- Jul 1, 2013
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Hello! I'm Cassidy, new here. I've been raising rabbits since last November and I thoroughly enjoy every bit of it. I've been getting a lot of crap for crossbreeding on other forums, so I decided to try another one. So before I say anything, all my breeding rabbits are 100% healthy, and all my buyers know what they're buying. When I first started I was crossbreeding rex and lionheads, I found out half the babies had a beautiful mane and were bought very quickly, and the other half went a little slower but were still cute as a button. Now that I'm getting more into the hobby, I want to learn a little more about crossbreeding. Right now I have two bucks (aside from my meat rabbit herd), a singlemane lionhead and a standard rex. I have several rex breeding does, a holland lop, and a doublemane chesnut-agouti lionhead. So, here are some questions I have. ALSO, feel free to leave your opinion or your personal experiances!
1. If I cross my single mane lionhead with my holland, will I get some bunnies with lopped ears and a mane?
2. I recently bought a young double mane buck, if I use him in the future will the babies have a greater chance of getting a mane?
3. (meat rabbit question) if I cross one of my new zealand reds with a new zealand white, is it still considered purebred?
I've done lots of research, but I've had trouble getting answers to these questions. Any help/advice/shared experience/pictures will be GREATLY appreciated!
I'll try to upload pictures of my herds soon.
1. If I cross my single mane lionhead with my holland, will I get some bunnies with lopped ears and a mane?
2. I recently bought a young double mane buck, if I use him in the future will the babies have a greater chance of getting a mane?
3. (meat rabbit question) if I cross one of my new zealand reds with a new zealand white, is it still considered purebred?
I've done lots of research, but I've had trouble getting answers to these questions. Any help/advice/shared experience/pictures will be GREATLY appreciated!
I'll try to upload pictures of my herds soon.