AmChin doe

[Cattle Cait]

FINALLY got an AmChin doe! Well, alright, she's 3/4 AmChin and 1/4 NZ, but that's the closest that I'm going to get for $15. She is pedigreed, the New Zealand mixed in is clearly noted on the pedigree. I didn't pose her up very well and she's not the most spectacular specimen, but she's an AmChin and it makes me happy. She's got nice shoulders but lacks a butt, but Sammy (my buck) has a JLo booty, so it'll balance out fine I think. I named her Serafina.

 

[JessicaR]

She is pretty!!

 

[MamaSheepdog]

Pretty girl! What color are her eyes? In the first photo they look blue-grey!

P.S. I like your grooming table- watch for a post on that topic coming soon!

 

[Frosted Rabbits]

ah, Blue eyes AND the darker shade coat-- interesting-- I have only see that much blue in the eyes of the lightest shade coats! NOW, you gotta show off the rings--gotta show some people that AM CHIN means PEARL banding in the rings!

 

[avdpas77]

Don't know much about the "proper" conformation for an Amchin, but it is a nice looking rabbit. If you are looking to breed them, and they are rare, a cross might not be such a bad idea, as it will help the gene pool. If you can find a pure-bred buck, I think you could breed it back into a 4 generation "pure-bred" within two years.

 

[Cattle Cait]

Pretty girl! What color are her eyes? In the first photo they look blue-grey!

P.S. I like your grooming table- watch for a post on that topic coming soon!

Blue-gray marbled. I was worried at first, but it IS acceptable on the show table, so she can stay.<br /><br />__________ Thu Mar 22, 2012 12:51 pm __________<br /><br />

ah, Blue eyes AND the darker shade coat-- interesting-- I have only see that much blue in the eyes of the lightest shade coats! NOW, you gotta show off the rings--gotta show some people that AM CHIN means PEARL banding in the rings!

Oh yea. Duh. I never even looked at her ring color. I'll go look right now.

I'm a really bad AmChin breeder, can you tell? Or, a brand spanking new one, at least.

 

[Frosted Rabbits]

well, at least you have the full blooded buck to help get the ring color properly pearled!!! Otherwise, you just have an agouti doe!

 

[Epic]

She is beautiful <3

 

[Cattle Cait]

Here is a photo of her ring color:

This is a photo of my buck's ring color:

<br /><br />__________ Thu Mar 22, 2012 3:26 pm __________<br /><br />Does she look alright, Terry? I'm really not 100% sure what I'm looking at here.

 

[Frosted Rabbits]

She is very close to him-- If I were using your buck--I would want to see a better pearl band he may improve her, But I think you want a deeper pearl band. It is nice to see that Marsha, my half breed, is right there with your 3/4 breed- but Marsha's mother was marked like a Cal (Cal/NZ mutt), and her sire was out of Young's lines, so I already had a little bit more to start with. Also , Carolyn Krienke's and Tom Bergers animals were right up close in my herds pedigrees. So I had accidently gotten some very good animals.
now one thing I am thinking here--is the darker coats on the animals may wash out some of the shaft color, as well-- Franco has a nice link to some Chins of all three coat shades

http://www.rabbitgeek.com/file/amchinco ... dfshades--

There are wonderful clear pics of the ring patterns there, and really, the color pattern does show up better in a circle than in a line-- that is why I use a small, hand held fan!!! (blowing, holding, picture taking-- all at once-- too much for this old lady!) The link above also has a link to some wonderful color genetics info on the Am Chin.