Help with identifying colour! :-)

[Marlowj]

Hi everyone

I am totally clueless with rabbit genetics, as I mainly keep my bunnies as pets, and would very much appreciate some expert help in indentifyjng what this colour is! No real reason- it's just bugging the life out of me now! Lol!

We had a totally unplanned litter between a very unlikely pair: my Flemish Giant doe, Jessica, and my Dwarf Lop (Mini lop in America, I believe?), Benjamin. Jessica as a first time mum delivered 10 healthy kits, and they all survived - she was a fabulous mummy, bless her .

Jessica is orange. I remember she was the only orange kit out of her litter- the rest were all steel, according to her breeder.

Benjamin is a blue chin/squirrel, and his siblings were also squirrel, with the exception of one opal.

In Jessica and Benjamin's litter there were: 4 x chestnut agoutis; 3 x squirrel/blue chins; and 3 x unknown colour!

In the nest, they stood out as being much, much lighter, and were kinda pearly/silvery in colour.

I kept one doe as a pet, her name is Rosie. She looks almost chincilla in colour now, but sometimes has a bit of orange smut on her body. Her eyes are blueish-grey, and with a sort of browny/reddish tinge to them in certain light.

Google searches have thrown up: chinchilla, shaded agouti, blue seal agouti. I haven't a clue. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance

 

[Dood]

I think they are a shaded agouti, especially given their colour as kits, and would be A_ B_ cchl c Dd Ee
They might be blue but if you are certain the 3 chinchilla kits are blue as well.

Orange Flemish doe = A_ B_ Cc D_ ee ww (could be A_ B_ C ch D_ ee ww but himilayan is not a Flemish colour)

Blue chin Mini buck = A_ B_ cchd cchl dd E_

 

[Marlowj]

Thanks so much, Dood!

Um, I'm not sure about the dad. Was told he was a squirrel. Someone else said 'blue fox'. I am clueless and have no idea what a blue fox is. The 3 other kits were like him- except they seemed to have more ticking on them. I have attached a pic of dad. Is he a squirrel, do you think? Thanks Xxx

 

[Dood]

I do think he is blue, however, unless the orange mom carries the dilute/blue gene the kits are probably black chinchillas.

 

[Marlowj]

Thanks so much