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Coolest Rabbit Breed Out Of These?

  • Holland Lop

    Votes: 108 21.3%
  • English Spot

    Votes: 14 2.8%
  • American Fuzzy Lop

    Votes: 11 2.2%
  • Mini Rex/Rex

    Votes: 107 21.1%
  • New Zealand

    Votes: 95 18.7%
  • Polish

    Votes: 13 2.6%
  • English Lop

    Votes: 33 6.5%
  • Mini Satins/Satins

    Votes: 14 2.8%
  • Lionhead

    Votes: 112 22.1%

  • Total voters
    507
Belle looks like a broken (Siamese) Sable to me.:idunno

Thank you! I do know she's a sable, so you could very well be correct!
What about these 2
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Quote: Well, Belle's body color is too light to be a seal, too dark to be a "point," and too brown to be a tort, so there aren't a lot of other options, lol.

The two in the picture are a VM broken Chestnut Agouti and a VM broken Black. VM stands for Vienna Marked; rabbits with one copy of the Vienna gene (aka Blue-eyed White or BEW) often have markings somewhat similar to those found on Dutch (which is why we used to call them "Dutch Marked"). They may or may not have blue eyes. Since your rabbits have the blue eyes, it's pretty obvious that they have the Vienna gene, but only one copy since they have some color on them. The pattern of white and color that they have on them is not consistent with what is generally seen in simple Vienna-Marked rabbits, so clearly, they have both Vienna and Broken putting white on what would otherwise be colored rabbits.
 
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Well, Belle's body color is too light to be a seal, too dark to be a "point," and too brown to be a tort, so there aren't a lot of other options, lol.

The two in the picture are a VM broken Chestnut Agouti and a VM broken Black. VM stands for Vienna Marked; rabbits with one copy of the Vienna gene (aka Blue-eyed White or BEW) often have markings somewhat similar to those found on Dutch (which is why we used to call them "Dutch Marked"). They may or may not have blue eyes. Since your rabbits have the blue eyes, it's pretty obvious that they have the Vienna gene, but only one copy since they have some color on them. The pattern of white and color that they have on them is not consistent with what is generally seen in simple Vienna-Marked rabbits, so clearly, they have both Vienna and Broken putting white on what would otherwise be colored rabbits. 

That's right! Now that u said that I remember her saying that. Thank you!
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Steel
Broken Chocolate
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Can't remember what she said this girl was
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Another pic. Still broken? Is she called broken because the stripe is broken?
"Broken" refers to a particular pattern of white and color on a rabbit. A rabbit with the broken gene typically has some color on the nose, color around the eyes, color on the ears, and some color on the body. The feet and belly are usually white, though the amount of white elsewhere can vary.There is one gene that sets the pattern for some white on the rabbit, and a bunch of little helper genes that determine just how much white there is. Without the helpers, you may get what is called a "booted" broken, which typically has white on the feet, maybe a little white mark on the forehead, and a bit of white on the chest (the Mini Rex baby in my avatar is a booted broken). With all of the right helpers, you can get a pattern as detailed as that of an English Spot or a Rhinelander. This rabbit has pretty much what we would call a blanket pattern - the color on her body is mostly one big patch. You can also find some that have the body color broken up into individual spots.

The breed standard for the Mini Lop prefers that the ears should be solid colored, that there be a solid ring of color around the eyes, and that there is a "butterfly" marking on the nose (the colored area is wide enough to completely cover the whisker pads). The lopsided marking on this girl's nose is a fault, not a DQ.
 
"Broken" refers to a particular pattern of white and color on a rabbit. A rabbit with the broken gene typically has some color on the nose, color around the eyes, color on the ears, and some color on the body. The feet and belly are usually white, though the amount of white elsewhere can vary.There is one gene that sets the pattern for some white on the rabbit, and a bunch of little helper genes that determine just how much white there is. Without the helpers, you may get what is called a "booted" broken, which typically has white on the feet, maybe a little white mark on the forehead, and a bit of white on the chest (the Mini Rex baby in my avatar is a booted broken). With all of the right helpers, you can get a pattern as detailed as that of an English Spot or a Rhinelander. This rabbit has pretty much what we would call a blanket pattern - the color on her body is mostly one big patch. You can also find some that have the body color broken up into individual spots. 

The breed standard for the Mini Lop prefers that the ears should be solid colored, that there be a solid ring of color around the eyes, and that there is a "butterfly" marking on the nose (the colored area is wide enough to completely cover the whisker pads). The lopsided marking on this girl's nose is a fault, not a DQ. 

Thank you!
 

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