Guess the color

[Dakota]

These buns will be sent off to freezer camp eventually, so the answer doesn't exactly matter, but I was wondering if this was a distinct enough color that someone could label it for me? Father is creme d'argent, mother is a broken meat mutt (I think half rex).













I think the toes are so lovely and unique!

 

[Dood]

All chestnuts with varying degrees of Rufus (making them redder) or umbrous (making them darker)

 

[Zass]

:yeahthat:

 

[Dakota]

Ahh, thank you! I'm trying to get better at knowing my rabbit colors so I appreciate the use a specific terms.

 

[alforddm]

Any chance these could be harlequinized? I know that sometimes causes markings on the belly but I'm not sure about the toes.

 

[Dakota]

Excuse the dummy, but wouldn't that show itself like this:





Different litter/mother, same father.

 

[alforddm]

If they are Chestnut with ej. Eej A- They are what is called a harlequinized chestnut. Sometimes, they just look chestnut and you can't tell, other times they will have unusual belly stripes or ear lacing I wasn't sure about the feet that is why I asked.

 

[Zass]

Those look like regular chestnut agoutis to me because the markings are symmetrical.

One copy of the harlequin gene(ej) can still partially express on an agouti or chinchilla coat. We call that a harlequinized rabbit.

These pics show how sooty harlequin markings can show up on regular (high rufus) chinchilla kits. Two copies of the gene(or one copy paired with non-extension) on the same rabbits would have produced magpies.




Magpie for comparison: