Since harlequin showing is predominately the colour markings, but Ontario judges liking good type as well....
I've been trying to figure out how best to do my harlequins.
I love the look of the magpie harlequin breed rabbit. Chocolate and blue just make me smile.
BUT...my typey does are all six pounders.
I don't want to raise six pound meat rabbits.
I want to raise 8 lb meat rabbits. That's a good size for me.
So I've been thinking.
Find a good black New Zealand.
bred that to my small Harle does.
get some good kits from that.
Then bred those kits to a typey clean marked harlequin buck.
Do you forsee any problems with that?
Or other possible ways of achieving my hopes?
it's not that I'm looking for a short cut to what I want, but I am so not wanting to have six pound meat does. I want good 8 lbers.
A nicely typed 8 lb rabbit that has the harle markings.
thanks for your input.
I've been trying to figure out how best to do my harlequins.
I love the look of the magpie harlequin breed rabbit. Chocolate and blue just make me smile.
BUT...my typey does are all six pounders.
I don't want to raise six pound meat rabbits.
I want to raise 8 lb meat rabbits. That's a good size for me.
So I've been thinking.
Find a good black New Zealand.
bred that to my small Harle does.
get some good kits from that.
Then bred those kits to a typey clean marked harlequin buck.
Do you forsee any problems with that?
Or other possible ways of achieving my hopes?
it's not that I'm looking for a short cut to what I want, but I am so not wanting to have six pound meat does. I want good 8 lbers.
A nicely typed 8 lb rabbit that has the harle markings.
thanks for your input.