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[aoxa]

A leg is what a rabbit receives when they get Best Of Breed, Best of Variety, or Best Opposite Sex at an ARBA sanctioned show (there must be a certain number of exhibitors and rabbits entered in that breed though). If a rabbit gets three legs, they become a grand champion. ARBA shows are found all over AMERICA. (ARBA= American Rabbit Breeders Association) Aoxa, you are from Canada, so it would make sense that you wouldn't see these. There is probably a rabbit breeding association for your country.

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[KittenCakes]

I have a new female dwarf and I know Rubies are common but I can't wait to breed her. She is only 3 months old but I'm breeding her with a blue eyed white dwarf. Will I get blue and ruby eyes? Or just blue or just red?

 

[cluckcrazy]

Do any of you own house rabbits?

 

[SA Farm]

Do any of you own house rabbits?

If you mean rabbits that live exclusively in the house. Yes, but only one. Most of my indoor rabbit cages got converted into brooders..

 

[Bunnylady]

I have a new female dwarf and I know Rubies are common but I can't wait to breed her. She is only 3 months old but I'm breeding her with a blue eyed white dwarf. Will I get blue and ruby eyes? Or just blue or just red?

You may not get any white babies at all!

There are a whole bunch of genes that affect rabbit coat color; it is the interaction of all of them that determines what color a rabbit is. Ruby-eyed White (REW) happens at the C locus (a particular location in the rabbit's genetic code). Blue-eyed White (BEW) happens at the V (for Vienna) locus. These are two entirely different genes; each affects the coat color completely separate from the other. REW is what I call "the lightswitch." It shuts down production of all of the pigment that would normally be in the coat and the eyes. It is also fully recessive, so you know that a REW has two copies of the REW alelle. You can't be sure what a REW carries at the V locus.

BEW shuts down all pigment production in the coat, but leaves the dark pigment at the back of the rabbit's eyes. Since there is some pigment in the eyes, you know a BEW doesn't have 2 REW alleles, but you can't know that it doesn't have one (this is where pedigrees come in; by knowing what colors the rabbit's ancestors were, you have a clue about what the rabbit may have inherited). BEW is also recessive, so you know that a BEW has 2 copies of the BEW allele.

IF the REW has any BEW alleles, you MIGHT get some BEW babies. IF the BEW has a REW allele, you MIGHT get some REW babies. BEW is a strange gene. When a rabbit gets one copy of BEW and one of the normal color alelle, you get a rabbit that may or may not have blue eyes, with a colored coat that has some white markings on it. The white may be as little as a white mark on the nose, or it may look sort of like the markings on a Dutch rabbit. This is called Vienna-marked, and is the result that I would expect from a REW to BEW cross.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I love this thread, and all the buns, plus the genetic info is great. I doubt DH would ever let me spend $400 for a rabbit. IMO, if a rabbit bit me, I would get rid of it. But that's just me.

 

[KittenCakes]

You may not get any white babies at all!

There are a whole bunch of genes that affect rabbit coat color; it is the interaction of all of them that determines what color a rabbit is. Ruby-eyed White (REW) happens at the C locus (a particular location in the rabbit's genetic code). Blue-eyed White (BEW) happens at the V (for Vienna) locus. These are two entirely different genes; each affects the coat color completely separate from the other. REW is what I call "the lightswitch." It shuts down production of all of the pigment that would normally be in the coat and the eyes. It is also fully recessive, so you know that a REW has two copies of the REW alelle. You can't be sure what a REW carries at the V locus. 

BEW shuts down all pigment production in the coat, but leaves the dark pigment at the back of the rabbit's eyes. Since there is some     pigment in the eyes, you know a BEW doesn't have 2 REW alleles, but you can't know that it doesn't have one (this is where pedigrees come in; by knowing what colors the rabbit's ancestors were, you have a clue about what the rabbit may have inherited). BEW is also recessive, so you know that a BEW has 2 copies of the BEW allele.

IF the REW has any BEW alleles, you MIGHT get some BEW babies. IF the BEW has a REW allele, you MIGHT get some REW babies. BEW is a strange gene. When a rabbit gets one copy of BEW and one of the normal color alelle, you get a rabbit that may or may not have blue eyes, with a colored coat that has some white markings on it. The white may be as little as a white mark on the nose, or it may look sort of like the markings on a Dutch rabbit. This is called Vienna-marked, and is the result that I would expect from a REW to BEW cross.

Wow thanks Hun!!! That's alot of info to go over in my head. Ill look at their background some more. Iv only been doing this for a while now. It's very fun but at times frustrating. I'm glad i can come here for information.

 

[KittenCakes]

To cluckcrazy I have two indoor rabbits the rest are outside. One of my indoor rabbit can't be bred. She's not the best mom. Killed 3 litters and by then I decided to make her a pet. Even now she's a little strange. I have another rabbit that Is my baby I love her more than my husband!!! She literally sleeps with my Lab in between my husband am I!!!! Can you believe that? Ha but she moved around alot iv adjusted over the past year to the way she sleeps. If she gets tired of being squashed she will move to a "ramp" we made and go into her cage.

 

[shadow rabbit10]

You may not get any white babies at all!

There are a whole bunch of genes that affect rabbit coat color; it is the interaction of all of them that determines what color a rabbit is. Ruby-eyed White (REW) happens at the C locus (a particular location in the rabbit's genetic code). Blue-eyed White (BEW) happens at the V (for Vienna) locus. These are two entirely different genes; each affects the coat color completely separate from the other. REW is what I call "the lightswitch." It shuts down production of all of the pigment that would normally be in the coat and the eyes. It is also fully recessive, so you know that a REW has two copies of the REW alelle. You can't be sure what a REW carries at the V locus. 

BEW shuts down all pigment production in the coat, but leaves the dark pigment at the back of the rabbit's eyes. Since there is some     pigment in the eyes, you know a BEW doesn't have 2 REW alleles, but you can't know that it doesn't have one (this is where pedigrees come in; by knowing what colors the rabbit's ancestors were, you have a clue about what the rabbit may have inherited). BEW is also recessive, so you know that a BEW has 2 copies of the BEW allele.

IF the REW has any BEW alleles, you MIGHT get some BEW babies. IF the BEW has a REW allele, you MIGHT get some REW babies. BEW is a strange gene. When a rabbit gets one copy of BEW and one of the normal color alelle, you get a rabbit that may or may not have blue eyes, with a colored coat that has some white markings on it. The white may be as little as a white mark on the nose, or it may look sort of like the markings on a Dutch rabbit. This is called Vienna-marked, and is the result that I would expect from a REW to BEW cross.

Thats what I love about rabbit genetics! My black Polish had a black and a blue parent. I am hoping for blue babies out of him if I breed him (if that's possible). He is one of the only blacks in his lines and the rest are blues, and some very distant chocolates.

 

[Bunnylady]

Thats what I love about rabbit genetics! My black Polish had a black and a blue parent. I am hoping for blue babies out of him if I breed him (if that's possible). He is one of the only blacks in his lines and the rest are blues, and some very distant chocolates.

Blue is recessive to Black, so you know a Blue has 2 copies of the dilute allele (d). Since the Blue only has dilute alleles, it can only give a dilute allele to its offspring. So yes, if your Black buck has a Blue parent, he has a dilute allele. If bred to a rabbit that also carries dilute, he can have dilute babies. He might be carrying chocolate as well. Chocolate is recessive and is fairly uncommon in most breeds. Some relatively uncommon recessives can run around in lines for generations before you get the right pairing and voila! - babies of a color that leave you scratching your head and saying, "where the heck did that come from?!"