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I'd agree that the two solids are sables or maybe even seals - they're pretty dark. But I think I remember that Chocolate Truffle is a dark sable carrying a <c> from her dam, so maybe she just threw you some dark sables. I feel like I should download all of your pedigrees to keep me on track...

Yes, you're right - a pedigree is a family tree, simply a list of ancestors (for rabbits that must include their varieties and adult weights as well as names or tattoo numbers). The ARBA considers a rabbit purebred when it has at least three generations of ancestors that are all the same breed...

False dwarfs can be obvious, or they can be only identifiable when you breed them repeatedly and never see a peanut. We had a false dwarf Polish that never got very big and won G.CH. legs one after another - but out of 5 or 6 litters of 5-8 kits each, she never had a peanut, only true dwarfs...

A NZ black would just mean that instead of battling a recessive non-extension <e> you'll be fighting a recessive self <a>. If you wanted NZs, that means you'll get blacks and self chins, both of which are showable in NZ. But if you're aiming toward Am Chins, it won't be much help at all. The...

Such a bummer! It's one of those things you wish you could just re-wind. :cry: Do I remember correctly that Hansi is a chestnut? Lots of colors and patterns can hide in that variety. Maybe you'll get more variety than you expect from him and the black doe...

The letters notating the different alleles on the various gene series - A,B,C,D,E - are basic scientific notation, which is used in the ARBA Guidebook pgs. 104-114, as well as most other sources discussing rabbit coat color genetics. They aren't necessarily transferable to other species...

I don't think the objectionable ad was related to search history - it had a "rabbit ears" tag that seemed pretty self-explanatory, as all the ads, at least that I saw, were rabbit and animal-care related. I think everyone knows that we're being monitored electronically. When it's as simple as...

I think you've got yourself a load of steel. :LOL: Maybe some sable steels, too, and I see at least one that I'd call chinchilla. I think I see a dilute or two as well. Now you know the REW doe is <cc> and the buck is <c(chd) c(chl)> if what I'm seeing are sable steels/chins. The REW doe is the...

The other tricky thing about culling in chins is that they sometimes start out with quite a bit of "rustiness." I've had chins with so much rustiness across their back that they can look like they might be chestnut for the first month or two, especially if you don't know exactly what you're...

The two recessives you're working with - that you know are there, anyway, there could be others - are chinchilla <c(chd)_> and non-extension <ee>. Both chin and red are agoutis, so that's good. If you've got that many generations of purebred chins, you're most likely not to see a dilute, himi...

Yeah, I about gagged when it came up on my screen. I've seen it twice now. I suspect it has to do with having the words "rabbit ears" in the ad. I communicated with the RT moderators and they quickly responded that they'll look into fixing it.

I would think 5 weeks would be fine, 5-6 weeks is when I usually re-breed. Maybe you just hit her on her off days. Watch the color - it should deepen - and see how she behaves. Every individual is a little different. Yeah, the disease and parasite thing - that's one of the consolations of...

Since the doe has always been "vocal," before pulling the bunnies away, I'd be inclined to first check her out to determine if there's actually a problem. If she doesn't like to be held, feel around under her belly while she's sitting in the cage. If she has an infection, yes, remove the...

It may be that she's just at a hormonal low at the moment (and this is the time of year that many rabbits' interest in breeding starts to wane, anyway). Does don't exactly go into heat, but they do have cycles during which they're more or less receptive to a buck's attention. If she's willing...

If they were black at birth, I would feel pretty confident they are steel, not sable. It could be that they are the non-extension steel we've been talking about; there are plenty of steels and reds (non-extension) which that would suggest that combination was possible. This makes me suspect...

I haven't really considered the sunrise versus sunset lighting question. Here, in mid-winter, sunrise is about 10am and sunset is about 3:30pm, so I think it might not make too much difference. I do a lot of the chores in the afternoon (yeah, in the dark), and the chickens would already be...

If she's typically vocal anyway, and is still letting them nurse, I wouldn't worry about it. If she lets you touch her teats, you can check her without grabbing and manhandling her: just feel around to make sure there is not a teat that is hard or especially hot. We had a doe that would honk...

The bucks both look like STS to me (not including the foster chin), though that doesn't totally help with the sable question. The chinchilla allele <c(chd)> suppresses most or all expression of yellow-based pigment - note the "most." Brassy chins are sometimes a problem, even in lines that...

In our chicken coop we use a timer with a light sensor that turns the light on just before sunset, and allows you to specify how many hours it runs after that (options from 2-6 hrs). Its maximum setting of six hours keeps the chickens happy even with our seriously short days; while it's not...

I would much rather picks neps out of wool than parasite eggs out of someone's hair!!! But maybe that's just me, with a few too many years as a wildlife biologist... :ROFLMAO: I hope you'll post photos of Amy's fiber. I haven't had any angoras for years, so I have no evidence, but I'd be...