Chinchilla or just Agouti?

[Thekidd747]

I thought these were and are chinchilla kits but they do seem to have yellow a bit.

Is that normal or are these just agouti

 

[judymac]

Good question. There are 'brassy chins' that have that yellow tint as juveniles, which usually molts out as they mature. There are two other things to look for in chinchilla-line rabbits:

1) Chinchilla is simply chestnut agouti/castor genetics, with the chinchilla c(chd) gene that removes (all or most of) the yellowish tones, replacing yellow/orange/fawn/red/cream with pearl white. Where most agouti rabbits have a yellowish triangle on the nape of the neck behind the ears, chins have a pearl white triangle.

2) Chins often have gray, blue-gray, marbled or even bluish eyes. When looking at the eye of your brassy kit, it looks gray, not brown like a normal full-color agouti.

 

[Thekidd747]

the triangle is still a bit yellow but the kits do have gray/blue eyes

 

[eco2pia]

I see this in chinchilla kit coats sometimes, but as they get their adult coats they will lose the yellow.