BEW or Frosty???

[TerriG]

I took some new pictures of my white kit. Mom (behind her) is an Agoudi meat mutt, Dad is a Palomino. I thought we had a BEW, but others are suggesting a frosty. I have another kit that is white, but its eyes aren't open yet (same Dad, diff Mom).

 

[akane]

Young animals often have blue eyes.

 

[TerriG]

Young animals often have blue eyes.

Really? None of my others have.

 

[Bad Habit]

That rabbit has a grey tip to it's nose, like cali markings. I don't know what it is, but it's not BEW. My bew kit actually started out with brown eyes, but they have changed to blue. A rabbit only needs one copy of the vienna gene to have blue eyes, but dilute causes it also... It's a different shade of blue all together, though.

My guess is blue cali markings(I think it'd be correctly called pointed?).

 

[MamaMandy]

A pointed blue would have pink eyes. I really think it's a frosty. Looks a lot like my frosty Flemish!

 

[TerriG]

I'm trying to research frosties. I'm not finding much, at least not picture wise.

 

[OneAcreFarm]

Look at this one...
http://www.google.com/imgres?start=357& ... =104&ty=77

 

[ZRabbits]

Looks like a Frosty because of the coloring on the rabbits nose. Another name for Frosty is Ermine

Found this on another forum. Explains a bit about Frosties vs BEW.

Hope this helps. Lovely bunny BTW.

http://www.backyardherds.com/forum/view ... p?id=20340

Karen

 

[OneAcreFarm]

Looks like a Frosty because of the coloring on the rabbits nose. Another name for Frosty is Ermine

Found this on another forum. Explains a bit about Frosties vs BEW.

Hope this helps. Lovely bunny BTW.

http://www.backyardherds.com/forum/view ... p?id=20340

Karen

Frosty and Ermine are not *quite* the same. Ermines have brown eyes....Frosties have medium blue.

 

[MamaMandy]

Didn't know that OneAcre...good to know! Hmmm...my Flemish is what I was calling Frosty...he has blue/gray eyes. Is that correct then?

 

[curlysue]

Frostys have blueish brown eyes and stray black hairs.Blue eyed whites have clear blue eyes and totally white.

 

[MamaMandy]

My Flemish does have the stray black hairs. I'm just wondering if he's actually ermine or frosty. The person I bought him from called him "ghost chinchilla".

 

[ZRabbits]

From the Thread posted:
What you have is a color called Ermine (non-showable in Flemish), also known as a Frosty in some breeds where it is showable . Ermine is the result of a combination of Agouti, REW, Chinchilla, and Non-extension genes, all in the same rabbit. Some Frosties have dark ticking on their coats, some have brown eyes, others have blue-gray.

Ermine and Frosty, same coloring of rabbit, but called different names in different breeds.

Some frosties do have brown eyes or blue-gray eyes.

A BEW is pure white with blue eyes. With the little spot on his/her nose, I would think more frosty than BEW.

Bad enough learning rabbit colors is confusing, but the color name changes in different breeds for the same coloring, makes it more confusing. Oh well, it's a learning experience anyway.

Karen

 

[OneAcreFarm]

Ermine and Frosty, same coloring of rabbit, but called different names in different breeds.

Some frosties do have brown eyes or blue-gray eyes.

I don't pretend to be an expert, but from what I have seen, in the breeds that call it Ermine, they have brown eyes and a lot more tipping on the fur...and the ones that call them Frosties, they have the blue-ish eyes and tend to look more pointed than tipped.... Maybe the it varies from breed to breed?

 

[TerriG]

Can't quite tell yet, but I think I am seeing points on our other white kit. So if we were to end up with a doe and a buck (the older one is a doe, don't know on the young kit yet) and we grow them out and breed them, would we get frosties or what??? They sure are pretty.

 

[ZRabbits]

I believe there is a possibility that you could get frosties. But then again, there are also a possibility that you won't. It's really a mystery in every nest box if you don't know what the color genes of each rabbit. Some people who show or even breed for certain colors know the color genetics of each rabbit and know the possibilities of what will come out. But I think if you are raising meat rabbits, just as long as you have the "type" of meat you want, the colors are just a fun bonus.

If they are good stock, try the two possible frosties, and see what you get. And if you want, keep track of the colors you get from each litter. If I had meat rabbits, I would do it that way. I think it would be educational and would help me understand color genetics.

Karen