Color ID help please?
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I would say she is a self blue and not a smoke Pearl (aka blue sable) as I don't see any darker or lighter tones
There are 3 colour genes that can add white to a rabbit - broken, Dutch and Vienna/Blue eyed white and I would say your little doe is a Vienna marked blue :cheesysmile:
There are 3 colour genes that can add white to a rabbit - broken, Dutch and Vienna/Blue eyed white and I would say your little doe is a Vienna marked blue :cheesysmile:
LittleFluffyBunnies
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Thank you so much!
I'd agree with the color. The lighting is kind of tinting it like a sable in some pics but some details are missing so I think it's a false perception. It's probably regular blue and that's definitely not normal broken markings. The nose is usually the last thing turned white in brokens but the first thing in vienna. With the white to the feet and looks like start of a collar dutch could be possible but it's oddly marked even for a dutch with poor genes.
Other things that can cause off-colored fur are:
sun scorch (for bunnies who like to lay in the sun)
urine scald (doesn't seem likely with this clean happy bun, but I've had kits that got peed on in the nestbox by their mothers look weird for a while)
and steel genetics, which sometimes show up as a more-or-less self looking rabbit with extremely sparse ticking.
sun scorch (for bunnies who like to lay in the sun)
urine scald (doesn't seem likely with this clean happy bun, but I've had kits that got peed on in the nestbox by their mothers look weird for a while)
and steel genetics, which sometimes show up as a more-or-less self looking rabbit with extremely sparse ticking.
LittleFluffyBunnies
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Thanks everyone! I really appreciate the help!
What happens if two Vienna marked rabbits are bred together? Or one Vienna with a self rabbit? I am trying to understand Vienna genes.
What happens if two Vienna marked rabbits are bred together? Or one Vienna with a self rabbit? I am trying to understand Vienna genes.
If two vienna marked rabbits are bred together you have a 25% chance of getting a blue eyed white. 50% chance of vienna marked and 25% chance of solid.
This would be over 100's of kits, so the numbers don't always add up in single litters. Also, Vienna can at times be good at hiding so it isn't ideal to breed into solid lines.
This would be over 100's of kits, so the numbers don't always add up in single litters. Also, Vienna can at times be good at hiding so it isn't ideal to breed into solid lines.
LittleFluffyBunnies
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Hi everyone!
I know this topic has been off for a while, but I just got to thinking, what are steel genes, and how would I identify them?
When she is older I am planning on breeding her to a vienna marked smoke pearl buck, any idea what colors I could get?
I know this topic has been off for a while, but I just got to thinking, what are steel genes, and how would I identify them?
When she is older I am planning on breeding her to a vienna marked smoke pearl buck, any idea what colors I could get?
