Fully white Harlequin?

[ladysown]

Has anyone ever had one before?

I thought at birth... odd this... maybe a REALLY light lilac magpie. I've had them before, I simply send them off to freezer camp or pet sales.

BUT this one is NOT a light lilac magpie, it's pure white.

I find that odd...

 

[5dognightfarm]

Are the eyes colored, or is it a REW?

 

[DevonW]

I've seen it in Harlequin Mini Rex where they are all fawn with no stripes but genetically are a Harelquin.

 

[MaggieJ]

I wonder what their offspring would be like...

 

[ladysown]

coloured eyes as far as I recall. I'll double check when I do chores tonight... first I need to get a lad to bed. <br /><br />__________ Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:04 am __________<br /><br />looks like it's going to have pink eyes. the eyes are just starting to open and I don't see dark, I see light... so it's a real hmm... wonder when nz's were crossed into them a way back???

 

[HendricksHearth]

I'm sure they were and REW is one of those that can pop up even several generations down the line. I know other breeders across the US have had REW pop up in their litters, too. I am guessing it was to improve type/growth/etc. at some point. I am planning on crossing NZR and Harlies myself.

Best of luck,

Lauren

 

[Jack]

REW is tough, carriers show no sign
but you can also have BEW, but it does funky stuff with the pattern and is therefore classed as a pattern gene and not color

 

[5dognightfarm]

There's REW all over in Harlequin backgrounds, mostly to get the body type up to snuff with New Zealands. I'm guilty of it myself, but I always figured it's fine so long as you warn potential buyers.

 

[ladysown]

well my little REW harlequin is doing well. two weeks old and nibbling hay this morning with siblings.

10 day old pic

 

[Devon's Mom Lauren]

awwwww!

 

[5dognightfarm]

Hehe. I love stripes