Do I have Opal in my litter?

[rawfeeder]

Mom is a Blue New Zealand X (Possibly carrying Chinchilla, Himalayan)

Dad is a Sandy Agouti Flemish Giant/New Zealand (Carrying REW - only have a partial pedigree for him)

This a repeat breeding, their last litter consisted of 1 Sandy Agouti and 8 dark Agouti/Gold tipped Steels.

This litter all looks Agouti based again, but some look lighter. Almost blue? Could they be Opal? OR.....??

 

[siddsaysgimmie]

Looks like it!

 

[ladysown]

could be, time will tell
might also be chinchilla

 

[Dood]

I could be opal or chinchilla

And just for fun...
Blue doe genotype - aa B_ C_ dd Es_
Flem buck genotype - AA B_ C_ D_ E_

I can fill in some of the blanks on the D or C-locus once these kits colours come in.

 

[Peach]

It could happen. You just need to let them fur out

Here is a handful of some of the opals I had born here recently.

 

[mwtrees]

opal kits will have white bellies where as solid blue or steels will be all dark at birth. Steels will start to get the triangles at the base of the neck when the fur starts to come in

 

[rawfeeder]

Thanks for the replies!! Aaah I'm excited to see what these babies turn out to be Chinchilla and Opal are two really beautiful colors. Its so strange to me that their first litter would be all sandy/dark Agouti... then second time around I'd get so many of this new color. I guess that is all part of the fun of genetics, it certainly likes to keep us on our toes lol.