If I had an SF doe that gave birth to a beautiful light blue SF, kept the beautiful light blue SF and mated her to a cousin blue SF who is of a darker blue would any of the kits come out blue or would it skip a generation? Explanation clear as mud?
Blue SF Genetics
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Blue to blue should produce all blue, unless there are other recessive genes in play. Like rew or chocolate.
Are you are certain that your light blue isn't a lilac?
Are you are certain that your light blue isn't a lilac?
Blue and self are recessive so a self blue bred to a self blue can only produce self and blue BASED rabbits meaning you would definitely get more self blue, and it wont skip a generation, but could also get blue sable, or blue point or blue tort or blue chocolates which is called lilac 
Clear as mud !
Clear as mud !
Here is a pic of the light blue buck that my wife loves
and here is a pic of the doe that hates me.
I know they may not look it in the pic but in real life they really are a noticeably different color lol
and here is a pic of the doe that hates me.
I know they may not look it in the pic but in real life they really are a noticeably different color lol
hucklekree
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I don't know a whole lot about the genetics of rabbit colors, only enough to serve my purposes. But Both look blue...to me. I wouldn't be surprised if I'm wrong but could one of them be a self chin blue? Or am I misunderstanding the way that self chins look? Or even that there are such a thing as self chins?
Heck, it all makes sense in my head if only I could have what I understand make sense on paper...or a computer screen.
Heck, it all makes sense in my head if only I could have what I understand make sense on paper...or a computer screen.
They are both blue.
There are modifiers that make rabbits darker and lighter shades of the different colours.
There are modifiers that make rabbits darker and lighter shades of the different colours.
Yeah, blues.
You have some pretty good chances of getting all blues. Blacks are impossible.
You have some pretty good chances of getting all blues. Blacks are impossible.
Yeah.
Black and maybe some blue, if the black carries it. If they are out the same lines that produced the steel, be on the lookout for gold tipped blue steels too. That could be neat in a full blown SF coat.
Black and maybe some blue, if the black carries it. If they are out the same lines that produced the steel, be on the lookout for gold tipped blue steels too. That could be neat in a full blown SF coat.
brown? :shock: I wrote full-blown and just meant it as an expression. Unless your talking about another person's comment.
