it, "Argente de Champagne," means the "Silver Rabbit from Champagne." General Description: Body moderate length, well developed hindquarters, shoulders and back. Not mandolin type. The color should have no suggestion of champagne - any tinge or yellow is a gross defect. Old silver, or the color of skimmed milk, with no trace of yellow tinge is the color desired. The French standard demands that it be "the color of an old piece of silver." This does not mean, however, tarnished or brassy silver; the intention is to indicate the smooth, velvety surface of worn silver, as contrasted with the hard, glittering apperance of a new coin. The young are born solid black and gradually attain the silver color over the entire animal from four months of age onward. This sometimes varies with the strain. Senior Weights: Ideal: Bucks 10 pounds Does 10 1/2 pounds Registration: Bucks 9 to11 pounds Does 9 1/2 to 12 pounds |
| For more information about Plank Rabbitry Champagnes or if you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail us at: cwplank@sbcglobal.net |
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| GC Plank's P385 (at 5 months) Doe Grand Champion Registered ARBA Convention 2000 Columbus, Ohio Best of Breed - Champange D' Argent |
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| GC Plank's P791 Buck Grand Champion Registered National All Champange Show 2003 Springfield, IL Best In Show |
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| GC Plank's P1050 Doe Grand Champion Registered ARBA Convention 2005 Indianapolis, IN Best of Breed - Champange D' Argent |
| GC Plank's P1072 Buck Grand Champion Registered Best in Show MSRBA Fall Show E. Lansing, MI 12/05 |
| GC Plank's P1081 Doe Grand Champion Registered National All Champange Show 2006 Fayetteville, AK Best In Show 4/06 Best In Show Saginaw Valley R&CBA Corunna, MI 5/06 |
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| GC Plank's P1140 Doe 8 GC Legs Registered- Red, White, Blue Pedigree Best of Breed- Champagne D' Argent Best of Group 5 ARBA National Convention 2006 Fort Worth, Texas Best In Show Great Lakes Rabbit & Cavy Shows 1/20/07 Mason, MI |
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| GC Plank's P1211 Doe 3 GC Legs Best of Breed- Champagne D' Argent ARBA National Convention 2007 Grand Rapids, MI |