New Zealand Rabbit Genetics Question

[Coinini Ceatharlach]

Thank you very much for this insightful information. I do have a solid pair of New Zealand Reds, which produce beautiful reds.

I do have a New Zealand broken does with En gene. I was told to always breed her to very dark buck. I have phenotype black buck , after mating him with the broken doe, I now know that his genotype carries blue, red, steal and black as this mating gave me some interesting broken colours. I mated him to the black NZ doe and I got a mixed litter of predominantly solid black, solid white and one I call steal.

I have been trying to learn from resources on genetics by Dr. Stephan Roush he did wonderful rabbit basic genetics and advanced genetics tutorials, but nothing beats feedback information from you experienced breeders. I also purchased numerous books on rabbits genetics.

I am a newbie enthusiast , small scale breeder but what I have learnt on the farms is that ounce of breeding is ton of feeding and for a 'kick' working on colour genetics is of interest to me. Many many thanks for taking the time sharing your knowledge with me