Can you breed an otter to a chestnut?

[HoppinHalfPints]

Is this cross compatible? I am looking at possible colors to look for in a new buck.

Other question: I read that you can breed a tort to a chestnut. Is that true?

 

[caroline]

chestnut is agouti, and dominant over the otter gene. Self is recessive to the otter gene.

It depends on the breed and what is "recognized" if you care about showing your animal.

A homozygous agouti AA, will only ever give you more agouti [chestnut] animals, no matter what you breed it to.
If your chestnut is either Aat, or Aa, you will get a variety from crossing with atat or ata.

I breed agouti and otter to each other all the time, since i like a variety of colors.

I'd be more concerned about breeding an otter to a tort, aa ee, since there are no breeds that recognize torted otters.

 

[HoppinHalfPints]

My otters are does, as well as my tort. I know my otter doe is out of an opal x otter cross, so I would guess that is compatible.

Wait...you're on the central coast?

 

[skysthelimit]

I know my otter doe is out of an opal x otter cross, so I would guess that is compatible.

You can breed any color to any color, if you don't care about show colors. So it's like Caroline said, mixing colors depends on the breed and the end goals.

 

[HoppinHalfPints]

She was bred by a BIG time breeder. I'm guessing they care about showable colors. Alright, I'll keep chestnut in mind.