Rabbit info please

[Anime2lover]

New zealands don't come in that color ever. It's an unusual color for rabbits to come in.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_rabbit
" New Zealand rabbits are available in five colors recognized by the American Rabbit Breeders' Association (ARBA): white, red, black, blue, and broken. "

Californians *exclusively* come in that color, it's dominant to the albino of the New Zealand White but usually a little faded when they're crossed to a non Himalayan colored rabbit, and they're an extremely popular meat breed. They're frequently crossed with NZ for meat.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Californian_rabbit

They're so common a cross that there's studies about how effective crossing the two rabbits are for meat. Most people don't even bother to mention that they're mixed because they're crossed back and forth so frequently.
https://www.researchgate.net/public...ornian_rabbits_on_growth_and_slaughter_traits

I've bred both and done crosses and I am a million percent positive you have a Californian or Cali/NZ cross.

Di't know breeders would cross them purposefully

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Di't know breeders would cross them purposefully

Yep. Breed hybrid animals can grow faster and be better breeder than either of their parents if you're breeding for meat. There's even a hybrid rabbit called an "Altex" that's basically the rabbit version of the cornish cross - albeit more physically sound. They're a 4 way hybrid that is known for extreme growth rates of the kits. Cross breeding can be the ideal route if you're breeding for meat not sale of live rabbits.

 

[Anime2lover]

Yep. Breed hybrid animals can grow faster and be better breeder than either of their parents if you're breeding for meat. There's even a hybrid rabbit called an "Altex" that's basically the rabbit version of the cornish cross - albeit more physically sound. They're a 4 way hybrid that is known for extreme growth rates of the kits. Cross breeding can be the ideal route if you're breeding for meat not sale of live rabbits.

We're good with the rabbits we have XD. Their big enough to only need one for a soup meal for our family. Which is what they'll likely be used in.

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Rabbit soup is great. I like it roasted at a low temperature with lots of herbs - that was part of my solstice meal this year. At 10 weeks you can even fry them if you get a fast enough growing rabbit to make it worth butchering at 10 weeks. That's usually why people get these very fast growing rabbits is for fryers.