Fuzzy Hollands?

[Bad Habit]

Would these guys be considered fuzzy hollands? Neither parent appears fuzzy, though the buck did have some very odd matting around his bum, at the skin and not visible, but thick mats that left his bum bald when I brushed them all out.

If they are considered fuzzy hollands, would it be one copy of the wool gene, or two? I'm trying to determine if both the buck and doe carry the gene, or if it's just one or the other.

The pages I've found to read about fuzzy hollands are not very informative, and rarely include photos

Oscar, the dad

Bernie, the mom(who's literally been molting since I got her in May, and I haven't been able to get her to shed everything out.)

 

[MamaSheepdog]

No idea about the wool gene, but, yeah, those are fuzzys.

They are cute- but unfortunately from what I have seen of them, their wool quality is poor in that it mats very easily. They aren't low maintenance like Jersey Woolys. Maybe it is a regional thing though, and yours will be easy to care for. But if not, I wouldn't breed them for pets because most people wont keep up the grooming.

 

[Bad Habit]

The buck's other kits with a different doe aren't fuzzy at all. I was planning on replacing my buck anyway, though. Would a different buck perhaps prevent the doe from producing fuzzy kits?

 

[Dood]

Angora / long fur gene is considered a simple recessive so 2 genes are needed to produce the fur and both your rabbits must be carriers.

 

[Bad Habit]

Really? From what I was reading, it's considered co-dominant, but there wasn't much info as to what one copy of the wool gene does.

 

[squidpop]

Over here the call them cashmere lops and I have one. Very hard to groom, I read it was a gene for long hair that randomly cropped up in litters of lops once in a while so people made a breed from it, so I don't think the wool comes from breeding to Angora rabbits, but it would be better if it was. I've got Jersey Woolies and the Cashmere fur is different because it brush out and you can't pluck them, it tends to matts close to the skin and you have to shave. A great project would be trying to breed fuzzy lops that have wool like jersey woolies.

The gene is recessive so both of your rabbits have to carry it.

On the bright side-- I think they are the cutest rabbits ever .

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