Color Questions

[Evan]

I recently had a litter and was wondering if somebody could help me confirm the colors. The mother is a black steel and the father is a blue self. I’ll attach a picture of the litter together. Both parents are single maned large breed mixes, about 10 pounds each. I believe I have two black self, one is a single mane and the other no mane. Two blue self with single manes. One chestnut double mane. One black steel with no mane. And a lighter blue I believe may be a blue steel? These are all guesses based on reading about the colors and comparing them to pictures I’ve seen online.

 

[RabbitsOfTheCreek]

Looks like three Blacks, three Blues, and a Chesnut or Steel

 

[Evan]

Looks like three Blacks, three Blues, and a Chesnut or Steel

I’m thinking the one with the black head in the back right is a chestnut based on the rings around the eyes and the chestnut colored ears and back. I think that middle one is a steel

 

[Evan]

Here is a closer picture

 

[Cosima]

My guess is: three blues two blacks one steel and a harlequinized chestnut. can you post a picture of the light blue baby. how old are they?

 

[Evan]

My guess is: three blues two blacks one steel and a harlequinized chestnut. can you post a picture of the light blue baby. how old are they?

What is harlequinized? They are four and a half weeks old

 

[Evan]

Here’s a closer pic of the light blue one and another of him next to the steel. This was at 4 weeks old

 

[Cosima]

A harlequinized rabbit is a rabbit with black blue chocolate or lilac bands. this is my vm harlequinized chestnut.

 

[Cosima]

The light blue baby might be a blue steel but it’s hard to tell

 

[Scooter1A]

they are all very pretty rabbits, nice job

 

[ladysown]

I find with my steels they get more "steelyness" for lack of a better term as they get older. It's actually fun watching it come in. You may just need to give that bun another couple of weeks..

 

[Evan]

they are all very pretty rabbits, nice job

Thank you! It was her first litter and a month in so far 7 out of 7 survived

 

[Evan]

I find with my steels they get more "steelyness" for lack of a better term as they get older. It's actually fun watching it come in. You may just need to give that bun another couple of weeks..

Yes I can see he’s gotten a bit more of that lighter coloration the older he gets. They’re about a month old now

 

[Evan]

The light blue baby might be a blue steel but it’s hard to tell

He seems to be getting lighter and lighter compared to the others but maybe the color difference is just getting easier for me to see

 

[ladysown]

One of my steels at 8 weeks. At birth looked like a dark chestnut.... as aged she looks like this.

 

[Evan]

One of my steels at 8 weeks. At birth looked like a dark chestnut.... as aged she looks like this.
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He’s so cute! One of mine is definitely a steel like him. I also have another one that’s chestnut and has the light ears and the light rings around the eyes. Here’s a picture of my steel at 3 weeks.

 

[Evan]

Here is a better picture of the steely blue baby and one of the darker blue babies Today they are 5 weeks old