Bunny Coat

dollcan · Jul 24, 2019

:bunnyhop: Good day bunny friends.

I breed New Zealand and Cali cross rabbits. Usually 1 or 2 out of the litter have longer fur - no quite angora length but definitely what I would call fuzzy. Also, I often get 1 or 2 smooth coats - similar to rex.

Is this a genetic trait or something odd?

tia

Have a hoppin' great day!

Doll in Eastern Ontario, Canada

michaels4gardens · Jul 24, 2019

I haven't seen this with that cross... maybe there is more in your "genetics
than you knew about..

dollcan · Jul 24, 2019

I wondered about that too. Thanks

hotzcatz · Jul 28, 2019

From what I've heard, a lot of meat rabbits that are also harvested for their pelts had angoras bred into their lines to improve coat density. Because it takes a double recessive to get the longer wool of an angora, the long wool doesn't show up on the initial cross but all the offspring would have at least one recessive for the long 'wool' coat. However, an angora coat has different types of fibers in it, from guard hair, awn, undercoat, etc., and if the meat rabbit doesn't have the full complement of hair types in their longer coat, frequently all it will do is mat.

Dood · Jul 29, 2019

Both Long fur and Rex costs are recessive mutations, so you could have carriers in your herd

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