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[redrstr29]

So the girl I got my FG from needs to downsize and she called me and asked If i would take in a couple papered does for free.......I want too real bad but I wanna wait for The one I have to kindle before I take on more, Its a great opportunity, AND id have to build a couple more Hutches,,, decisions decisions

 

[Lynzi777]

So the girl I got my FG from needs to downsize and she called me and asked If i would take in a couple papered does for free.......I want too real bad but I wanna wait for The one I have to kindle before I take on more, Its a great opportunity, AND id have to build a couple more Hutches,,, decisions decisions

Dooooo IT! LOL

 

[redrstr29]

I might have too lol, ones steel, and the other is fawn and under 2 years, should I dare have em bred???????????????????????

 

[redrstr29]

Im gonna get myself In BIG trouble lol

 

[Lynzi777]

LOL I guess it depends on what they'd be bred with? I love the fawn coloring. Thats why I love my harlie so much. I'd have that one bred.

I decided today (and convinced my son who I told could keep one of the babies) that we are going to keep the frosty from this litter. I showed him pictures today online and we both really like it so that one's the keeper.

 

[CapricornFarm]

So the girl I got my FG from needs to downsize and she called me and asked If i would take in a couple papered does for free.......I want too real bad but I wanna wait for The one I have to kindle before I take on more, Its a great opportunity, AND id have to build a couple more Hutches,,, decisions decisions

Free is good...go for it!

 

[redrstr29]

i just shot an email.....hopefully tommorrow!!

 

[PoultryPower]

I desperately need a new Lionhead buck. I found someone selling some, but I'm not sure how well the colors will crash with mine.
I'm mainly interested in breeding my sable point and BEW does. The breeder has a SP buck for sale, so I know that's good for my SP doe.
My question is, would it be a poor choice to breed a SP to a BEW? I know it's not recommended and BEWs are best bred to BEWs, but would it be a big mistake? I don't need any more projects to work on in my herd.
I'm having a really hard time finding good quality Lionheads where I live, so I feel this is my only option.
The breeder also has some seals, smoke pearls, and siamese sables. Any of those sound better?

 

[Lynzi777]

I'm not the color expert and I do not show but I don't think I would call it a "mistake" if you bred the two. I'm one who would be more curious as to what you'd come out with. And if nothing showable comes from it or you get some funky colors then owell. I like the smoke pearls. That would be something I think that could be bred to a SP with out any problems. But I'm not sure about the BEWs. Never worked with that color too much.

 

[Bunnylady]

There are two problems associated with breeding other colors to BEW. The first has to do with the nature of the Vienna (BEW) gene itself. It is dominant, but it takes two copies to produce a BEW. One copy of the Vienna gene, and one for normal coloration, produces what is referred to as a "Vienna Marked" (VM) rabbit. Vienna marking can be as little as a few white toes and maybe a white nose, or can look very much like the pattern on a Dutch rabbit. VM may or may not have blue eyes, or even one blue eye and one brown. Rarely, you can get what are called VC (Vienna carriers) that don't show any white at all, but which can throw VM or BEW when bred. VM are not showable in any breed.

The other problem with BEW, is that you don't know what the rest of the BEW rabbit's color genes code for. It may be an agouti, a self; it might have dilution genes - you can't tell. When you breed that to a rabbit of a certain color, you can get a lot of unexpected colors. Another problem of the BEW (which you see in the REW as well) is that there are genes that code for "white noses and toeses" or just white claws that go unrecognized in a completely white rabbit. Breed that to a colored rabbit, and you may be fighting with mismatched claws for generations.