what color bunnies are these?

[tielie135]

i am just wondering if anyone has any ideas on what color morph these two are. both are purebred standard rex about 3 or 4 days old, mom is a chinchilla dad is a broken chocolate but carries black and otter (and possibly other genes) never had broken babies before but they seem to have dark spots with a grey outline, every day they get clearer and clearer making me think that maybe they will keep those grey rings? is this normal for brokens? also do they look like chocolate, black or chinchilla to you? cuz i have no idea.

 

[SpotTheCat]

oh that is interesting. i just thought that because his siblings were black and otters that he would carry them. still a newbie here XD

Black is dominant so they need one to show
Chocolate is recessive so they need two to show
B= black gene
b= chocolate gene
So your buck is bb
His siblings are probably Bb

Otter is made with the tan gene its is on the same allele as self and agouti
Agouti is dominant
tan is recessive to agouti but dominant to self
Self is recessive to tan and agouti
A= agouti
at = tan
a = self
if your buck is self then he is aa
Your doe is Aa
And your bucks otter sibling is probably at a

 

[tielie135]

I know nothing about rabbits or rabbit color genetics - I just clicked in here to see to pictures

I do want to pipe up about the "gray rings" on the spots, though. To me, it looks like what would be called "mapping" in pinto horses - it's white fur lying over pigmented skin, since the hair is so thin on those babies, the dark skin really shows through. Some horses have it to a greater extent than others, I'd guess it would be the same with rabbits.

interesting, it looks like that might be it! thank you

 

[tielie135]

so the spots were just normal. all of them are looking great!

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

@EverythingDucks come see the baby bunnies! oops! you beat me to it.

 

[Northwest_Wannabe]

They look like brokens to me : )

 

[SpotTheCat]

The buck can’t carry black or otter, he can only carry otter if he is an agouti of some sort, And since he is chocolate he can’t carry black

 

[tielie135]

They look like normal brokens to me.
Middle picture is black broken might be otter, bottom One is broken castor I think not to sure

okay that is great! so you think the doe being chinchilla carries black or castor? otherwise how would i get these colors?

 

[SpotTheCat]

Your does is black agouti with the chinchilla gene which gets ride of the yellow pigment
So her genotype Is
AaB-c^chd-D-E-
A because she is agouti
a because the offspring get one gene per allele from each parent

B because she is black
- because I don’t now if she carries chocolate

c^chd because she is chinchilla
- because she may carry other genes

D because she is not diluted
- because she may carry the dilution gene

E because she is full colour so not orange or white
- because she may carry other genes

 

[tielie135]

Your does is black agouti with the chinchilla gene which gets ride of the yellow pigment
So her genotype Is
AaB-c^chd-D-E-
A because she is agouti
a because the offspring get one gene per allele from each parent

B because she is black
- because I don’t now if she carries chocolate

c^chd because she is chinchilla
- because she may carry other genes

D because she is not diluted
- because she may carry the dilution gene

E because she is full colour so not orange or white
- because she may carry other genes

interesting. so that explains that odd color one (not broken) it looks like an otter but it is in the back. i was wondering what was up with that.