I have been following this discussion with interest as I hav developed my own line of Lynx Mini rex in the last ten years. I had pretty good under colour -...
Back in June, Monica said she had a pair of Mosaic's that she was going to cross soon... so I'd like to know when we should be expecting this experimental...
LOL hi everyone! The Mosaic breeding ("Mosaic" the doe X "Spot" the buck, teehee), had not yet occured....as it turns out, the doe has SUCH nice type that my...
Forwarded with permission for discussion... ... From: huntndawg1 <huntndawg1@...> To: MiniRexBreeders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 1, 2007...
I'm trying to develop my own line of chinchilla dutch and as I have just started I only have one litter that is 4 days old. Just starting to show the agouti a...
the white tummies will be either chinchilla or chestnut (I think Dutch call them gray?) Dark tummies will be blacks (and blacks with the chin gene are usually...
Check with your extension office and find out if there has been an outbreak of west nile disease in your area recently. Several years ago I had six or seven...
I have a baby Sussex that has hydrocephalus or something very like it. I first noticed it when the litter emerged from the nest. The rest were pottering about...
Okay. I raise Flemish Giants, and we are getting into it big time. We're finally getting close to where we want to be! We've discovered in our herd what we...
that 'dark chinchilla' is a steel. If it has silver tipping, then it's a black silver steel (instead of the gold-tipped steels that are recognized in FG's). ...
Judy, I have had a few of such babies in Rex litters. I researched and read (sorry can't remember where) that Hydocephalus is caused by a lack of vitamen E...
I thought that gold tipping was a big no-no in FG showable colors? And is it normal to have that switch of hair coat from gold to silver? Even if they were...
What about steel? what do they look like when they are babies? They have some lighter coloring around the nape of the neck, they are NOT solid black.... can't...
i just had steel tiped babies. there bellys are black. they didnt start getting there tipping until about 2 weeks old. I thought i had a litter of smoke...
you cant see the tipping very well. in person they are tipped with white. They do look like siamese sables with lots and lots of tipping. Cutest little things...
I have some steel colored rabbits, I took some pictures, but need to figure out how to get them on the computer (my dad did some rewiring and now I don't know...
I would love to comment on the picture but alas... I can't see it. I get digest mode and it doesn't do pictures and looking on the web also doesn't store the...
That "dark chinchilla" is actually a steel. I checked your website and I see that you raise Fawns, Blacks and Chinchillas. You obviously have the steel gene...
you cant see the tipping very well. in person they are tipped with white. They do look like siamese sables with lots and lots of tipping. Cutest little things...
OK, I'm sorry - just looked in the standard. Silver steel *is* the recognized steel (Steel Gray) in FG's. My bad. The only DQ I'm seeing for steels is for...
steels are born looking like selfs :) no white belly. Karin ... From: idahobunmom To: rabbit_genetics_Quickpost@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 04,...
yes, sables have that faux tipping when they are babies - I have had so many people email me with pics of sables saying they thought they had gold tipped sable...
Actually, steels can vary greatly in color! It all depends on what the genotype is at the E locus! If they are "E(s)E", you will see remnants of the Agouti...
Hi all I've just bought in what I was told was a choc otter. However, I don't see a ruby effect in his eyes. I need the new blood so will keep him but was...