TLR - I want to breed American Chinchilla cross meat mutts that never look like purebred American Chinchillas. I need help with color genetics to pick a buck.
I recently had the pleasure of starting a rabbit colony of American Chinchillas but I'm planning on operating it in a slightly adapted way. I bought four junior females from one litter to maximize my chances of them getting along. I introduced them to the space already but I have not yet gotten my bucks (2). The plan for the bucks is to keep them housed in hutches right next to the colony so that I can plan, control, and track breeding. So, I plan to get one purebred AmChin buck and another, different breed of buck, to breed the does to in alternating pairs, each doe to one of the bucks. My hope is that I should better be able to tell apart which kits belong to which doe (and buck) by age and color, plus, half of my kits will be purebred AmChins and the other half for meat, but that is where I need some assistance. Rabbit color genetics are a bit confusing so I figured I would ask, what do I need to look for in my second buck to result in 100% of his offspring to not look like purebred AmChins? Phenotypically and genotypically?
From what I've read, an EnEn (homozygous broken, aka "Charlie") broken New Zealand buck with CC (dominant solid color, solid carrying) genes would probably be ideal, right? The litter should be 100% broken with solid, not chinchilla, coats.... right? If that is correct, that seems like a very specific rabbit to track down so is there a breed that I could look for instead like, say, Champagne d'Argente or Silver Fox, with homozygous solid color (CC) and homozygous silvering genes (sisi)? Kinda feeling like I've overcomplicated this... or oversimplified it? Very confused, please send help. Thanks
I recently had the pleasure of starting a rabbit colony of American Chinchillas but I'm planning on operating it in a slightly adapted way. I bought four junior females from one litter to maximize my chances of them getting along. I introduced them to the space already but I have not yet gotten my bucks (2). The plan for the bucks is to keep them housed in hutches right next to the colony so that I can plan, control, and track breeding. So, I plan to get one purebred AmChin buck and another, different breed of buck, to breed the does to in alternating pairs, each doe to one of the bucks. My hope is that I should better be able to tell apart which kits belong to which doe (and buck) by age and color, plus, half of my kits will be purebred AmChins and the other half for meat, but that is where I need some assistance. Rabbit color genetics are a bit confusing so I figured I would ask, what do I need to look for in my second buck to result in 100% of his offspring to not look like purebred AmChins? Phenotypically and genotypically?
From what I've read, an EnEn (homozygous broken, aka "Charlie") broken New Zealand buck with CC (dominant solid color, solid carrying) genes would probably be ideal, right? The litter should be 100% broken with solid, not chinchilla, coats.... right? If that is correct, that seems like a very specific rabbit to track down so is there a breed that I could look for instead like, say, Champagne d'Argente or Silver Fox, with homozygous solid color (CC) and homozygous silvering genes (sisi)? Kinda feeling like I've overcomplicated this... or oversimplified it? Very confused, please send help. Thanks